Category Archives: Maps

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Mines utility for OziExplorer [OziUL] web page update

By admin | May 18, 2009

Uwe at www.whitethaiger.net recently posted OziUL as a download on the Mines utility page!  This is wonderful news for all of you rockhounds out there!  Its a great utility if you use OziExplorer for exploration of the Federal open space looking for rocks and minerals.
HERE is the link to the page, including some background on [...]

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Some OziExplorer additions

By admin | May 12, 2009

I wanted to do 2 things.
1.  Check for easier turn by turn route creation tools (ideally something integrated with OziExplorer)
2.  Figure an easy way to create index maps of regions I can’t currently find.
 
Well, I tried out a tool that looked promising called ITNConv which is reputed to be similar to GPSBabel.  It actually outputs [...]

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Convert MRDS data into usable format for OziUL

By admin | May 6, 2009

First, get your area data from THIS URL.
In the Download section select “Select and Download”

Which takes you to a map page where you can select your region of interest (I am doing Wyoming in this example) — select by clicking on the map or in the linked text below it:
 
 
Once you select a [...]

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Using OziUL

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Ok, so when I don’t use it I forget how to, and this page is a simple “How to” about how to use OziUL with OziExplorer…
First, launch OziExplorer, select a map for the area where you want to see mines data.

Then launch OziUL, and point it to your csv file of the mines data, [...]

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