I do hope somebody gets this....I am planning to walk an old
battlefield site (1943) in Tunisia around a Berber village called
Takrouna (near Enfidha/Enfidaville)and want to create a 3d map but I'm
new to this game and do not know where to start.  Can anybody help? I
can't even find a 1:50000 map in the UK.

Tks,

Trevor

I do hope somebody gets this....I am planning to walk an old
battlefield site (1943) in Tunisia around a village called Takrouna
and want to create a 3d map but I'm new to this game and do not know
where to start.  Can anybody help?

Tks,

Trevor

--- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "wmoschek" <wolfgang.moschek@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "Terry King" <terry@> wrote:
> >
> > Who should I contact about Tunisia maps? I have been working on
> > some maps and also have hundreds of GPS waypoints. I'm using
> > Oziexplorer etc.
> >
> > Regards, Terry King  ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage
> > terry@
> >
> Hello! Same to me. I'm working on the history of Tunisia and North
> Arfica in ancient, roman time.
> There are some 1:50.000 maps from WWII in the archives. Berkeley
> Libary e.g., what about russian military maps 1:200.000?
>
> I also try to find Data (Waypoints, Pictures,etc.) to locate ancient
> places in this area. I'm working with Global Mapper, ArcView,
> TTQV/Pathaway...
> Best Regards
> W.M.
>

Free GIS Software by VB 6,
Download Google Earth Maps,
Trace & save GPS route,
View & Rectify Raster Images, gif, jpg, bmp
Edit & make shape files

     by

Elshayal Smart GIS Map Editor 3.7.6 by VB 6

http://www.smartwebonline.com/

        or in Direct Download

http://www.download.com/ElshayalSmart/3000-6677-10854526.html?part=dl-
ElshayalS&subj=uo&tag=button

            or

http://www.cadmagazine.com/downloads/download.php?id=143

Thank you and best regards
Mohamed Elshayal
The First Arabian GIS Software
http://www.smartwebonline.com/

* apologies for cross-posting *
Please forward this message to colleagues who may be interested.

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa), published by the
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association, is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The September SDI-Africa 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n9.pdf
Latest Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNDSI) Newsletter
(No.7, August 2008)
Guidelines for provision of geospatial data of Survey of Kenya
(tentative draft)
Risk management center at Ethiopia's Bahir Dar University to train
experts in mitigating disasters
Letsema's interactive map of Lesotho
History and status of Spatial Data Infrastructure implementation in
Zimbabwe (2008)
New X band antenna expands infrastructure at CSIR
ECA organizes Consultative Workshop on Land Policy in Central Africa
GLTN E-discussion on gender and land, 8 September and 15 October 2008
Participatory GIS (PGIS) Curriculum Development Workshop
Call for expressions of interest to host the 7th Conference of the
African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) in
2010
Tech4Africa – web and emerging technology conference for Africa, 3-4
October 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa
1st Uganda Conference for Science Communication 2008, 23-26 November
2008, Kampala, Uganda
Creating and maintaining a GIS portal: management considerations
(ESRI White Paper, July 2008)
FAO, IIASA and partners release a new Harmonized World Soil database
Using GIS to model and forecast HIV/AIDS rates in Africa, 1986-2010
Community access to available water supply in Rwanda
NASA data show some African drought linked to warmer Indian Ocean
Accelerated human population growth at protected area edges
Call for papers: Remote Sensing for Africa, Special Issue. Submission
deadline: 20 October 2008.
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Workshops,
September 29 - October 3, Cape Town, South Africa
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Neogeography Seminars
Community-based Mapping Course, September 12 - October 17, 2008
GEOSS Workshop for Water Security and Governance in Africa, 24-26
October 2008, Accra, Ghana
Application of Earth Observation and GIS in Integrated Water Resource
Management, 19 January - 8 May 2009
GSDI Small Grants Program 2008. Deadline: 30 August 2008.
African Climate Change Fellowships. Deadline: 17 September 2008.
2008 Call for International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project
Proposals. Deadline: October 15, 2008.
Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP) – Call for guest researchers
(Spring 2009). Deadline: October 1, 2008.
Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2008
African Information Society Initiative (AISI): A Decade's Perspective
(2008)
Climate change, food security and disaster risk management (February
2008)

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp . Regional newsletters for Latin
America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available.

To subscribe for the GDSI news list, go to:
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp
To receive announcements throughout the month of opportunities and
other activities, subscribe to SDI-Africa email list at
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa . The email list
archives are accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-
africa/

* apologies for cross-posting *
Please forward this message to colleagues who might be interested.

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa), published by the
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association, is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The July SDI-Africa 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n7.pdf
Chad's National Scientific Research Center (CNAR) launches its
website
Central African Biodiversity Information Network (CABIN)
New Zealand helps with 3D mapping of Ethiopia/Eritrea border to
resolve dispute
Contract awarded for Lesotho Integrated Transport Project
Strengthening Malawi government capacity in flood forecasting and
management
South African Council for Geoscience provides expertise for mapping
project in Madagascar
South Africa nationwide Spatial Data Infrastructure Act Regulation
workshops
River Awareness Kit for Orange-Senqu basin in Southern Africa
GIS Scoping Report of the Regional Coastal Zone Management Programme
for Indian Ocean Countries
A collection of information on address standards
Interactive Forest Atlas of Congo (version 1.0)
South African National Biodiversity Institute Biodiversity GIS website
Launch of United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure for Transport
version 2.0
Tanzanian-owned company provides vehicle tracking and monitoring
service
Rwanda using GIS to assess national electricity transmission and
distribution network
Google Maps API showing the flashpoints of violence in South Africa
AAAS geospatial analysis confirms destruction of towns, houses in
eastern Ethiopia
World Food Program (WFP) Comprehensive Food Security Vulnerability
Assessment
Water and the Rural Poor: Interventions for improving livelihoods in
sub-Saharan Africa
11th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 11) –
Call for papers, 15-19 June 2009, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
3rd Symposium and Exhibition of the Ocean Data and Information
Network for Africa, 17 July 2008, Mombasa, Kenya
Free and Open Source Geospatial (FOSS4G) Workshops and Labs,
September 29 - October 3, 2008, Cape Town, South Africa
GSDI Small Grants Program 2008. Deadline: August 30, 2008.
Erasmus Mundus masters scholarships. Deadline: July 13, 2008.
Planet Action call for projects. Deadline July 15, 2008.
CGIAR Fellowships for African Women - 1st round. Deadline: July 18,
2008.
Young Professionals in Science Competition. Deadline: August 15, 2008.
Research proposal guide: developing and submitting a research proposal
Guide to decision making and decision models for forest biodiversity
Ecosystem services: a guide for decision makers
Indicators of Progress: Guidance on Measuring the Reduction of
Disaster Risks

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp . Regional newsletters for Latin
America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available.

To subscribe for the GDSI news list, go to:
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp
To receive announcements throughout the month of opportunities and
other activities, subscribe to SDI-Africa email list at
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa . The email list
archives are accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-
africa/

To those interested in IMS and Time-enabled maps with TimeMap Java

Some months ago, I needed a software or a script that allowed to
create time-enabled maps or cartographic animations.

After various searchs in the Web I've found the TimeMap Java Win, an
OpenSource software, that is a cartographic applet with the capacity
of generating time-enabled maps to be seen in a web browser. But this
software doesn't only do this. With it, you can create an IMS
(Internet Map Server) with dynamic and interactive Cartography embeded
in HTML, that can be published in Webpages, or in a CD or a DVD.

I've been working with a GIS software since 1998 and now, I can export
or link my drawings (as a SHP or MIF) and my tables (DBF and CSV) and
my raster images (GeoTIFF, PNG, JPEG) created with my software in a
way that I can work them inside the TimeMap Java and build my
time-enabled maps or my my IMS  at a very low cost.

If you want to learn how to do this also, I've created a training
video with the title "Learn how to use the TimeMapJava" that teaches
how to do all that.

Please, enter in http://learnhowtouse.net and see more about this in
training video. You can also visit the examples that exist in this site.

Best regards
J.Seixas
geral@...
http://learnhowtouse.net

* apologies for cross-posting *  (but please do pass onto other
relevant lists)

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The June 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n6.pdf
- Cameroon chapter of Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) launched
- Preparation of State of Nigerian Cities Report 2007/2008
- Migration dynamics in West Africa - two-year program funded by
European Commission
- North African Drought Alert System (Système Maghrébin d'Alerte à la
Sécheresse (SMAS)
- South Africa National Space Agency Bill: Briefing
- AfricaArray - A public-private partnership supporting geophysics
training and research in Africa
- Release of Global Map Africa
- Latest African Geodetic Reference Frame (AFREF) Newsletter
- Africa, Atlas of Our Changing Environment - Launch on 10 June 2008
- 22nd Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 22), 28-
29 August 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
- 5th EGU Alexander von Humboldt International Conference: Climate
Changes and African Earth Systems – past, present and future, January
12-16, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa
- Guide for establishing a National Oceanographic Data Centre: 2nd
revised version
- Beta release of Climate Mapper for SERVIR Viz
- Interactive global map of freshwater biodiversity
- TerraLook Version 1.1
- Release of AccessMod version 3.0
- Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics in Madagascar (1975–2005)
- A study of climate change and anthropogenic impacts in West Africa
- Modelling susceptibility of coral reefs to environmental stress
using remote sensing data and GIS models
- Long-term adaptation: selecting farm types across agro-ecological
zones in Africa
- Biodiversity Information Management Forum, 10-11 June 2008,
Pretoria, South Africa
- FOSS4G Workshops and Labs, September 29 - October 3, 2008, Cape
Town, South Africa
- Open Mapping Africa 2008: a series of workshops in Fall 2008
- CREATING - Training and research opportunities in socio-economic
sciences (deadline 15 June)
- Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation: Strengthening research
capacity in developing countries (deadline 31 July)
- African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
Fellowships (deadline 18 July)
- Nile Basin M.S. scholarship in areas relevant for water resources
decision support system (deadline 15 June)
- South-South Cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction (deadline 30
June)
- Vulnerability to Hunger: Improving Food Crisis Responses in Fragile
States (May 2008)
- Global Monitoring Report 2008: MDGs and the Environment - Agenda
for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp . Regional newsletters for Latin
America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available.

Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and
if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp

There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa , with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/ , and you
can sign up to send and receive messages.

* apologies for cross-posting *  (but please do pass onto other
relevant lists)

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The May 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n5.pdf
- Système de Gestion Intégré de l'Information Agricole et Rurale
(SGIIAR) - Algeria
- Centre National de Télédétection de Tunisie GISweb
- Nigeria NGDI Committee Meeting and RFP for NGDI portal
- Kenya police command and control system, GIS-enabled
- First corridor sensor web (South Africa) proves viability of
advanced spatial data infrastructure
- South African consultation on requirements for future satellite
sensor portfolio
- SADC Geology Map
- Editorial board makes progress on content of Soil Atlas of Africa
- Abstracts online for International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
(IGBP) 2008 Congress, 5-9 May 2008, Cape Town, South Africa
- 3rd ESRI Eastern Africa User Conference – Call for papers, 23-24
October 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
- 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote
Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), 27-31 October 2008, Accra, Ghana
- 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G)
Conference (incorporating GISSA 2008), 29 September – 3 October, Cape
Town, South Africa
- Les XIèmes Journées Scientifiques du Réseau Télédétection, du 3 au
7 novembre 2008, a Antananarivo, Madagascar
- GDEST Africa - Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable Development
- Handbook on Geographic Databases and Census Mapping (draft version)
- Enjoy (temporary) free online access to Geoinformatica
- OneGeology Cookbook v.1.0
- GIS Visual Catalogue & Repository, Kruger National Park GIS/RS Lab
- GIS data for Kenya (from Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being)
available on the web
- BIOTA East Africa - GIS geodata service
- FEWS NET maps, data and imagery
- Data from the Sharing Water Project: Towards a Transboundary
Consensus on the Management of the Okavango River Basin
- Newly acquired Landsat 7 scenes over Africa are now available at no
charge
- Remote sensing applications to groundwater
- Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe
- Spatial distribution of childhood mortality in South Africa
- Using GIS to model and forecast HIV/AIDS rates in Africa, 1986-2010
- City of Johannesburg Regional Spatial Development Framework 2008-
2009
- Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar with
high-resolution planning tools
- 7th Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNet) Workshop, 22-26 September
2008, Caprivi, Namibia
- Geographic Information Systems in Transportation (GIS-T) course, 19-
20 May 2008, Cape Town, South Africa
- Course on Basic Principles of Earth Observation, 21 July - 1 August
2008, RCMRD, Nairobi, Kenya
- Course on Land Management Information System (LMIS), 4-15 August
2008, RCMRD, Nairobi, Kenya
- Les formations 2008 du Centre Régional AGRHYMET, Niamey, Niger
- RECTAS Postgraduate Diploma (English and French) and ITC-RECTAS
joint MSc in Geoinformatics (English only), both starting 1 September
2008, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Foundation 2008 Grants
(deadline 15 May 2008)
- Establishment of Centres of Excellence for Teaching and Research to
Train Future Leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa (deadline 30 May 2008)
- Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation: Strengthening research
capacity in developing countries (deadline 30 May 2008)
- Mobilising Regional Capacity Initiatives (MRCI): Revitalizing
Higher Education in Africa (deadline 30 May 2008)
- Agriculture and Health Research Platform (AHRP): Call for concept
notes (deadline 11 May 2008)
- Professor/Associate Professor - Civil Engineering (Geodesy,
Geomatics), Gaborone, Botswana
- Francophone Lecturer in Digital Photogrammetry (x2), Translator
(x1), & Librarian (x1), Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Assistant Professor - Geo-information and Organizations, Enschede,
The Netherlands
- International institutions join forces on Africa Agricultural Water
Initiative
- Citizen scientists an untapped resource

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp . Regional newsletters for Latin
America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available.

Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and
if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp

There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa , with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/ , and you
can sign up to send and receive messages.

On 17 April 2008 00:06 in MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
Andre De Vries wrote:

> I recently upgraded my Garmin mobile app.from v.4.10.60 to4.10.80.

> But when I upgraded the software 2 the new version the
> problem started.
> First,the africa map and Sa street v6 from Garmin works normal,but as
> soon as I load the Sa 50k transparrent topo set the app. crashes.
> I tried 2 send it alone,but still crashes.I then aquired
> T4A(traveller's
> Africa v.7.10) and send it 2 the phone,that worked well.

Andre

The only difference between AfricaTopo and T4A from a compiler point of view
is that AfricaTopo is compiled transparent.

I do not have Garmin Mobile XT so can't really test, but I guess that is the
issue.

Perhaps Garmin dropped support for transparent maps of else they have a bug
in their code which only shows with transparent maps.
Have you tried to contact Garmin? Perhaps just ask if the latest version of
Mobile XT supports transparent maps.

Hans S

----------------------------------------------------------
AfricaTopo - Garmin compatible topographic maps for Africa
http://madmappers.com/AfricaTopo/
----------------------------------------------------------

Hi,Ppl!
I wonder if someone could help me with a unique problem?
I have a Nokia N95 cell with symbian operating sys.(S60V3)
I recently upgraded my Garmin mobile app.from v.4.10.60 to4.10.80.
On the previous version I had official garmin maps + madmapper's
Sa 50K topo overlaid wich worked excellent(looks awesome on phone)
on the phone,was sent through mapsource 2 phone.

But when I upgraded the software 2 the new version the problem started.
First,the africa map and Sa street v6 from Garmin works normal,but as
soon as I load the Sa 50k transparrent topo set the app. crashes.
I tried 2 send it alone,but still crashes.I then aquired T4A(traveller's
Africa v.7.10) and send it 2 the phone,that worked well.

Now my question is why does all the other maps work well now and only
the sa50k topo not in the new version of garmin mobile.
And why did all of them worked in the previous version of the app.
Your help is sincerly appreciated,
Andre

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The April 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n4.pdf
- Establishment of the Swaziland Integrated Geo-spatial Information
System (SIGIS) for economic development planning
- Implementation of the Committee for the Promotion Geographical
Information in Chad
- Liberian nationwide population census 2008 started on March 21st
- Burkina Faso: Atelier sur la production des métadonnées
- Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNSDI) Newsletter No. 6
- Workshop on Building Local Partnerships in Earth Observations, 1
April 2008, Pretoria, South Africa
- Africa mostly mapped for road navigation services
- Reducing biodiversity loss: new JRC tool to help protect Africa's
wildlife
- 7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote
Sensing of the Environment (AARSE) - abstract deadline extended to 30
June 2008
- Workshop on Environment Statistics, 19-23 May 2008, Abuja, Nigeria
- Association of American Geographers (AAG) offers membership program
for developing regions
- Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to
Information Design
- Social networking for GIS professionals
- Making the most of geospatial data exchange: a guide for data
distribution
- Hydrogeological map of Africa
- VGT4AFRICA: dissemination of some POSTEL products to African users
via Eumetcast is operational
- Spatial analysis of the relationship between early childhood
mortality and malaria endemicity in Malawi
- Mapping road infrastructure in developing countries: applying
remote sensing and GIS – the case of the Taita Hills, Kenya
- SADC Regional Training Opportunities for Professional Skills
Improvement in Land and Water Management
- Distance Education (free) - Lund University GIS Centre Master's
Programme in GIS, deadline 15 April 2008
- OpenStreetMap Grants
- GeoWeb 2008 Student Contest, deadline 15 May 2008
- 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration, deadline 14 April
2008
- Mashariki Innovations in Local Government Awards Programme
(MILGAP), deadline 30 April 2008
- Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (IDRC) Travel Grants, deadline
15 April 2008
- Lecturer - Surveying and Photogrammetry, ITC, Enschede, The
Netherlands, deadline 15 April 2008
- Assistant Professor - Geo-information and Organizations, ITC,
Enschede, The Netherlands, deadline 28 April 2008
- Post-Doctoral Position – Africa, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods
Hole, MA, USA, deadline 18 April 2008
- How to Develop a pro-Poor Land Policy: Process, Guide and Lessons
- Climate Change in Eastern and Southern Africa: Impacts,
Vulnerability and Adaptation
- 3rd SADC-EU International Scientific Symposium - Towards meeting
the challenges of climate change: Institutional structures and best
practices in land and water management in Southern Africa, 26-31 May
2008, Lusaka, Zambia

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp . Regional newsletters for Latin
America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific regions also are available.

Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and
if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp

There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa , with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/ , and you
can sign up to send and receive messages.

Hi, all file types are probably used by ESRI with
ArcView / ArcExplorer etc. possibly with MapInfo, I
doubt that OziExplorere will be of assistance.

Although you probably will find that a specific
program like ArcView generated all these, individually
many programs may use same extension's

Individually:-

*.sbx - Adobe Illustrator Tsume
*.sbn - ArcView (spatial Index)
*.dbf - dBaseII/IV, but is also a ArcView shapefile
attributable table file), Clipper database, and others
you can also view many *.dbf's with Excel
*.shx - ESRI shapefile (points) / AutoCAD shape
entities.

I would say that the files are from ArcView /
ArcExplorer using the ESRI format.

Rgds
WA



--- kjell bismeyer - Laptop <busybis@...>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I live in Balule just outside hoedspruit and have
> given lots of data to Tracks for africa which may be
> of assistance, suggest you contact wouter at
> eiportne@...
>
> regards
> kjell
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: big5rugby
>   To: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:33 PM
>   Subject: [MadMappers] A few questions from a
> rookie
>
>
>   I want to know how to use files i recieved from a
> person, on Mapsource.
>   They use different software programs, think it is
> Oziexplorer, the
>   files end with SBX, SBN, DBF and SHX, any idea how
> to access these
>   files, is Oziexplorer needed.
>
>   I want to map my area (i work for Telkom as a
> field Tecnician in
>   Hoedspruit) the Timbavati and adjacent reserves, i
> want to create maps
>   with all the telephone lines and towers on , any
> suggestions and
>   advice. Telkom uses Arc view but doesnt give me
> access to the program i
>   can only view.
>
>   Please some advice , this will be apreciated
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>



       ___________________________________________________________
Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good

http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/

Hi

I live in Balule just outside hoedspruit and have given lots of data to Tracks
for africa which may be of assistance, suggest you contact wouter at
eiportne@...

regards
kjell

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: big5rugby
   To: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:33 PM
   Subject: [MadMappers] A few questions from a rookie


   I want to know how to use files i recieved from a person, on Mapsource.
   They use different software programs, think it is Oziexplorer, the
   files end with SBX, SBN, DBF and SHX, any idea how to access these
   files, is Oziexplorer needed.

   I want to map my area (i work for Telkom as a field Tecnician in
   Hoedspruit) the Timbavati and adjacent reserves, i want to create maps
   with all the telephone lines and towers on , any suggestions and
   advice. Telkom uses Arc view but doesnt give me access to the program i
   can only view.

   Please some advice , this will be apreciated





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I suspect that you have files with extention SHP as well. That is
your files are shapefiles with properties. You miss also PROJ files
which contain infomation about the ccordinate system of the data:
that compicates things since you will have to "guess" what the
coordinate system is.

Oziexplorer can open shapefiles also in demo mode, so download the
trial and give it a go. Keep in mind that with Ozi you can do pretty
much everything even if you don't have a licence just by switching
between demo and trial mode. Also be warned that Ozi does not love
large shapefiles.

Another way, more expensive but more user friendly, is to use
Globalmapper. In demo mode can can load the files but if you edit,
without a licence you can only save in GMP (global Mapper Package
file) format. That is quite convenient since you have a chance to see
if GM does what you need and then if you decide to get a licence you
can save the file in some other format. Also GM allows you to save
into MP - polish format, and then using free sw you can make your own
Garmin map to view in mapsource or upload to the GPS. I think
somewhere on the GM website there is a pdf explaining how to do that.

Ciao

Maurizio

--- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "big5rugby" <mullerjj@...> wrote:
>
> I want to know how to use files i recieved from a person, on
Mapsource.
> They use different software programs, think it is Oziexplorer, the
> files end with SBX, SBN, DBF and SHX, any idea how to access these
> files, is Oziexplorer needed.
>
> I want to map my area (i work for Telkom as a field Tecnician in
> Hoedspruit) the Timbavati and adjacent reserves, i want to create
maps
> with all the telephone lines and towers on , any suggestions and
> advice. Telkom uses Arc view but doesnt give me access to the
program i
> can only view.
>
> Please some advice , this will be apreciated
>

Go to www.gpstm.com

Download GPS Trackmaker (free)

That will open the files (they are arcview files, you only need the .shp file)
Then use Trackmaker to save them as a .gpx file

Mapsource will open that.

PT


-----Original Message-----
From: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MadMappers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of big5rugby
Sent: 09 March 2008 17:34
To: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MadMappers] A few questions from a rookie

I want to know how to use files i recieved from a person, on Mapsource.
They use different software programs, think it is Oziexplorer, the files end
with SBX, SBN, DBF and SHX, any idea how to
access these files, is Oziexplorer needed.

I want to map my area (i work for Telkom as a field Tecnician in
Hoedspruit) the Timbavati and adjacent reserves, i want to create maps with all
the telephone lines and towers on , any
suggestions and advice. Telkom uses Arc view but doesnt give me access to the
program i can only view.

Please some advice , this will be apreciated






Yahoo! Groups Links






--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1319 - Release Date: 3/8/2008 10:14
AM

I want to know how to use files i recieved from a person, on Mapsource.
They use different software programs, think it is Oziexplorer, the
files end with SBX, SBN, DBF and SHX, any idea how to access these
files, is Oziexplorer needed.

I want to map my area (i work for Telkom as a field Tecnician in
Hoedspruit) the Timbavati and adjacent reserves, i want to create maps
with all the telephone lines and towers on , any suggestions and
advice. Telkom uses Arc view but doesnt give me access to the program i
can only view.

Please some advice , this will be apreciated

Dear Hans,

Thank you for your response and helpful information, you are right I should
direct my questions to tracks4africa, I was not too sure what the tie-up was
between the two organisations.

Regards
Paul Naylor

----- Original Message -----
From: "AfricaTopo Support" <africatopo@...>
To: <MadMappers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: RE: [MadMappers] Help Wanted with loading T4 maps to Garmin Pilot
111


> On 28 February 2008 05:31 in MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
> Paul wrote:
>
>> Can someone assist me with " an idiots guide" to loading T4
>> maps ( mainly
>> Northern & Western Cape) to my recently acquired second hand
>> Garmin Pilot 111 GPS.
>
> I assume you are referring to Tracks4Africa (T4A) maps.
>
> I suggest you join the T4A forum and ask there if you have not done so
> already.
> You are more likely to get a quick helpful answer there on T4A related
> matters.
> See http://www.tracks4africa.com/t4a_community.asp
>
> You can also ask T4A direct for help (I think info [at]
> tracks4africa.co.za)
>
>> I have tried the Mapsource route with no success
>
> MapSource is the easiest way of loading maps to a Garmin GPS.
> See the Garmin tutorial:
> <http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html>
>
> I am not familiar with the "Pilot 111". Does it use serial or USB
> connection?
> For USB, you need to ensure that the correct Garmin USB drivers are
> installed.
>
> Are you able to up/down load other data (tracks, waypoints) from the GPS
> using MapSource?
> If yes, then the drivers and connection to the GPS is working.
>
> If you have T4A successfully installed on your PC, it is just a matter of
> selecting the map tiles you want with the map tool and then sending it to
> the GPS.
> Note that each map upload clears the GPS map memory before uploading the
> new
> set. Thus you need to select and then upload ALL the map tiles you require
> on the GPS in ONE operation.
>
> HTH
> Hans S
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> AfricaTopo - Garmin compatible topographic maps for Africa
> http://madmappers.com/AfricaTopo/
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>

On 28 February 2008 05:31 in MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
Paul wrote:

> Can someone assist me with " an idiots guide" to loading T4
> maps ( mainly
> Northern & Western Cape) to my recently acquired second hand
> Garmin Pilot 111 GPS.

I assume you are referring to Tracks4Africa (T4A) maps.

I suggest you join the T4A forum and ask there if you have not done so
already.
You are more likely to get a quick helpful answer there on T4A related
matters.
See http://www.tracks4africa.com/t4a_community.asp

You can also ask T4A direct for help (I think info [at] tracks4africa.co.za)

> I have tried the Mapsource route with no success

MapSource is the easiest way of loading maps to a Garmin GPS.
See the Garmin tutorial:
<http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapsourceTutorial.html>

I am not familiar with the "Pilot 111". Does it use serial or USB
connection?
For USB, you need to ensure that the correct Garmin USB drivers are
installed.

Are you able to up/down load other data (tracks, waypoints) from the GPS
using MapSource?
If yes, then the drivers and connection to the GPS is working.

If you have T4A successfully installed on your PC, it is just a matter of
selecting the map tiles you want with the map tool and then sending it to
the GPS.
Note that each map upload clears the GPS map memory before uploading the new
set. Thus you need to select and then upload ALL the map tiles you require
on the GPS in ONE operation.

HTH
Hans S

----------------------------------------------------------
AfricaTopo - Garmin compatible topographic maps for Africa
http://madmappers.com/AfricaTopo/
----------------------------------------------------------

Dear Madmappers,

Can someone assist me with " an idiots guide" to loading T4 maps ( mainly
Northern & Western Cape) to my recently acquired second hand Garmin Pilot
111 GPS.
I have tried the Mapsource route with no success (I am not very computer
literate ) and have also tried Mapinstall which gave me the error message "
Some devices were found however do not have necessary capabilities, check
Garmin is set to Host or Garmin" The GPS is set to same.
I would hate to delete the maps that are already on the Garmin, although I
don't need the detail that's in memory extending to roads in Europe, hence
my request for a step by step guide
Trusting you can be of assistance
Regards
Paul Naylor

Hi Francios


suggest you contact the Demarcation board as they can assist with this there
details are as follows :

Demarcation Board on 012-342 2481 or email info@...

should you require any further assistance, please dont hesitate to shout

Regards
Kjell

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: good_greeff
   To: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:20 PM
   Subject: [MadMappers] South African Farms


   Can someone please explain to me, step by step, as to a little child,
   how I can buy or view maps that show farms in South Africa?

   I would like a map that shows at least the farm boundaries and the farm
   name for every farm.

   I would like to be able to see all farms in the Republic of South
   Africa.

   Please also tell me what such maps will cost, and how I can pay for
   them (Card, Paypal, etc).

   Francois Greeff
   London.
   Email: GoodGreeff@...





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I think the South African 1:50k series is the best map set that is easily
obtainable.
Unfortunately the farm boundaries on this set is very outdated.

The RSA 1:50k set is available for free download (one sheet at a time) from
the Madmappers website, but a much better way to get the complete set, is to
order the DVDs from Madmappers.
see http://madmappers.com/htm/SA50k1.htm

Easiest way to order is to contact Maurizio, info [at] madmappers.com (or
click on the CDs on above web page). He will confirm banking & delivery
details.

HTH
Hans Scheffler


----------------------------------------------------------
AfricaTopo - Garmin compatible topographic maps for Africa
http://madmappers.com/AfricaTopo/
----------------------------------------------------------


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MadMappers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of good_greeff
> Sent: 23 February 2008 13:20
> To: MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MadMappers] South African Farms
>
> Can someone please explain to me, step by step, as to a little child,
> how I can buy or view maps that show farms in South Africa?
>
> I would like a map that shows at least the farm boundaries
> and the farm
> name for every farm.
>
> I would like to be able to see all farms in the Republic of South
> Africa.
>
> Please also tell me what such maps will cost, and how I can pay for
> them (Card, Paypal, etc).
>
> Francois Greeff
> London.
> Email: GoodGreeff@...

Can someone please explain to me, step by step, as to a little child,
how I can buy or view maps that show farms in South Africa?

I would like a map that shows at least the farm boundaries and the farm
name for every farm.

I would like to be able to see all farms in the Republic of South
Africa.

Please also tell me what such maps will cost, and how I can pay for
them (Card, Paypal, etc).

Francois Greeff
London.
Email: GoodGreeff@...

--- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "vulcan4u" <vulcan4u@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,people,I'm still new here & have a question.I wanna know how 2
> convert a Ozi map wich is in Lat/long projection & in .MrSid image
2 a
> Ozi map wich is in mercator projection & .jpg image.I have Ozi
eplorer
> app & "Global Mapper" app.I could convert the image of mrSid
2 .jpg in
> app called Global Mapper,but couldn't get it 2 make me a projection
> file wich is in .map format for app "OziExplorer"I can export a
> projection file wich is in mercator as I wanted 2 .prj,but can't
> import that in OziEplorer
> Any suggestions would be appreciated people!
>

Did you try this combination?
By first converting the map-file to f.i. cal-file of TTQV and than
with GM to the wanted projection?

here is the link: http://www.ada.ru/GPS/OziMapConverter/index.htm

Spatial Data Infrastructure - Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The February 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n2.pdf
- A National Water Information System for Burkina Faso: SNIEAU
(Système Nationale d´Information sur l'eau)
- Establishment of a Digital Base Map covering Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Nigeria
- Mapping land use and land cover of West Africa
- Mapping for better accountability in service delivery
- Status map of 2010 round of Population and Housing Censuses in
Africa
- Climate studies centre for Africa announced
- ICA Working Group on Mapping Africa for Africa – call for members
- Nairobi Convention Clearinghouse and Information System (including
map viewer)
- GEOSS Core Architecture Implementation Report
- Weather data for climate stations and observatories in Namibia and
South Africa
- Total Nigeria's ArcIMS site
- A new toolkit for Community Level Program Information Reporting
(CLIPR)
- Water Supply Planning with a Smart SIG Toolbox (Burkina Faso)
- New EUMETSAT interface to view imagery and derived products
- GMRCA: Release of Global Map and Statistics on Rainfed croplands
- Downscaled regional climate change data dissemination system
- Generating plausible crop distribution and performance maps for Sub-
Saharan Africa using a spatially disaggregated data fusion and
optimization approach
- Citizen-generated mapping of acts of violence in Kenya
- Mapping Africa's advanced public health education capacity: the
AfriHealth project
- Nature, distribution, and evolution of poverty and inequality in
Uganda
- Estimation of water loss from Toshka Lakes (Egypt) using remote
sensing and GIS
- JKUAT and ITC launching joint masters program in Geoinformatics,
Nairobi, Kenya
- Tracks4Africa GPS Training, 23-24 February 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
- Global Positioning System Training Course, 21 April - 2 May 2008,
RCMRD, Nairobi, Kenya
- 2008 Global Development Marketplace Competition. Deadline: March
21, 2008.
- Abdul Latif Jameel Grants for Scientific Research & Innovation in
Technology in the Arab World. Deadline: February 28, 2008.
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Research Fellowship Program.
Deadline: March 15, 2008.
- African Forest Research Network Junior and Senior Fellowship
Programs. Deadline: March 31, 2008.
- The perception of and adaptation to climate change in Africa
- Changes in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa
- 10th International Conference on Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
(GSDI-10), 25-29 February 2008, St. Augustine, Trinidad

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp
<http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp>  .

Regional newsletters for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific
regions also are available.

Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and
if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp
<http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp>

There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa
<http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa>  , with
intermittent news and announcements of opportunities (this email
discussion list is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The
archives are accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-
africa/ <http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/>  , and you can
sign up to send and receive messages.

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free,
electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing,
and data management issues in Africa.

The January 2008 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav7n1.pdf
- Preliminary program for the 10th International Conference for
Spatial Data Infrastrucutre (GSDI-10) now online, February 25-29,
2008, St. Augustine, Trinidad
- South Africa Space Agency Bill - December 2007
- Mauritius National Stategy for the Development of Statistics
- Zambia Association of Geographic Information Systems (ZAGIS) Email
List
- Tanzania GIS User Group (TZGISUG) spatial data meeting, 4 December
2007, Arusha, Tanzania
- 5th edition of Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNSDI)
Newsletter (December 2007)
- Council officials in Cameroon receive training in GIS/urban
planning
- Atelier de formation en Système d'Information Géographique du
projet biodiversité des eaux douces, du 6 au 12 septembre 2007 au
Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE) à Dakar, Sénégal
- New Urban Master Plan for Enugu, Nigeria
- Project on mapping, assessment and management of transboundary
water resources in the IGAD sub-region
- Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) & Africa
- Water authorities in Africa receive training in Earth Observation
- African Geodetic Reference Frame (AFREF) progress peport (December
3, 2007)
- 2008 USGS African Remote Sensing Market Research
- FAO/PARIS21 Regional Workshop on the Integration of and Access to
Agricultural Statistics for Better Formulation and Monitoring of
Rural Development Policies, 8-9 December 2007, Algers, Algeria
- Papers from the 20th Session of the African Commission on
Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), 10-13 December 2007, Algiers,
Algeria
- Proceedings of 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing
Censuses: Sub-regional Workshop on Census Cartography and Management,
8-12 October 2007, Lusaka, Zambia
- Annual Seminar on Space Technology & Applications for Sustainable
Development, 4-6 March 2008, Dakar, Senegal
- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Biodiversity
GIS
- Madagascar Commune Census
- Uganda mineral areas mapped
- Brazil and China join forces to distribute satellite imagery to
Africa at zero cost
- Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia (IWMI
Working Paper No. 123)
- Madagascar forest change map 1990-2000-2005
- Bathymetric surveys in the maritime part of the Congo River
- Proceedings from Sahel Conference 2007: Improving Lives by
Understanding Weather, held April 2-6, 2007, Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso
- High resolution population maps for low income nations: combining
land cover and census in East Africa
- Nigerian voting system modernized
- Education Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- YWCB Award for Professional African Women for the Advancement of
Conservation Biology in Africa
- Financial Assistance to attend XXI ISPRS Congress in Beijing, 3-11
July 2008
- Climate change as the `new' security threat: implications for
Africa

SDI-Africa has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide
circulation across Africa. Each issue highlights recent activities,
provides details about available data and tools, and includes notices
about upcoming training, employment and funding opportunities, and
events. The aim is to strengthen national SDI initiatives and support
synchronization of regional geospatial activities. Past and current
SDI-Africa newsletters are accessible at the Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure Association website at
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.asp .
Regional newsletters for Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific
regions also are available.

Please pass on this information to others who may be interested, and
if you would like, sign up for the GSDI Association News List at
http://www.gsdi.org/newslist/gsdisubscribe.asp

There is also an SDI-Africa Email Discussion List,
http://lists.gsdi.org/mailman/listinfo/sdi-africa , with intermittent
news and announcements of opportunities (this email discussion list
is separate from the SDI-Africa Newsletter list). The archives are
accessible at: http://lists.gsdi.org/pipermail/sdi-africa/ , and you
can sign up to send and receive messages.

Dear,

A nice day for you !

With Happy New Year wishes, we sincerely hope we can have more cooperation in
2008 !!!

If you have any enquiry or order for satellite images of any part of East Africa
and any type and resolution (as listed below), please do not hesitate to contact
me and we will send the best advise and offer to you !:

    Quickbird (0.6m),
    Kompsat (1m),
    Formosat (2m),
    Spot (2.5m),
    Spot (5m),
    Spot (10m),
    Spot (20m),
    Spot DEM (20m)
   Any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or visit our website
www.infobridgers.com and we will try our best to resolve it !

Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated for our mutual 2008 business!

Best regards

   Edwin Mugerezi
   Managing Director
   InfoBridge Consultants Limited
   P.O.Box 32108, Dar Es Salaam
   Tanzania

   Tel: +255 784 269246


---------------------------------
Looking for last minute shopping deals?  Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi to all, and a special hi to Maurizio.

On Wed 2007-12-05 23:17 in MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
vulcan4u wrote:

> Hi,Hans!I want 2 use it on my phone with app called mapnav(N95)The app
> needs it in .Ozi,Wgs84,Mercator & in .bmp,.jpg,I think .png also
> works.I have Globalmapper & OziEexpl 2 my disposal,and recently bought
> Sa50k topo maps from madmappers wich is in mrSid format,calibrated 2
> lat/long wgs84.I could convert the image file 2 .jpg 7 recalibrate 2
> mercator in globalmapper,but could only get a .prj & .jpg.When
> imported in Ozi it automatically switched 2 transverse mercator.If I
> reproject in Ozi i lose accuracy.I'm stumped :(

Hi vulcan4u (a real name will be nice and some punctuation and
line breaks will make your posts much easier to read :).

I am not an expert on this topic.
If none of the experts subscribed here reply, you might get a
a better answer if you ask your question on either
the Global Mapper or the Ozi Yahoo groups.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/global_mapper/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OziUsers-L/

I am not familiar with mapnav, so don't know which image formats
and/or projections it supports, but from what you say, it sounds
like you will need to reproject the map and write it to an image format.
Strange that it does not support Lat/lon.

I am sure that you will be able to do the job with Global Mapper,
perhaps with some help from Ozi.

I do not have Global Mapper installed at present, so can't help much
with the reprojection there.
I am not sure either which outputs formats are available in the latest
version of Global Mapper. Perhaps it can even output an Ozi .map file???

If not, then a geotiff file or else an image file with world file should
be
sufficient.

Note that Ozi does not read .prj files.
It does read .tfw files to get the calibration, but not the
projection parameters; you will need to input that manually.
Ozi does support full geotiff (if you have the geotiff dll installed).
Try to output a geotiff from Global Mapper, import in Ozi and then
convert
the image to a format which mapnav supports.

It is easy to export a map image to .bmp or .png format in Ozi
(File | Save map to image file).
If you want .jpg, then a graphics utility can do the conversion for you.

As long as you do not change the pixel dimensions of the images,
you can copy and edit your original .map file to point the new image
formats and use it with Ozi.

Another tip that might come in useful somewhere:

If you place a dummy file (empty text file) named tfw.dat
in the OziExplorer folder, then you will get a new menu item in the
Ozi options menu, 'write tfw file'.
This will create a .tfw world file for the currently loaded map image,
which Global Mapper should be able to use.

Hope this helps a bit.
Hans S

--- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "Scheffler, Hans <hscheff@...>"
<hscheff@...> wrote:
>
> On 02 December 2007 21:06 in MadMappers@yahoogroups.com
> vulcan4u wrote:
>
> > Hi,people,I'm still new here & have a question.I wanna know how 2
> > convert a Ozi map wich is in Lat/long projection & in .MrSid image 2 a
> > Ozi map wich is in mercator projection & .jpg image.
>
> Perhaps you should explain WHY you want to do that.
>
> There might be a better solution to your requirement than reprojecting
> the map image.
>
> Hans S
>
Hi,Hans!I want 2 use it on my phone with app called mapnav(N95)The app
needs it in .Ozi,Wgs84,Mercator & in .bmp,.jpg,I think .png also
works.I have Globalmapper & OziEexpl 2 my disposal,and recently bought
Sa50k topo maps from madmappers wich is in mrSid format,calibrated 2
lat/long wgs84.I could convert the image file 2 .jpg 7 recalibrate 2
mercator in globalmapper,but could only get a .prj & .jpg.When
imported in Ozi it automatically switched 2 transverse mercator.If I
reproject in Ozi i lose accuracy.I'm stumped :(

--- In MadMappers@yahoogroups.com, "hofsquarepants"
<hofsquarepants@...> wrote:
>
> as a newbie -where can you actually download map data (soviet ,sa
etc)
> for southern africa?
>
adding to Hans advise:

Russian Maps
500k South geo - Russian Maps - scale 1:500 000 - Southern Africa
(181)
http://www.madmappers.com/mapset.php?MS=183


South Africa - scale 1:250 000 (70)
http://www.madmappers.com/mapset.php?MS=10

click on the pink block in your area of interest and yu'll get to teh
particular map detail page where a download buttn is peresent.

Ciao

Maurizio