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Ask Tasmap to resend it in a different format. Or see if there's a way to download it in a different format. Preferably GeoTIFF.

KMZ is not a good spatial data format.


(Note that KMZ is just a zipped KML package. You can rename it to replace ".kmz" with ".zip" and then unzip it and find all the files inside it. You may be able to find the actual image file(s) within it and see if you can do anything useful with them.)

Digital TASMAP files should be geotiff (see here: https://www.tasmap.tas.gov.au/do/category/25000DIG ). Here is a link on how to convert geotiff for use in BCNPro: http://backcountrynavigator.com/using-c ... avigation/

Drew wrote:I'm a Mac user.

This might work for you: https://www.howtogeek.com/263211/how-to ... with-wine/

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https://services.thelist.tas.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Basemaps/Topographic/MapServer/WMTS/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml

You may find that you can use the following as a custom basemap

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https://services.thelist.tas.gov.au/arc ... lities.xml



https://crittermap.zendesk.com/hc/en-us ... ap-Sources


You may then be able to download some of the tiles for the Western Arthurs for use offline

Drew wrote:Thanks all.

Ask Tasmap to resend it in a different format. Or see if there's a way to download it in a different format. Preferably GeoTIFF.

KMZ is not a good spatial data format.


(Note that KMZ is just a zipped KML package. You can rename it to replace ".kmz" with ".zip" and then unzip it and find all the files inside it. You may be able to find the actual image file(s) within it and see if you can do anything useful with them.)

TASMAP also provided a folder with a 48mb TIF file (the map) and a few PDFs (map legend) and txt files. I assume that putting the 48mb file into Backcountry won't work?
I unzipped the KMZ and inside there was a KML file and a folder of smaller TIFs (the map broken into 50 sections).

Digital TASMAP files should be geotiff (see here: https://www.tasmap.tas.gov.au/do/category/25000DIG ). Here is a link on how to convert geotiff for use in BCNPro: http://backcountrynavigator.com/using-c ... avigation/

Looks like MAPC2MAPC is Windows only software. I'm a Mac user.

Drew wrote:(https://services.thelist.tas.gov.au/arc ... lities.xml) is a file that I can load. Despite having "xml" at the end it just seems like a web address. When I enter it in my browser I get "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

Apologies if I'm missing something really obvious - this stuff is all a mystery to me!

This can be placed in the bcnav/custom file on your storage for use. If you download this file in your mobile browser, it is often a mystery where the file goes. The answer is that files are usually placed in the <storage>/Download folder.

Drew wrote:
(https://services.thelist.tas.gov.au/arc ... lities.xml) is a file that I can load. Despite having "xml" at the end it just seems like a web address. When I enter it in my browser I get "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

Apologies if I'm missing something really obvious - this stuff is all a mystery to me!


The message you are getting in your browser is the correct behaviour for un-styled xml. So don't worry about it.

I've had a read of the linked crtittermap page and I think you need to right click on the link and save the WMTSCapabilities.xml file. As detailed on the crittermap site:

This can be placed in the bcnav/custom file on your storage for use. If you download this file in your mobile browser, it is often a mystery where the file goes. The answer is that files are usually placed in the <storage>/Download folder.


Once you have a copy of the xml file in the bcnav/custom folder you should be able to open it from within the BCNPro app.

Hopefully I have got this right.

Michael.

I don't know what format your app needs, but for Mac, you could try to tile your large GeoTIFF file using MapTiler: https://www.maptiler.com/ . It has many options for tiled output formats. I used to recommend it for users of my old iOS mapping apps (and had a deal with the author of MAPC2MAPC to produce tiles native to my app too).

Drew wrote:Thanks Michael. I did this and "Tasmania LIST Topo Maps" now appears as an option for a Map Source in Backcountry Nav. But if I select it then no map comes up. Something ain't quite right!