Category Archives: Maps

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New Maps added!!

By admin | May 12, 2010

Recenlty, I was searching for newer USDA quads and came across the USDA site that has updated USDA quads for National Forest areas [ Link ]. This is very useful since the National Forest service road network changes fairly frequently and my USDA quads from Libremap (some of them) are old. I found out while [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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