Oziexplorer and Maps is doing my head in
Submitted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 23:08
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Voxson
I am having no problem at all with making my Natmaps work with Oziexplorer as i get the whole idea of that but i am having heaps of trouble with this following stuff,,,, so dont hesitate to help me out... lol....
1. When just driving along watching my car on the laptop maps it gets so far behind,,, it got to about 4 kms behind at one stage today...
I am using a Garmin Quest (street navigator) as the GPS,, could that be a problem??? Does it need to be a straight out GPS that needs to be used???
Do some GPS devices work slower than others??
2. I have also installed UBD regional cities and towns to my laptop and i was told that Oziexplorer would pick up the installation and take over whenever i got into a regional town and then when i am out the other side it would go back to Raster mapping again but on a
test drive today oziexplorer did not pick up this UBD info and no change was detected in rural towns,,, it just stayed on Raster mapping and also was 4 kms behind,, then i stopped for 5 mins and it caught up again..??? What the???
3. When i installed the UBD it tried to install into program files but i changed it into the oziexplorer/maps directory but to no avail...
4. HELP PLEASE..
5. I am guessing that it can detect when in towns and swap between UBD and Raster??
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 23:27
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 23:27
Mate,
Check your settings in File - Configuration - GPS
You can set the GPS to NMEA Only or a specific GPS type. (eg Garmin)
Whatever you have at present, try the other setting.
I use a GPS mouse and have the configuration set to NMEA Only.
Way back in the beginning (when Adam was a lad) I used a Magellan GPS as the input source and had the configuration set to Magellan.
Afraid I can't help you with the UBD map problem.
I only use the NATMAP series of maps and Ozi changes from one region map to the adjacent one as you are travelling.
If no one else can suggest a "fix" don't be afraid to ring, or email the OziExplorer crowd. They are very helpful with their advice.
Bill.
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Reply By: bgreeni - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 00:23
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 00:23
Sorry I can't help with the slow GPS problem. I have a bluetooth modem and it generally is a few hundred meters behind. When stopped it only takes a couple of seconds, if that, to catch up.
Maybe try looking at Configuration>Moving Map.
Check what the screen update rate is set to.
WRT finding the UBD maps, I remember reading on the OziE discussion group about someone with the same problem. Don't remember a fix.
You need to
check that you have "Always
check for more detailed map" selected on the same screen as above, and that you have the time interval there set to a reasonable number of seconds - too few and the computer will spend all it's time checking, too many and you will be through small towns before it checks.
Another factor might be the pixel scale of the UBD maps. Try clicking the right mouse button and selecting "Find maps at cursor." That will give a list with the pixel scale of your maps and you might find the Natmap is the more detailed.
Hope this helps
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Reply By: Voxson - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 16:43
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 16:43
Yes,, what i have learnt now is that there is a 70meg file on ozi web site which has the different files which ozi needs to see for it to be able to work with UBD.
I am going to buy a gps mouse from the map
shop in peel street tomorrow for $105.
Thank you to all who responded, each and every one of you gave helpful info which i will look back over whilst i am working this out.
Great site, this.
Nudie, your info was definately the most helpful.. :o)
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Follow Up By: Member - Longtooth (SA) - Friday, May 22, 2009 at 21:18
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 21:18
Seeing as you are going in to the Map
Shop tomorrow, take the unit, the oziexplorer original discs, Natmap discs and any other thing you may have and talk to Anthony Stephens. He is a walking encyclopaedia on all of this.
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