OziExplorer for PCOziExplorer is interactive, it allows you to work, on your computer screen, with digital maps that you have purchased or scanned yourself. By using these maps OziExplorer allows you to plan your trip by creating waypoints, routes and tracks on screen and upload these to your GPS.
With OziExplorer running and your laptop connected to your GPS, your GPS position is plotted on the map providing real time tracking ability (moving map). When you leave a map OziExplorer automatically changes to the next map.
Main Features - Use maps or charts which you scan yourself.
- Use maps in various formats which can be purchased in digital form (BSB, USGS DRG, ECW, SID, TIF, PNG, + more).
- Direct support for most Garmin, Magellan, Lowrance/Eagle, Brunton/Silva and MLR GPS receivers for Uploading and Downloading Waypoints, Routes and Tracks.
- Create Waypoints, Routes and Tracks on the map and upload these to your GPS (for supported GPS receivers).
- Download Waypoints, Routes and Tracks from your GPS and display them on a map (for supported GPS receivers).
- Specify permanent Map features on a map and attach a picture (or any other type of file) to each feature. Place symbols and comments on the Map.
- Over 100 map Datums supported.
- Support for many Map projections and Grid systems.
- Print Maps and Waypoint Lists.
- Show your GPS position in real time on the map (moving map).
- In moving map mode OziExplorer will navigate you along your chosen route giving instructions when each waypoint is reached. Various parameters such as Speed, Course, Next Waypoint, Distance, CTS, XTE, ETE and ETA are displayed.
- In moving map operation automatically changes to the next map.
- + much, much more.
OZiExplorer CE (PDAs)
OziExplorerCE is moving map software for PocketPC and Window CE PDA's, it uses raster map images which are either scanned or purchased in digital format. It allows you to track your position received from a GPS on a map (moving map).
OziExplorerCE is not automatic route planning software, you cannot request the best way to get from point A to point B, if you require this type of software then OziExplorerCE is not for you. However OziExplorerCE will allow you to create your own routes on the map and navigate along those. The design philosophy is you plan your trip using the full PC OziExplorer on you PC and then transfer your waypoints and other data to your PDA for use by OziExplorerCE. OziExplorerCE runs on PocketPC and Windows CE PDA's but it relies on map calibrations etc to be provided by the full PC version of OziExplorer, in this respect OziExplorerCE can be considered an add-on to the full Oziexplorer software, you also need the full OziExplorer to calibrate maps, plan trips by adding waypoints etc.
The unregistered OziExplorerCE will work with the unregistered OziExplorer but the limitations of both packages will apply.
To get the full use of OziExplorerCE you must have a full purchased copy of OziExplorerCE and a full purchased copy of PC OziExplorer.
Main Features
There is a detailed list of features here
- Uses almost any map which can be created by the PC version of OziExplorer.
- Moving map navigation using any GPS providing NMEA output in one of the supported sentences.
- Automatic loading of the next map.
- Automatic Route prompting (voice and symbol).
- Create Route on screen using the stylus.
- Check for more detailed map at a set interval.
- 5 user tracks can be loaded
- Tracks can be created on the map using the stylus
- Logging of Track points to file.
- Create Waypoint at current position * Create Waypoints using the Stylus.
- Drag Map Objects to new position.
- Many Map Zoom levels.
- Various Position display formats.
- On screen display of Speed and Bearing.
- Speed Monitor (plays sounds (wav files) when set speeds exceeded).
- Display Waypoints on the map.
- Find Maps at cursor position.
- Name Search * Satellite View * Map View. + much, much more.
GPS Requirements
For real time navigation almost any GPS receiver with NMEA 0183 output of the GPRMC or GGA or GLL sentence. These include an external GPS connected to the CE Device serial port, a compact flash GPS plugged into a compact flash slot, or a Navman GPS sleeve (for iPaqs).
For download of data selected models of Garmin Lowrance/Eagle or Magellan's.
For an external GPS, a cable to connect the standard CE device serial cable to the standard GPS serial cable is required. A diagram of how to wire this cable is in the GPS FAQ.
Map Requirements
Maps of your particular area of the world which you can scan or purchased digital maps in a format which can be converted to the ozf2 format.
All map images must be converted to the ozf2 format, a conversion utility called img2ozf is available for download from this web site. The ozf2 is a special format developed for use in OziExplorerCE (details are in the img2ozf help document). The format allows paging of the image from disk and therefore requires little memory for image display.
Note - No useable maps are provided with OziExplorerCE, only example maps.
Vector Maps
OziExplorerCE does not support any vector map formats.
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