Digital maps

[Tommo]

This is sort of on topic... you need maps to get to the spots to drive, right?

I use oziexplorer, and have all of australia in 1:250k on CD (the auslig series) which interfaces more or less directly. That means I can drive anywhere in the country and have a moving map on my laptop at that scale - and I've done it a lot. It's good, but I want a better scale.
I also have in PDF format, the entire state of vic, in 1:25k and in 1:50k. (Vicmap, created for fire management purposes, not commercially available that I know of) Much better scale. Problem is, oziexplorer don't work with PDF, and the conversion is difficult, as far as I can tell. So I have to look at them with acrobat, which is worse than having them on paper!

Anyone know how I can turn a PDF into... a JPG, for example?
Anyone run a different mapping software which will use PDF maps?

[froop]

Tommo, you have PM

[Chopper in Oz]

Don't know what froop told you in his PM, but it is possible.

Have a look at the Oziexplorer group on Yahoo and do a search, it has come up a number of times...

[Agent Orange]

i use garmin and I am after more detail. It does have all streets in australia. but i was looking for topogrphical maps ect similar to what you have.
question does it have any tacks listed ?
:mrgreen:

[Tommo]

The 250k Auslig has many tracks... but the 25k Vicmap has 'em all.
(as many as you're gonna get unless you get a map hand made, like the Adventurer series - the best 4WD maps around for the hills in Vic - but not complete coverage.)

[Jezza]

where did you get the maps and how do i get a copy :)

to convert pdf to jpg there are a few utilities that will do it. Eprint is one. You can find it @ http://www.eprintdriver.com/to_jpeg/PDF-to-JPEG-ex.html

[froop]

Without giving too much away here, try playing around with this link for some raster maps:

www . street-directory . com . au/aus_new/genmap.cgi?sizex=1000&sizey=1000&x=144.9764330000&y=-37.8097570000&level=3&star=0&circle=1&xyfile=

(URL bastardised so ausjeep does get into street-directory's log file as being a refer

A 4500x2500 map at zoom level 6 is just the right size for a double Melways page, with a bit of overlap. Bring the zoom out to 4, and the Vic major roads fit onto four images. splice them together and put the four corners into OziExplorer, and voila!

These maps tend to be good for touring, but rather lacking in detail for offroading, in which case if you look hard enough, there are maps out there, like the CFA 1:25k ones

[Chopper in Oz]

very cool, didn't take much 'playing around' :P

[Tommo]

Anyone have the MapSource MetroGuide Australia CD?

[goodol55]

Could a moderator please move this discussion to the Gaming ang and Techno thread :)

[Dave]

Good idea, done

[xflow]

This is sort of on topic... you need maps to get to the spots to drive, right?

I use oziexplorer, and have all of australia in 1:250k on CD (the auslig series) which interfaces more or less directly. That means I can drive anywhere in the country and have a moving map on my laptop at that scale - and I've done it a lot. It's good, but I want a better scale.
I also have in PDF format, the entire state of vic, in 1:25k and in 1:50k. (Vicmap, created for fire management purposes, not commercially available that I know of) Much better scale. Problem is, oziexplorer don't work with PDF, and the conversion is difficult, as far as I can tell. So I have to look at them with acrobat, which is worse than having them on paper!

Anyone know how I can turn a PDF into... a JPG, for example?
Anyone run a different mapping software which will use PDF maps?

Too easy :)

[Hunter]

Anyone have the MapSource MetroGuide Australia CD?

I do, V4.0, working on PC only.

[Hunter]

For the maps, I like the NASA's Landsate 7's Y2K picutures better, MrSid format, support OziExplorer, free to download from the Internet, bigger scale than 250K (about 150K I reckon)

File size is a bit big though, about 200MB each, 33-34 pictures to cover whole AUS, so around 7G in total :mrgreen:

[Tommo]

Do you know the web address?

[Hunter]

Sure Thing :P

https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid/

[Tommo]

Not bad. Not as much usable detail as 250k Auslig maps, but they do look pretty cool.

[MR EXTREME JEEP]

So Tommo did you sort this stuff out.?

[Tommo]

Yep. I use them for kicks on oziexplorer. Not a lot of good for navigation purposes, but they look nice.

[MR EXTREME JEEP]

I actually called you today to discuss this exact thing but there was no answer :cry:
I just installed OZI on the laptop. Have cfa maps edition 2003 and wnat to put them into ozi. How are you going with it.
I dont use it to do anything other than bush .
So dont care about suburban stuff.