Using Ozi Explorer to Plan your campout walk

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Using Ozi Explorer to Plan your campout walk
Step by step guide to using Ozi Explorer to plan
a walk, load a GPS with waypoints and print your
map
1. Open the program- Ozi Explorer
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2. From the opening screen hit the load button
--then open recent maps --then qld Mosaic
south.map
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4. Use Zoom control- to about 25 to get roughly
right scale- you can adjust this at any time
3. Click on where you think you are
This is a mosaic of all the 125,000 maps of
southern Queensland
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6. Drag tool to move map to where you want it
5. Zoom in/ out
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Waypoint tool
7. Enter waypoints
Segments and Waypoints Look at your
route-start/finish/which way do you want to
go? Divide it into segments each must start and
finish at an easy to recognise landmark (called a
waypoint) Segments should not be too long Each
segment should be more or less a straight line,
and follow a single feature. Now enter the
waypoints with the tool onto your map screen.
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8. Use measuring tool to measure the distance and
direction between waypoints. Click beside the
waypoints you wish to measure between
Distance and bearings between waypoints 1 2
9. Now enter this data into your (paper) route
plan (next slide)
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Route planning chart- start filling in values
from map
building
-40m 15m
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South along road
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Road jun.
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11. Use contours to work out height gain and loss
and enter these into your route plan
These lines are 10metre contours so from wpt 1 to
wpt 2 you go down (towards water) 40m and up 15m
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Loading GPS with Waypoints
12. Plug your GPS into the lead that connects it
to the computer and switch on the GPS- now use
the Garmin control to get the Waypoints from the
computer into the GPS
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13. Print the map
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14. Selected to scale
15. Adjust scale
16. Selection tool
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19. Colour?
17. Use cursor to select map boundary
18. Get correct orientation
19. Preview (next slide)
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20. If this is what you want then print- if not
close and adjust.-you may have to go back to
previous screen and use the setup button to send
this to the correct printer
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Almost done-

• Now finish off the Planning Chart and head off
  for your walk.
• Use your map, compass, GPS and Planning Chart to
  navigate the walk one segment at a time.

Enjoy your walk!