OziExplorer - advice needed

Bob you're right.
Rather than trying to merge or join the maps, you need to set corner markers for the maps.
Ozi will then automatically bring up the next one, once you come out to the marker2001 Patrol 3.0TDI

I should have added that this is whilst you are plotting your track.

You will find that once you reach the border of one map when plotting your track, and then you change raster files, part of the track will still be visible but will look like its off the edge of the map.

Once you have plotted the track file, you can then save it and load it onto any calibrated map file in OziEplorer. For example, you could load the demo map of Australia that comes with OziExplorer (or is at least downloadable from the web site) and then load the track file onto it. It will be infinately smaller than on the raster maps you scanned in, but you could see your path in terms of the whole of Australia rather than just in terms of the localised area shown on the raster maps you obtained.

I think the trick is to think of the track file as another layer.
The base layer being the raster file, the next layer being the *.map file with all the calibration data, and then finally, your other layers that are track files, waypoints etc - these other layers not actually being part of the *.map file as such. OziExplorer is simply a facility that allows you to bring all these layers (individual files) and display them together.

Hope this hasn't confused you.

cheers,
Sam

My next epic is getting ozi ce working on the iPac instead of using the laptopRegards Bob
Wish i was still here / Gulf in July

Melissa,
You can successfully join a series of good maps if you use PanaVue http://www.panavue.com/. I have not had much success joining the average road map because their scaling leaves something to be desired.

After you join them you then have to load them into OziExplorer and calibrate them using the calibrate feature. I find it best to calibrate the map in the part of the map where I plan to travel.

I have successfully made up a map of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia using this method. If the map is too big it is harder to get a consistant calibration.

So far I have not managed to get lost with the map which resulted from the joining.

Hope this helps

Dick in Phuket, Thailand

G'day Dick,

Hopefully you come back to this post and see this. Was wondering how you found the maps of Thailand. I am a navigator on a seismic boat with a heap of guys who live in Phuket . You probrably know half of them. A few of them here said they are envious of you as they have never been able to find a decent quality road map of Thailand. They were wondering if you could email me a screen shot of a typical area, or put us onto what map/website you used to source the image files. They became interested when I loaded my copy of OziExplorer onto a pc here and integrated it with our vessel's nav system. We left Port Moresby yesterday and are going across the top of Cape York tomorrow on our way to China for our next survey. OziExplorer shows where we are at a glance better than any of the other systems on board here.

Thanks and regards,

Warren
wazzagray@yahoo.co.uk

which part of the info isn't correct?

Typo - my input should not have had an "n"! Apologies. It IS correct!
Too little time in the bush!

hehehe

no worries Mike

you had me going back and working through my own instructions though ;-)

cheers,
Sam.

Jeez Mike, you could have been "in for it" with that one. BTW, the Yahoo group you refer to is where I got my info. Life just ain't that serious.
Rohan (Sydney)