Bow Hunting for Hogs

[Richard Webb]

Click here for terrain visualization map



(Edited by Richard Webb at 9:48 pm on May 21, 2001)

 

[Tinhorn]

Whoa!  what program did the graphics?

 

[Richard Webb]

The latest version of MicroDem with ungrade.  Here is the URL for a free copy:

http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/web...icrodemdown.htm

I used Ozi's Shape file export to creat the roads, but there is a number of ways to make overlays, including using the Training Area 29 map that is posted here on Jesse's Hunting Page.  If you need help just post a reply, and I will get back to you.

Richard

 

[Richard Webb]

Click here for another terrain visualization map




(Edited by Richard Webb at 8:11 am on May 22, 2001)

 

[ToddP]

Richard,

Are you a GIS person??

Drop me a line.  tplank@ssihbg.com


Todd

(Edited by ToddP at 10:36 am on Mar. 15, 2001)

 

[Richard Webb]

Todd,

No, but I learned a little about maps in the Army.  MicroDem is very simple to use, and it's free.  I started using that software back with Windows 3.X, and kind of grew up with it.  MicoDem is completely automated now, and will even overlay the quads on the dems.  However, I usually use the reflectance mode with shape file overlays.  That way I can see the bare ground. The real plus is the property boundaries shown on the perspective views.  I also load these boundaries into my GPS as a Route.  Then I turn off the GPS back ground map, so that only the detail of the BLM boundary shows on the plot screen.  I also load the jeep roads, trails, and my old GPS plot trails into the GPS as tracks.  Also, when I return home I can load the GPS tracks into MicrDem to see exactly where I walked while in the deep forest, or brush.

Richard  

 

[ToddP]

Richard,

I'm not have any luck downloading the microdem install.  Is this a difficult site to connect with?  I can see the file but it just times out.  Go figure.

This looks very useful for some of my everday applications her at work.

Thanks,
Todd

 

[Richard Webb]

Todd,

Find the Blue Printed "MICRODEM complete install" on the MicroDEM Web Page, then click with <right> mouse button, and then click "save Target As"

Richard

 

[overdrawn]

(Edited by overdrawn at 5:15 pm on July 7, 2001)

 

[shaman]

tried 4 times to download it and everytime when I went to run it, it wouldn't work(file corrupt).

 

[Richard Webb]

Overdrawn,

Most of Training Area 29 is on the Williams Hill 24K Quadrangle map, and its 24K Elevation Model is named 3348_30.2.1.1214470.tar.gz which can be downloaded free at:

ftp://download1.geocomm.com/sd/3516_30.2.1.1214470.TAR.GZ

This Government Database UNIX file can be loaded directly into MicroDem without having to unZip it.  Do so by clicking the second icon on version 12.63.5.1, or first icon on lower versions of MicroDem.  The first time you load a DEM it will be a color relief map which isn't very useful for hunters.  So, click "Options" on the top line of the screen, then click "Maps" on the top line of the Options screen, then put a dot along side "Reflectance".  The Primary Datum is North American 1927 CONUS, and the UTM Zone is 10.  Then, click the "Reflectance" Icon on the right side of the Options screen, and set it to "Lake Check", and map colors to "Grey".  Then, click "Save" on the Options screen.  End the program, and reload the Elevation Model 3348_30.2.1.1214470.tar.gz, and you should get a map that looks like the surface of the moon.

For a Perceptive view like the one that I have posted here on the forum, click the 12th icon which has a "P" on top of a small wire mesh.  Position your mouse pointer on the map, and click it a few time to activate a red triangle which you can move anywhere on the map.  The second time you click your mouse pointer a few times will anchor the red triangle, and bring up the perspective view options page.  Click "OK", and now your computer's micro-processor will get a work out.

Let me know when you get to this point, or whether you need more help.

Richard