Category Archives: GPS

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OziExplorer files layout

When you have over 33,000 map related object, getting organized is a good idea.  This is the way I decided to layout the OziExplorer related files on my navigation laptop. First, you can tell OziExplorer where to look for maps (the images), and the meta data (the .map files).  This is important because OziExplorer doesn’t [...]

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MAPS…

I was doing some work on GPSForecast, and I ran across this web page from UC Berkley that has a LOT of nice maps (especially useful for you other OziExplorer nuts out there)! The site is the Earth Sciences & Map Library of UC Berkeley … Here is a sample (Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 1:100,000): Social [...]

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Mt. Antero Beryl (Aquamarine) Trip

Well, here are the pics and our route up to Mt. Antero.  We only found a few small pieces of Aquamarine, but some folks found some nice pieces (nickel sized X 1/2″).  Here is a picture of some of the small peices I found! Social Bookmarking

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Summer Trip 3 – Colorado to California!

Ok, lets start things off with our recent summer vacation. I convinced Dagmar to let us stop for minerals once in a while on this trip. We found turquoise, TV stone (got to look up the real name), nice garnet and some others. Check out the photos for GPS coordinates, on the linked page created [...]

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