In the text below the lines in the map file are marked with a dot.
Only those parameters which can be modified/created by the user are
described, parameters which are used for special cases are not described.
The lines in green are optional
The Map File
The lines are in the order they are in the map file.
Header and Version of File
OziExplorer Map Data File Version 2.1
Title of Map - any text string
Brisbane Region
Link to map image file
D:\OziMaps\regional\south.ozf2
Can be 1 of 2 things
1 TIFF scale factor - redundant, no longer used and has been replaced by
line below
1 ,Map Code, - only used for special types of maps - Note - cannot
be modified by the user but must be there.
Datum settings
WGS 84,, 0.0000, 0.0000,WGS 84 - Note - for normal maps only the
datum in the first field is used the rest of the parameters are for datum shifts and
there is normally no need for these to be modified by the user.
Map Projection - must match the projection name used in OziExplorer
PolyCal - the next parameter is Yes if Polynomial calibration is used and
No if not
AutoCalOnly - Yes if calibration cannot be adjusted by the user No if it
can
BSBUseWPX - For BSB images only, Yes if the calibration equations
contained in the BSB file are used.
Calibration points, there are always 30
Only 9 points can be modified from within OziExplorer but OziExplorer will use
the full 30 if they exist in the .map file.
Height - used in the Vertical Near-Sided Perspective Projection
Sat - not used
Path - not used
A marker line, it contains no information but is used as a file marker, must be there
Map Feature = MF ; Map Comment = MC These follow if they exist
Map Features, there are 3 lines per feature
Line 1 Parameters
Number
Name
Latitude
Longitude
Show Format - not used
Fore Color
Back Color
Symbol Name
Create Waypoint
Waypoint Name
Format Type - internal use
Line 2 - the link to the picture, if there is no picture a blank line must be there
Line 3 - the description of the feature, if no description the blank line must be there
Attached file marker, .plt, .wpt, .evt, .pnt files can be
included
Track File = TF These follow if they exist
The attached files - not limited to just track files
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\000_2.plt
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\aa_demo1.plt
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\000_test.plt
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\001_test.plt
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\aaa.pnt
TF,e:\GpsMap\Data\names.pnt
The Moving Map section marker
Moving Map Parameters = MM? These follow if they exist
Use in Moving Map, if this parameter is set to No then the map will be excluded when
looking for a new map to change to when using moving map mode. It does not affect other
map find functions.
MM0,Yes
Number of Map border points (corner markers)
Only 4 points can be set graphically in OziExplorer but up to 100 points can be used when
derived from other sources, such as importing BSB charts.
MMPNUM,4
The x, y pixel location of each border point, there must be an entry for each border
point.
These are used by OziExplorer as the map loads to determine the map border points.
MMPXY,1,494,234
MMPXY,2,4076,238
MMPXY,3,4012,2855
MMPXY,4,549,2852
The lat, lon position of each border point, there must be an entry for each border
point.
These values are used in the map find and moving map functions when looking for maps.
If these values are not there then the map will never be found.
If these values do not agree with the MMPXY points (after map calibration is
applied) then map finding in moving map will not function correctly.
These values will be overwritten by the calculated value from the above x, y points every
time the map is saved.
MMPLL,1, 147.999332, -23.998496
MMPLL,2, 154.000701, -23.999946
MMPLL,3, 154.001025, -28.001546
MMPLL,4, 147.998983, -28.001469
The scale of the image meters/pixel, its calculated in the left / right image
direction.
It is calculated each time OziExplorer is run, the value in the file is used when
searching for maps of "more detailed" scale.