Australia in 1:250k zone maps, who wants

[Blknight.aus]

I just read the http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=22181&page=3 thread and Just realised I have the whole of australia on a DVD in ready to go Oziexplorer CE format.

How many people want copies that will be there tomorrow?

[Outlaw]

if you insist, why not ; )

[George130]

Would love it.

[Slunnie]

Without a doubt! I'd be grateful!!!

[Blknight.aus]

OK I'll do 10 copies up and from there its pony express rules.


IF you Take one of the DVDs from me on the trip its YOUR responsability to add the following to this thread so that someone else knows who to ask to get them...

1. your name (it'll be in the post so thats a no brainer
2. Your location (generic township or if a big place suburb)
3. the hardware your using it on (pda and OS)
4. your type of ride (if you have more than one then the ride the gps gets most use in)

You make the copy and CD postage bags are about $2 you pay the postage to the next person and it keeps going.


If you recive a DVD from someone you go onto the bottom of the list and do the same thing, much like the old pyramid scheme but you only pass on the orginal DVD and not additional copies.(tho if you want to do that I wont stop you)


call it my twisted version of curiosity I want to see how far this goes

Dsclaimer time

All the maps are sourced from the natmap premium set of DVD's and scaled through and automated process then reformatted to the ozi CE format. For more info theres a site you can goto I'll edit into here later (cant find it atm)


Im also including the following softwares on the disc as fillers and usefull stuff.

1. AVG Free (virus scanner I use)
2. GPSdash2 for ppc (sareware version, simulates an instrument panel)
3.IMG2ozf (the proggie that reformat maps to ozice format with the aid of oziexplorer)
4. OZICEhelp (help file for oziexplorerce)
5. OziexplorerCE

[Bush65]

Dave, did you mean 1:250K?

AFAIK, 1:250K is the largest scale that covers all of Aus. 1:25K only covers the east side of NSW and part of the east side of QLD - not sure about other states.

[Ruslan]

Dave, did you mean 1:250K?

AFAIK, 1:250K is the largest scale that covers all of Aus. 1:25K only covers the east side of NSW and part of the east side of QLD - not sure about other states.
That's right, Natmap Premium (zones and single) is 1:250k, not 1:25k.

Cheers,
Ruslan

[Blknight.aus]

yup typo but I am working on getting the 1:100k stuff and having some sucess.

1:250k is correct. editing post next

[Mick-Kelly]

I am also keen for a copy at some point.

[sclarke]

If its 250k, then i have it. But thanks anyhow.....

Steve

[HangOver]

do the CE maps with with the standard Oziexplorer?

[Blknight.aus]

nope, Ozi explorer maps are from just about anything else

OZI explorer (aka Ozi) is the name of the program that reads the maps, talks to the GPS and does the navigating type stuff

OZI explorerCE (aka Ozice) does it on PDA type gps's

The maps I have are from the Natmap premium pack of DVD's

Theres a simple conversion to get them to work in OZI which is done by a combination of the electronic map cutting software that comes with the natmapdvd's (which is copyrighted) that pulls the bits of the maps (whichs is freely distributable so long as you do the disclaimer thing correctly) out you want and saves them

The next step (which is bloody time consuming on most PCs) is to convert the Ozi maps to the Ozce format

Ozi reads both formats but the Ozice map format tends to cut the colour count back a little bit, its not noticable on PDA's but when you look at them on ozi it is.

Unfortunately I had to delete the Ozi format maps to make some room on the Hd for a backup but kept the Ozice maps as I dont want to convert the buggers again.

When I can free up the drive space I'll redo the zone strip maps of aus and to a 10 disc distribution under the same idea as for the CE ones.

As i just got GPSdash to run on the mio I'll also experiment with cutting out maps for that.

[gruntfuttock]

You can put me down for a copy please

[amtravic1]

I would like a copy as well. Happy to copy and send on to others as well.

Ian

[Reads90]

I will have a copy too please

[incisor]

knock knock..

some discretion should be used when chatting in public ........

[Blknight.aus]

Licence Granted: Geoscience Australia grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive,
non-transferable licence to access, display, reproduce, adapt and print the Product, and
combine it with other data held by the Licensee.

exluding the formatting this is the exctract of the legalease thats on the CD I had this double checked by the legal eagles at work way back in the piece and from their breif reading of it the laymans terms is..

So long as i dont deliberately skew the data
So long as I dont try to profit from the reproduction
so long as I dont go into Mass production of the whole lot
providing I dont try to duplicate, modify or distribute the reading software The raw data I can do pretty much what I like with including

Reformatting so it can be used with other software
Cut it to size for individual areas.

heres the website
http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/maps/raster250k/#licence

[incisor]

i know the license on the DVD set, i bought them..

the CD has a different license as the maps from the cd are not the same quality as the dvd and are freely available for download..

i suggest you go re read it ....

eg.

"Commercialise", in respect of the Product or a product or service derived from the Product, includes distributing, giving away, selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade, offering or exposing for sale or hire any article embodying the Product or any product or service derived from or incorporating the Product.

Licence Granted: Geoscience Australia grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access, display, reproduce, adapt and print the Product, and combine it with other data held by the Licensee. The Licence is limited to personal use of the Product or use within the Licensee's organisation only. Any other requests for permission (including provision of data within the Product to third parties, or through WWW access) should be referred to Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia warrants that the grant of the Licence does not infringe the Intellectual Property rights of any person. All rights not expressly granted to the Licensee are reserved.

[Blknight.aus]

i know the license on the DVD set, i bought them..

the CD has a different license as the maps from the cd are not the same quality as the dvd and are freely available for download..

i suggest you go re read it ....

eg.

"Commercialise", in respect of the Product or a product or service derived from the Product, includes distributing, giving away, selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade, offering or exposing for sale or hire any article embodying the Product or any product or service derived from or incorporating the Product.

Licence Granted: Geoscience Australia grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access, display, reproduce, adapt and print the Product, and combine it with other data held by the Licensee. The Licence is limited to personal use of the Product or use within the Licensee's organisation only. Any other requests for permission (including provision of data within the Product to third parties, or through WWW access) should be referred to Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia warrants that the grant of the Licence does not infringe the Intellectual Property rights of any person. All rights not expressly granted to the Licensee are reserved.

not going by what the legal eagles of the repro section said. (I asked them about it before i offered it up the first time around but only got a couple of answers)

so long as i dont claim to own it or profit by what I do with it and make the legalease avalable with it (should be on the DVD unless i screwed up) it should be ok...

Will go and reconfer with them and then the natmap guys themselves...

Till then this offer is closed....

[LRHybrid100]

would love a copy - THX

[Outlaw]

okay first person to PM me your postal details will receive the copy i grabbed off Dave :thumbsup:

[Blknight.aus]

This has caused a bit of a bunfight at the repro section....

the opinions that are being discussed on a "leave it with us we'll get back to you basis are"

1. Providing no one profits from it it can be freely copied by anyone not in a corporate position as the original mapping was taxpayer funded the data is free and you should only have to pay for the cost of the printing.

2. Sections may be reproduced at no cost but the data as a whole may not be copied (Ie a map that covers the brisbane area only can be sliced out of the data and distributed)

3. It cant be copied.


The young lady I spoke to at the geosicence place (contact details of the site i posted) went Ummmmmmmm... give me your number we will get back to you. The emails I sent regarding this matter so far have gone unanswered.

[Outlaw]

But on a more positive note, HangOver's getting my copy sent out on monday

[incisor]

go and do it by pm not in an open forum..

it is illegal...

and you are leaving your selves open.... IF someone happens to stumble across it....

[incisor]

But on a more positive note, HangOver's getting my copy sent out on monday
and your supposed to have more brains than to blurt it out in an open forum..

did IQ's suddenly drop in the last few days?

[dobbo]

go and do it by pm not in an open forum..

it is illegal...

and you are leaving your selves open.... IF someone happens to stumble across it....

I have to agree about the legality.

[waynep]

do the CE maps with with the standard Oziexplorer?

If you're asking "do the maps formatted for use with OziExplorer CE work with standard OziExplorer" the answer is yes.

They do recommend you use the ".ozfx3" format for CE. The older format ".ozf2" can be converted to the newer .ozfx3 format using a program called "Img2ozf" which is avialable for download free from the OziExplorer site.

The ".ozfx3" files will will work with the standard "full version" OziExplorer too.

[HangOver]

If you're asking "do the maps formatted for use with OziExplorer CE work with standard OziExplorer" the answer is yes.

They do recommend you use the ".ozfx3" format for CE. The older format ".ozf2" can be converted to the newer .ozfx3 format using a program called "Img2ozf" which is avialable for download free from the OziExplorer site.

The ".ozfx3" files will will work with the standard "full version" OziExplorer too.

thats what I was wondering thanks
I have a PDA gps & am slowly building a carputer

[VladTepes]

I have only read page 1 but I'd like the DVD please. How do I get one ?

[incisor]

I have only read page 1 but I'd like the DVD please. How do I get one ?
you buy it from natmap :P

[VladTepes]

LOL

:P back at yer !

[HangOver]

I have only read page 1 but I'd like the DVD please. How do I get one ?


you bad person you! ;)