Oziexplorer ECW v OZF2 (Size)

Sounds about right. To get smaller files reduce the colours and image size down to 50 or 70%Hooroo

Thanks wazz for those files on the cd's look good very handy (no its not porn?)
when i use that .map i guess u need the full version of ozexplore to see map .?
How can i open the non jpg files ie- what association do i use win 98 se?
cheers.
i have a few files here for u when u get back1999 NISSAN NAVARA DUALCAB
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Wazza you will have to convert maps again set color to 16 & map size to 50% . your files size will be much smaller. I had the same trouble with mine, got expansion pack for iPac with extra CF slot so maps are on a 1gig CF card & a 256 meg SD card.
Check out OZI ce group on Yahoo archives Regards Bob
Where to next

Unfortunately Wazza there is not a lot you can do. I did some experimenting with little luck and so bit the bullet and put up with the size difference. I have decided to just load the required OZF2 maps onto my CF card as needed. The Desert Maps stay on as permanent, and then I load the others as required before setting off.

iPaqs are great. Easy to connect to GPS. Just buy a Null Modem connector from Dick Smiths and away you go. I bought a dash mount from Melbourne Map Centre for $68 and it sticks onto the dash beautifully. With spped monitor set, routes created on the laptop and saved to the CF card, I now have very little chance of getting lost as the iPaq tells me when to turn etc.

Have fun with it and enjoy.Just Do It!

Thanks guys, I will have a play around with it tonight (img2ozf for you dirty minded ones). Let you know how I go.

Ok, a bit of mucking around. I tested the following on the Tallangata map SJ5503.ecw as suggested by David on the Oziexplorer-CE yahoo group. This map has a lot of brown tracks/powerlines/contours and green areas so it is good to get an idea of the optimum color numbers to not allow loss of definition. Also I tried a few different image size reducitons to see how low you could go without losing detail.

The original ecw file was 2541kb.

Got the following:

Colours % of File Size Quality
orig size

32 60 2941kb Colour good, resolution blurred
32 68 3854kb Colour good, resolution good
32 75 4450kb Colour good, resolution good ******
64 100 8931kb Colour good, resolution good
64 75 5380kb Colour good, resolution good

****** This is the one I am going to use. You can still see the detail and the colours don't merge into each other. A little better definition than at 68% - worht the extra 500 or so kb in this image. The main size advantage you are going to get seems to be by coming down to at least 75% image size. Colours don't really change the image size or quality much between 32 and 64, but with 32 bring a little smaller, I am going with 32.

Also, by the time I get around to setting it all up and actually buying the ipaq, the cf and sd memory cards should be even cheaper. They seem to halve in price every 6 months or so, especially if you buy fomr the states. $115 Aussie for 256 meg SD at the moment.