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    From B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson@21:1/5 to Bob J Jones on Tue Mar 27 20:46:20 2018
    XPost: alt.comp.freeware

    On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:33:03 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

    Do you know of an offline USGS topo isocline map desktop app for creation & viewing of mobile device GPX tracks?

    QGIS is a free open source desktop GIS program, that rivals the best
    commercial programs of that category:

    www.qgis.org

    It does (much) more than you need and consists of components, that have
    been continually developed and improved for more than 20 years by now.
    If you want even more, you could check the OSGeo project, which has the
    server components to publish the results of your work worldwide. ;-)

    www.osgeo.org

    There are other programs around, which should also fit your needs. A
    somewhat dated listing of free GIS software can be found on the website
    of the FOSSGIS project:

    freegis.org

    BeAr
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  • From B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson@21:1/5 to Bob J Jones on Wed Mar 28 18:58:28 2018
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    On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:43:10 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

    Summary of key steps:
    <Huge Snip>

    Or:
    1. Install QGIS
    2. Load *.gpx, save it as *.shp to have editable layer
    3. Add USGS topo basemap as WMS service
    -> https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/services
    -> e.g. WMS Topo (large): https://services.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryTopoLarge/MapServer/WmsServer?
    4. Edit the *.shp
    5. Save *.shp as *.gpx
    Done.

    Or use (again with USGS WMS/WMTS services):
    * JOSM with EditGpx plugin:
    https://josm.openstreetmap.de
    * QMapShack:
    http://www.qlandkarte.org
    * GDV Spatial Commander (free, registration required; German GUI):
    www.gdv.com/gdv/produkte-downloads/gdv-freeware/spatial-commander.html

    I haven't followed these 3 programs closely. But they should all support
    the functionality you need. There are several others. But most of the interesting ones are abandoned. (Though the last versions usually would
    work, nonetheless...)

    BeAr
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  • From B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson@21:1/5 to Bob J Jones on Thu Mar 29 06:02:04 2018
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    On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:50:11 -0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

    [QGIS]
    I wish I had known this yesterday...

    If you ask for help in a NG, you should look out for the answers. :-(
    And you shouldn't expect /real-time/ answers. Since Usenet has worldwide impact, people may be at work and/or asleep. Moreover, sometimes people
    just catch up with certain groups every week or even less frequent.
    If you had posted in comp.infosystems.gis (which is one of the most
    appropriate groups for you question), for instance, I probably would have
    seen your post on Saturday...

    Would you recommend a complete noob go for the stable 2.18 version of QGIS
    or the newer 3.0 version?

    Definitely 3.0. The open source community in general rarely releases
    unreliable full number versions. QGIS is no exception.

    Although the GeoPdf files /are/ georeferenced and could be used directly,
    they load too slow to make this fun. (Several raster and vector layers
    have to be combined and transparency rules to applied in the process of displaying it.) So WMS is the way to go. - Like I recommended in my post:

    Message-ID: <4t85l9yxwf8o$.dlg@br-ederson.eternal-september.org>

    BeAr
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  • From Terje Mathisen@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 29 12:02:16 2018
    Bob, I have had a licensed copy of Ozi since way back when, afair you
    can easily configure Ozi to use any desired coordinate format!

    I.e. you should be able to enter Settings and tell it to use DD MM SS
    unless this feature is missing from the free version.

    Terje

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  • From Bill Bradshaw@21:1/5 to Terje Mathisen on Thu Mar 29 10:21:21 2018
    You can also right click on the latitude and longitude display in the upper left hand corner and select how want these displayed. If you select degrees and minutes this is what will carry over to your map calibration, entering waypoints coordinates, etc. I was the 7th poster to OziUsers-L so like you
    I have also been using the program for a long time but Bob wants to learn it
    in one day.
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    <Bill>

    Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska

    Terje Mathisen wrote:
    Bob, I have had a licensed copy of Ozi since way back when, afair you
    can easily configure Ozi to use any desired coordinate format!

    I.e. you should be able to enter Settings and tell it to use DD MM SS
    unless this feature is missing from the free version.

    Terje

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