Victorian contour maps can be accessed directly by OruxMaps for Android, when on-line, and areas selected and downloaded for off-line use.
The maps are available from a WMS server, and include 10 or 20 metre contours, as well about 1000 other WMS layers.
There are 2 ways to set up Oruxmaps to use them:
1. When you have a data connection, tap the 'Map' symbol at top right - Switch Map - Online. Then tap WMS in the red bar. Type or copy-paste the following url into the 'Enter WMS Url' box:
services.land.vic.gov.au/catalogue/publicproxy/guest/dv_geoserver/datavic/wms
A list of Layers will be shown. (There are about 1000 of them). Select the layers you want by tapping the boxes to the right of the layer title. Eg Contour 1:25000 - Vicmap Elevation, Watercourse Network 1:25000 - Vicmap Hydro, Road Network - Vicmap Transport, Place Names, Point - 1:250k to 1 :5M - Vicmap Lite
Set Min zoom to 8, and Max zoom to 18. Enter the following into the Test boxes (so the map goes to a place in Victoria, where the map will show up). lat = -37.14, lon= 142.52 zoom= 16 (double tap .- button to get -). Enter a name eg Vic Contours. Create.
Or 2. A new item needs to be added to the file: wms_services.xml in the oruxmaps folder on the Android, in: (USB Drive)\oruxmaps\mapfiles
Connect the Android to a PC, find the file and make a backup copy. Open the file with a text editor, such as Notepad++ (or Notepad - but the file has LF line terminators, so is harder to read with Notepad). Copy and Paste the following into the file below the existing item(s), but before the </wms_services> tag:
<wms>
<name>Vic Contours</name>
<uid>205</uid><!--check it is a unique identifier in your list; -->
<desc>Vic Contour Map</desc>
<url>http://services.land.vic.gov.au/catalogue/publicproxy/guest/dv_geoserver/datavic/wms?</url>
<minzoomlevel>8</minzoomlevel><!-- 0 to 20 -->
<maxzoomlevel>18</maxzoomlevel><!-- 0 to 20 -->
<version>1.1.1</version><!-- do not change -->
<layers>VMELEV_EL_CONTOUR,VMTRANS_TR_ROAD,VMLITE_LOCALITY,VMHYDRO_HY_WATERCOURSE,VMHYDRO_WATER_AREA_LAKES_DAMS,VMLITE_VICTORIA_POLYGON_SU5</layers>
<coordinatesystem>EPSG:4326</coordinatesystem><!-- do not change -->
<format>image/png</format>
<cache>1</cache><!-- not in use -->
</wms>
Save the file. Disconnect from the PC. Start Oruxmaps with a data connection. Tap the 'Map' symbol at top right. Tap Switch Maps - Online. Tap the Refresh symbol at top centre. Scroll down to WMS and tap it. WMS:Vic Contours should show. Tap it. To see the map, the map screen needs to be in Victoria somewhere, and zoomed in so the scale is less than about 10kms. if you are not in Victoria, this can done by creating a Waypoint and changing the lat/lon in 1. above.
To download an area of map for off-line use:
Zoom out so you can see all the area you want to download. Tap the Map Symbol at top right. Tap Map Creator. Tap the top left and bottom right corners of the area required. Tap the blue tick. Type in a map name. Tap the resolution required (usually 18 - the max available). Tap dont stop downloading for missed tiles. Check the map has downloaded correctly. Back out.
Tap Map Symbol - Switch Map - Offline. The map should be there. If not, tap the refresh symbol.
The Vic WMS maps can be viewed on a PC browser via the on-line WMS Viewer (no installation required): wmsviewer-rodis.rhcloud.com
Copy - Paste the Vic WMS url (including http:// and ?) into the URL: box: http://services.land.vic.gov.au/catalog ... atavic/wms?
Copy - Paste the Layer into the Layer: box: VMELEV_EL_CONTOUR
Type 142.52 and -37.13 into the Go To boxes, and click GoTo. Zoom in so scale < 100 m to see 10 m contours.
Click View - View Layer. To see another layer, copy-paste it into the layer box and click View - Overlay layer. Also click View - OSM Overlay.
To see what layers are available, click Tools - GetCapabilities. Save the .xml file and open it with Notepad or an Xml viewer or browser.
The layers are shown after the <Layer <Name> and <Title> tags.
To see the above layers in wmsviewer, click this link:
http://wmsviewer-rodis.rhcloud.com/cust ... =EPSG:4326
See also my post on Qld QTopo Maps and NSW SIX maps. There is also a thread on Tas List maps. The Geosciences Australia 250K maps are also available from a WMS map server.
If you dont want to download and install Notepad++, the wms_services.xml file can be edited in Notepad. It is probably easiest to delete the one Wms item in the original file. It is a set of maps of Spain. Delete everything between and including the <wms> and </wms> tags, leaving 3 tags as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><wms_services></wms_services>
Place the cursor between each of the >< and press Enter to force a newline. Then Copy - Paste the Vic Contours item above, between the <wms_services> and </wms_services> tags. Save and disconnect.