OziExplorer mapmerge - new version released

Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 14:16
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Released 11th Feb 2009

Version 1.10

Mapmerge webpage

Changes

* Much faster than version 1.05 - the speed increase may be a factor of 3 for a single image re-projection to a factor of 50 for for merging many maps.

* Added bilinear filtering to the re-projection process so the final image will have a smoother look. Bilinear filtering will have no affect if you are doing significant scale reduction on an image, the effective range is 50 to 100% resizing.

* Added sharpening to reduce the blurring effect of the bilinear filtering.

* Improved color lookup algorithm (colors in final image may match source images better).

* Other minor changes.

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Reply By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 14:20

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 14:20
as usual I have stuffed up inserting link - appears to be problem with insert link fucntion or exploroz webpage..anyway ..

try this yourself

www.oziexplorer2.com/mapmerge/mapmerge.html
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Follow Up By: Lex M (Brisbane) - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:19

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:19
link to mapmerge
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Follow Up By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:23

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:23
Hiya mate
The issue was that you somehow put an x on the end of the addy...

http://www.exploroz.com:80/Forum/Topic/65893/www.oziexplorer2.com/mapmerge/mapmerge.htmlx <--- THERE


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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:30

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 16:30
Thanks guys - I contacted Dave - I was leaving off the http:// bit at the front,...my silly mistake. Doesnt normally happen as I cut and paste link but for some reason the oziExplorer pages dont show full path in the address bar, the method I was using to get the full address didnt include the http bit so I was unknowingly leaving it off.

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 18:39

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 18:39
Just being trying to get the latest Beta running and the download was corrupted each time I down loaded so the program said. The previous Beta works OK
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 18:48

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 18:48
My first download didnt work either ...but second go did???

Now if I only had somes maps I need to merge:)

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 20:55

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 20:55
The three times I have downloaded file, have yielded the same result.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 21:03

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 21:03
John - I just tried again and it works, so a bit strange. If you are keen/desperate I can email to you - its only 900kb. PM if you desire.

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Follow Up By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:13

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:13
Hiya John the latest wont load for me to mate !


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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:18

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:18
I have made the file available here for those that want it now

OziMapmerge thread

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:19

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:19
PS: the third post in thread that is ...not the link in the first post

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 07:40

Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 07:40
Funny, Greg, that one worked. Perhaps Oziexplorer ought refresh the file they have for download. Three I had in a row were corrupted.
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Follow Up By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:50

Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:50
Funny, Greg, that one worked. Perhaps Oziexplorer ought refresh the file they have for download. Three I had in a row were corrupted.


Mine has worked to John,But even the setup file did not look right from OziExplorer !




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Reply By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:04

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:04
Hi Greg,

I have never used Mapmerge and in fact, I did not know what it was when you brought the subject up. Now I am intrigued.

I have a CD of WA "Abandonned Mine Sites". Could I merge one of the maps on it with a 250,000 map in OziExplorer ? If I saved it in Ozi, would it then become a seperate map file or would it just stay as part of the overall 250,00 mosaic ?

Thanks for posting the info,

Willie.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:08

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:08
Willie

Can I ask where did you get "I have a CD of WA "Abandonned Mine Sites"."?

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:16

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:16
Hello Willie
Mapmerge joins Oziexplorer calibrated map images together...so bit like making you own "mozaic" from adjoining map sheets. The CD you have (if I am guessing correctly) is from the mines department in Perth. While I have a copy not sure what data on it you wish to merge. I have imported the point data (i.e. old mine sites/shafts) as waypoints into OE...is that what you want to do ..or is there some maps on the CD you want to "merge" with existing maps you have?

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:29

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 22:29
Richard...

if you go here

DMP Data Download

and look in Mineral information you can download a shapefile of abandoned mine sites (most but not all) in WA. As I assume you know you can import shapefiles into OziExplorer ...and away you go. There is a CD which has additional info..: "that includes photographs of individual underground and surface excavations, dumps, and rehabilitation and infrastructure features. Mining-related features are illustrated and described by morphological criteria and key attributes. Selected georeferenced historic GSWA maps and bulletins are also included"

I think you can buy it online from their bookshop.

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 23:20

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 23:20
Thanks Greg

being down loaded as I type.

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 23:32

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 at 23:32
It worked but I'm not sure the computer will recover... LOL
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 00:23

Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 00:23
...havent messed with this for a while. File conatins 26,600 points so it wont fully load into OziExplorer as it has a 10,000 point. File will need to be broken up into at least 3 pieces. You can do it easily if you have Arcview or similar. The DBF file can also be opened in excel and edited (ie edit and save relevant columns in csv format for import into OE as txt file).

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Reply By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 21:35

Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 21:35
"Hello Willie
Mapmerge joins Oziexplorer calibrated map images together...so bit like making you own "mozaic" from adjoining map sheets. The CD you have (if I am guessing correctly) is from the mines department in Perth. While I have a copy not sure what data on it you wish to merge. I have imported the point data (i.e. old mine sites/shafts) as waypoints into OE...is that what you want to do ..or is there some maps on the CD you want to "merge" with existing maps you have?
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Greg"
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Hi Greg,

There was so many followups I came down here. Yes, I want the waypoints. Can I just import that a file containing them, from the CD to Oziexplorer ?
I am off to NZ tomorrow morning. I sent you a nice red today - hope you enjoy it.

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Willie
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 21:52

Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 21:52
Willie have PM'd you

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Reply By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 16:34

Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 16:34
Version 1.11 now out

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