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.ozi link off cache page [closed]
Posted: 11 June 05 10:36 am
by team unicycle
gc.com have, for premium members, a link to a gpx file on each cache page. This is really handy for updating GSAK etc when new caches come out. Could this be included in GCA pages?
Another handy link would be to an ozi .wpt link for individual caches. I could then preview straight in ozi. I'm sure anyone worth their SLT could do that with the GPX file, but that doesn't include me.
Posted: 11 June 05 11:37 am
by ideology
good idea, we'll put it on the list
we are happy to generate .wpt files if someone can let us know the format
Posted: 11 June 05 11:45 am
by Dooghan
Posted: 07 October 05 8:45 am
by ideology
is this of interest to people?
Posted: 07 October 05 8:57 am
by Cached
yes, I would use it.
Posted: 07 October 05 9:06 am
by Dooghan
count me in
Posted: 07 October 05 9:28 am
by roostaman
I create waypoint files from GSAK, generally with many points so they can be viewed on Mapsource or OZICE on the PPC.
So a single .wpt file for each cache might have less use............ ?
Just in case you do a lot of work to get it going and it is not used much by everyone after all.... just in case?
Any other comments?
Roosta
Posted: 07 October 05 9:49 am
by ian-and-penny
As a premium GC member I am fortunate to beable to use GPX files in GSAK as my main tool to search sort and view caches.
This functionality wouldn't be a lot of use to me, but I'm pretty sure the functionality woukd be appreciated by non premium members.
Posted: 07 October 05 10:15 am
by riblit
Oziexplorer doesn't support opening the appropiate map from a waypoint file, nor does it support drag and drop of waypoint files.<p>
I find it quicker to let the GPX file open GSAK and then click the name in GSAK to open Ozi and find the appropiate map.
Posted: 20 October 05 10:26 pm
by ideology
we read the format document but it's a bit hard without an example
can someone please post an example file of one waypoint?
thanks!
Posted: 20 October 05 11:11 pm
by GIN51E
i know not many people here use the software "Discover Aus" but out of all the mapping programs i've used i think its one of the best, with the detail of the maps.
one thing i have noticed is the waypoint files don't work correctly between ozi and discover aus,
also when i convert a GPX file to a wpt file using GPSBabel it will work in discover Aus but not in Ozi,
so this would be hard i think trying to make a file that will work with all programs, but my server's ftp isn't working so i can't upload an example Discover Aus wpt file.
but if someone would like it. Just pm your email address to me and i'll send it your way.
Posted: 21 October 05 12:02 am
by !mike
ideology wrote:we read the format document but it's a bit hard without an example
can someone please post an example file of one waypoint?
thanks!
OziExplorer Waypoint File Version 1.1
WGS 84
Reserved 2
garmin
1,MIKE, -35.149773, 138.471446,38645.9371821, 46, 0, 3, 0, 65535,, 0, 0, 0, -777, 6, 0,17,0,10.0,2,,,
Posted: 21 October 05 12:06 am
by riblit
ideology wrote:we read the format document but it's a bit hard without an example
can someone please post an example file of one waypoint?
thanks!
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function write_points($line) {
global $handle;
if (!fwrite($handle, $line)) {
echo "Can't write to file";
}
$counter = 1;
write_points ("OziExplorer Waypoint File Version 1.1rn");
write_points ("WGS 84rn");
write_points("Reserved 2rn");
write_points("garminrn");
$sql = "select placename, status, map_num, wgs84lat, wgs84long from gnr where designation = 'TRIG. STATION'";
$result = riblit_sql($sql);
while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$available = ($row['status']<>"ASSIGNED")?'16711935, 13141291,':'65280, 4227327,';
$str = $counter .','.$row['placename'].','.$row['wgs84lat'].','. $row['wgs84long'] .','. '38003.6840203, 56, 1, 3,' .$available . $row['map_num'].','.'0, 0, 0, 643, 6, 0,17,0,10.0,2,,,'."rn";
write_points($str);
// print_r( $row);
$counter +=1;
}
fclose($handle);
echo "Finished";
?>
Just change the variables for your data
$available changes the foreground and background colours of the waypoint. The other fields in $str are ok with those defaults.
Is that enough or do you still want a file?
Posted: 12 November 05 5:33 pm
by ideology
we've added an .OZI option to each cache
we don't have Ozi Explorer so we can't test it
can someone please give it a go and let us know how it goes?
thanks!
Posted: 12 November 05 5:51 pm
by energizer61
ideology wrote:we've added an .OZI option to each cache
we don't have Ozi Explorer so we can't test it
can someone please give it a go and let us know how it goes?
thanks!
Didn't work for me i'm afraid, it downloads as a .ozi file, which didn't do anything. I tried renaming it to an .wpt file, but didn't have much luck.
unless there's something i'm lacking in my Ozi knowledge (which is quite possible)