Opening OziExplorer's files as templates

[dg0yt]

Somebody reported on Sourceforge [tickets:#67]:

Add compatibility for OziExplorer's:
a) map's (image file+.map; ozf2; etc.)
b) trek's and waypoint's (.plt;
.wpt; etc.)

Maps, treks, and waypoints for OziExplorer are already georeferenced, and its only need to add support for this file formats into Mapper, and then it's easy will can use their as templates.

Links with info about OziExplorer's file formats:

1. OSM Wiki - File format compatible with OziExplorer
   http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Oziexplorer#file_format_compatible_with_oziexplorer
2. Help Ozi - Data File Formats
   http://www.rus-roads.ru/gps/help_ozi/fileformats.html
3. Help Ozi - Map File Formats
   http://www.rus-roads.ru/gps/help_ozi/map_file_format.html

[dg0yt]

• labels: --> File formats
• category: --> Feature_Request
• milestone: 1.0 --> 3.0

[dg0yt]

Somebody posted on Sourceforge:

GPSBabel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPSBabel
GUI based on Qt 4.3
http://gebabbel.sourceforge.net/

Import images with .map calibration/georeferencing map

• http://www.oziexplorer3.com/eng/help/map_file_format.html

There are many detailed raster topo maps already distributed with *.map files

Also few applications for downloading online maps, that can export single image with .map file

• http://www.sasgis.org/sasplaneta/
• http://mobac.sourceforge.net

Is there any progress on import OziExplorer's georeferenced image (name.jpg+name.map) as template?

[dg0yt]

In principle, GDAL raster support covers OziExplorer's .map files. However, GDAL fails to provide information about supported filename extensions, so this driver is ignored by Mapper at the moment.

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/e6bd967e0d8d9cb488054e961fcf2c47652c9b6e/gdal/frmts/map/mapdataset.cpp#L490-L509