Moving Map Program

[Gold Hound]

Norvic

Did you download the latest ozi update?

[Norvic]

Dale, Yes 3.95;6d, couple of weeks ago downloaded, always check through his update menu.. Haven`t searched out its new features but just love OZI, its function, its writers continuing capacity to take on board suggestions and implement them plus of course his endeavour to give us updates free.(this day and age is rare) I think his approach has rewarded him with world-wide use, judging by the dedicated forums international members.

[Gold Hound]

Dale, Yes 3.95;6d, couple of weeks ago downloaded, always check through his update menu.. Haven`t searched out its new features but just love OZI, its function, its writers continuing capacity to take on board suggestions and implement them plus of course his endeavour to give us updates free.(this day and age is rare) I think his approach has rewarded him with world-wide use, judging by the dedicated forums international members.

I agree with you 100% Vic ozi really dose try to keep his customers happy and up to date.

Ozi can do most of what the expensive program's like 'esri's arc gis' program can do!

And the bloke, I think his name is Dez is very helpful if you ever have any problems.

If you downloaded the update most of the features I mentioned above will work automatically, you should notice straight away as it now remembers your last location and opens the map on it or the place on the last map you were working on.

[Norvic]

Yeah, it would not surprise me if Des has contacted Minelab re. my email to him about not being able to use tracks and waypoints from the GPZ on Ozi without going online. Hopefully they can work out a solution that will satisfy all, especially us users. Would be real neat if OZI was on GPZ screen, not likely on current one as probably hasn`t the memory, but Des worked a legal way to do such with Magellan mapping GPS`s, just a simple utility. I am not very fond of proprietary stuff, believe it is self defeating as it stifles tech advances in long term. IBM showed that with allowing PC compatibles way back. But it works for Apple, big time.

 

 Haven`t as yet put update on field notebook or smart phone, just have on home PC which I have not got a GPS on, use it just for manipulating and downloading maps etc. It has always opened on last map, think you can specify this in setup. One of those gonnadoos gottadoos.

[Gold Hound]

Yeah, it would not surprise me if Des has contacted Minelab re. my email to him about not being able to use tracks and waypoints from the GPZ on Ozi without going online. Hopefully they can work out a solution that will satisfy all, especially us users. Would be real neat if OZI was on GPZ screen, not likely on current one as probably hasn`t the memory, but Des worked a legal way to do such with Magellan mapping GPS`s, just a simple utility. I am not very fond of proprietary stuff, believe it is self defeating as it stifles tech advances in long term. IBM showed that with allowing PC compatibles way back. But it works for Apple, big time.

 

 Haven`t as yet put update on field notebook or smart phone, just have on home PC which I have not got a GPS on, use it just for manipulating and downloading maps etc. It has always opened on last map, think you can specify this in setup. One of those gonnadoos gottadoos.

It allways opend on the last map but not your last cursor position like it dose now.

I found it a big help as some of the specialist images I use cover a big area and it was a real pain to find where you were on the image without using dummy waypoints.

[Norvic]

See what you mean, that`s nifty. OZI is becoming very refined with each enhancement. One other thing I love about it, through all its progress over the years the base is still there no need to learn how to use new software from the beginning, just learn the new update features that apply to you.

[Peteren]

Can anyone assist with file types importable to Ozi?

 

The options from the SARIG database that I'm getting the files from are

 

Arc view shape file

File Geodatabase

Google KMZ

Map info TAB file

 

None of these match the options for file types in Ozi

 

I have down loaded the KMZ and opened it in Google earth and that layer comes up fine, just cant get it into Ozi

[Norvic]

One way of doing it is instead of KMZ go for KML Ozi has no problem with that. As I understand it (may be totally wrong) KMZ is compressed whereas KML is not. When your in Google Earth look for the menu that specifies file format, default is KMZ. You`ll find the option of KML there. The other file formats I`m sorry I`m not familiar with.