Oziexplorer question.

That is going to involve an awful lot of clicking. I thought I would just be able to draw a line on the map using the mouse with the "select" button pressed, like I would draw a curving or straight line on a graphics program. If you can't do this, it seems to be an incredible oversight in the program.

Many thanks for that Zebra. Another member is also helping on the messages page so I wont hassle you both with the same questions, unless he strikes a snag. What is the mouse program you referred to. I would have thought it would be easy to just put the map on max magnification, select the line drawing option and trace out the line wanted with either a mouse or graphic pad pen. I regularly trace out lines in Photo programs and seem to be able to do it quickly and accurately??

Brilliant. That's the thing I hadn't been getting. Many thanks bgreeni

bgreeni
Ive just tried to make a route and it doesn't seem to work. I went into the route editor and then tried to left click to add waypoints. Should this leave a mark/symbol on the map where I click it? I didn't get anything. EWhat do I need to do to then draw a line joining the points? The editor is either not working or, more likely, I am doing something wrong.
Thanks

The steps are

1. Place way points on the map - to do this click 0n the waypoint button at the top of ozi (on my setup it is the 4 th button from the right - a small yellow square with a "1" inside) and then left click on the map where you want to place waypoints.

2. Bring up the route editor and click the "Properties button" - This will open the properties window.

3, Hold down the shift key and click on each waypoint in the left column of the properties window to highlight the waypoints you want in your route. (You can also just click on "Select all" to select all the way points)

4.Click on "Add"

5. Click on OK

Your route should now show up on your map (Make sure the "Show" button is selected on the top of the route editor window)

You now have a route. If you want to save it you need to save both the way points and the route using the "File" "Save to File" "Save waypoints to file" and "Save Route to File"

I hope this is clear There are lots of other things you can do in the properties window such as change the order of waypoints

Even easier, is to create all of your waypoints, then go into the route editor and click on the 'Add Wp" icon in the top left hand corner. Now go back to your map and then just click on each waypoint in the order of your trip and hey presto it creates the new route for you.

BTW, this will turn off the Waypoint button. If you want to add more waypoints you will need to click on the 'Add Wp' button again to de-activate it, then you can add more waypoints.

I use tracks for navigating. I prefer them to routes for 4WDing. I prefer to follow a track I have created. I dont find it too much work and it makes life much easier when travelling in the Victorian high country so we stay on the right track.

Also by using previously travelled tracks, i can see how long it took us to complete a section we did last time. The brings down the stress levels as we know approximately when we should get to our destination.