OziExplorer

MODULE 1

1. Down Loading Ozi from a disk

2. Configuring Ozi

3. Working with Ozi tool bar

Practical Training Course

by Chris Rule

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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this manual is to serve as a teaching guide for students who want to learn

Oziexplorer.

This is not a complete guide to OZI. The student is expected to take the fundamentals acquired and to go on, on their own to learn the program more in depth.

OZI is being continually upgraded so any manual produced is quickly out dated.

There seems to be no end to what OZI can do, moving map on Palm Pilots, OZI 3D, OZI used for Automatic Radio Position Systems, OZI linked with digital cameras, and the list grows day by day.

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OZI

Down Loading Ozi from a disk.

Initial loading step

Down load as per instructions on CD case.. You should end up with a file on the C drive called Oziexplorer and an Icon on the desk top.

At some point you will be asked to “enter registration code”. If you are not prompted to then go to OZI menu bar and click on “HELP”.

Go to the last entry and click on

“enter registration code”.

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Enter Registration Key – enter User Name and Key code from the package the OZI CD came in.

Click “Save”

Note: Some other boxes may come up prompting you to enter the User Name and Key

Code. There is one box you can check off saying “don’t show this again”

CONGRATULATIONS, you have now installed and have a working OZI program.

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Configuring Ozi

The next thing to do is to “configure” OZI , or establish where maps are stored, what units of measure will be used and other settings. But before we do that let us set up the files OZI will need.

Find Oziexplorer in the C: drive and go in and create some files and name them Waypoints,

Routes, Tracks, Maps, Data, Photos, Events

Go to the OZI menu bar and click on “File” and near the bottom of the drop down box click on “Configuration”

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The following setting are just to get you started. You will change them later as required

Notice all the tabs in the box. We will go through each one and set our “Configuration” to all the same settings for now.

SYSTEM TAB

At Startup

check off - Show Map View and Show Zoom Window

Window Position Maximized

Data File Datum WGS 84

File Paths Map File Path

Data File Path c:\oziexplorer\maps c:\oziexplorer\data

Click “SAVE”

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MAPS TAB

Distance Units

Speed Units

Altitude Units

Distance Calc kilometers

KPH feet

Ellipsoid

Country or Region North & West

Lat/Long Display Deg. Min

Blank Map Datum WGS84

Map Load Options check off - Keep map objects, Keep Zoom level

Create Map Thumbnail

leave blank

Alternate grid

check off only - UTM

Click “SAVE”

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GPS TAB

GPS Make

GPS Model

select - GARMIN select - GPS 12 (symbols)

GPS Upload/Download Datum

select - WGS 84

GPS NMEA Output Datum

select- WGS 84

GPS Symbol Set Garmin 16

GPS Parameters

should be automatically set

Click “SAVE”

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COMM TAB

Com Port

Parity

Advanced Comm Time out

Upload/Download Baud Rate

NMEA Baud Rate

1

None

65

9600

4800

(may have to change if using 9 pin cable)

Auto Plot Output

Com Port 1

Active

leave blank

Baud Rate 4800 Parity - None

Click “SAVE”

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WAYPOINTS TAB

Lower 0

Upper 0

Click “SAVE”

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TRACK TAB

Default Track Color

Default Track Width

Track Control red

2

Initial size

leave blank

Click “SAVE”

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MOVING MAP TAB

Screen Update Rate 5

Store Track point interval 0.05

Always Check Detail Map Check Intervals

Auto Log Track to File

Track Tail Length

Dock Controls

Current Map Path

Scroll Method

Pointer

Scale

Pointer color

Pointer Solid Color

NMEA Check Sun

leave blank

50 check mark

leave blank

1.5

Red

leave blank leave blank

60 and a check mark

Load Map Centred On Position

Arrow 1

Click “SAVE”

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NAVIGATION TAB

Show Log Detail

Project Track Line

Leg Distance Color

Line Width

Route Waypoint Proximity 300 meters

Line Color

Alarm Duration

check mark check mark

Yellow

1

Red

20

Show Line From Position check off

Compass

for now do not activate

Click “SAVE”

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To set up COMPASS ROSE

Show Compass Rose

Compass Size

Cross Length

Direction

Circle Color

Line Color

Circle Line Width

Line Width

“Close” to save click on Icon check mark

120

50

Magnetic North

1

1

Red

Blue

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GPS SIMULATOR TAB

Units

Initial Zoom

Kilometers

100

Waypoint Show Format Numbers

Click “SAVE”

Congratulations your OZI has been downloaded and configured”!!

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WORKING WITH OZI TOOL BAR

* Note: this is not a current example as OZI is often upgraded, however the basics remain the same, usually only new features are added.

File

View

Map

– you are familiar with as we have been using parts of it

- allows us to use various waypoint, route and track control boxes, most are repeated as icons in the next tool box

– allows you to create a blank map, set up grids, or clear waypoint routes

Options

tracks etc from the map

– changes screen color for night and does area calculations

Moving map – for setting up moving map

Navigation

– used with GPS Simulation

Garmin

Help

- or selected GPS- used for uploading/down loading to and from the GPS

– as you know is where you enter the registration code.

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ICON TOOL BAR

Quit

Load

Save

Waypoint

- is when you want to exit OZI

- is to load maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and things

- is for saving maps, waypoints, routes, tracks and things

- is for creating waypoints. They are self numbering and

EVT

are set wherever you click.

- is for an event which places a symbol on the map which can be edited.

Blue circle with a number - is a map feature. It can have a comment, picture and a

Green box with a C

Track box

+

symbol

- is a comment box which can be placed anywhere and edited

- click on it and you can create a track on the map

- is to mark positions and distance and bearing will appear

°

Red dot and box with 3 dots

Blue line and word show

- is to create a point. Right click on the point and select

Show Compass, a compass rose will appear. Right click again and deselect to remove.

– show/ hide track control. This allows you

Red circle with box and 3 dots

3 dots and the word show hand with pointer and number 1

to work with tracks

– will show or hide the tracks on the map

– show or hide point control

– shows or hides points on the map

3 yellow squares and the word show the number one and a list

– is the route editor. This is where you down/up load routes to and from a GPS

- shows or hides routes on the map

– shows the waypoint list

the number 1 in yellow square with red arrows – will show distance between waypoints

the word line in blue box with red arrows

Magnifying glass

Map symbol

Zoom

Drag

Info

4 arrows

– shows a line between position and cursor

– shows distance and bearing between clicks

– turns on and off the mag window

– turns on and off the insert map

– self explanatory

– click on it to get the hand and drag the map

– shows some setting from the configuration

– click on the arrow shows a list of maps next to the one you have on screen, the center dot will list other maps you may have for same location, the red X locks OZI to look for maps using the current path

Map, waypoint, event track route boxes, if they are red it means you have not saved the information, if they are grey the data has been saved.

NOTE: as you move the cursor the Lat & Long and UTM is displayed.

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