Plotting a trip

Submitted: Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 at 22:55

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warbo

Is there a mapping system on Exploroz where i can add say 20 way points and have it take me along that route and give all the details,ie distance (total,waypoint to waypoint ect) and Gps marks as the Navman wont follow my trek ,Maitland-BrokenHill-Maree-Oodnadatta-Ayres Rock-Palm Valley- Halls Creek-Brome-GRR-Darwin ect back home.
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Reply By: Member - Alan H (QLD) - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 07:30

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 07:30

Yes.

ExplorOz will allow you to mark your 20 waypoints on a map and then compile them into a route. You can then get an analysis of the route showing you distances etc in a straight line so for greater accuracy you have to place waypoints at change of direction of your route.

This analysis can be printed out.

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Follow Up By: Member - Alan H (QLD) - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:54

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:54

Sorry for any confusion. I was automaticcally thinking OziExplorer the mapping program. I was referring to OziExplorer not ExplorOz

Alan

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Reply By: Member - John and Val - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:34

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:34

Warbo

Having created your waypoints, click the route editor button (hand holding pen in the top row). The route editor window will open offering a choice of routes R1,R2,..... Double click (say) R1 which will open the route properties window. In the left hand column is a list of all available waypoints. Click to select the one at the start of your trip and then click "add", then the next and the next..... to build up your route in the right hand column. You can also add blocks of waypoints in the usual windows way (click the first then shiftclick the last). You can also remove waypoints from the route by selecting in the right hand column and clicking the"X" button.

Once you've got it all the way you want it, click OK which will return you to the route editor window. Select your new route (R1) and in the lower pane will be a listing of your waypoints with cumulative distances. To display the route, click the top row button "show" with the joined dot to dot icon.

There is a lot more to this, but this is enough to get you started. Note that now you have "route" (and maybe "waypoint") highlighted in the boxes top right of your screen, indicating that they haven't been saved - click to save.

The Help is very extensive in Ozi, and well worth trawling through. It's a great package and well worth the effort.

Cheers

John

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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:44

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:44

I assume that we are all talking about QziExplorer - not Exploroz?

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John

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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:39

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:39

John that little tutorial would be worth adding into the Member's File swap area.

I learnt a thing or 2 with your instructions.

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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:59

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:59

Thanks Duncan, but I'm a long way from being an Ozi expert - I've simply described the way I blunder through it! There are many on this forum who could do a far better job. It was only after posting that I realised the question may well have concerned ExplorOz, not OziExplorer, in which case I'd added to confusion rather than enlightenment!

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Reply By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:51

Friday, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:51

Its a lot easier to create the plot using Google Maps.

Simply use the "get directions" function to create the route, which you can modify by drag and drop. Then use a utility called "GMapToGPX" to create a GPX file which you can import into Ozi. Job done.

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