{"id":303,"date":"2018-07-23T07:08:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T07:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:32:34","slug":"videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Video tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#1. Overview of Australian Geology Travel Maps<\/strong> (16 mins)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6Wm5g1NA_c?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. Use overlays in Australian Geology Travel Maps<\/strong> (6 mins)<br \/>Important functionality not covered in the video above.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqJ2-zfnYzA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"TransferTrails\"><\/a><strong>#3. Transfer your trails to another phone<\/strong> (4 mins)<br \/>Use this technique to BACKUP your trails and locations to your email system, also.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LqlafSEYGZQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"ImportKML\"><\/a><strong>#4. Import trails &amp; locations from Google Earth<\/strong> (4 mins)<br \/>Also shows how to create trails and locations in Google Earth<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gteQDH48E2M?rel=0\" width=\"422\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"QgisMbtiles\"><\/a><strong>#5 a) Use QGIS to create satellite imagery for offline use<\/strong>\u00a0(first 8 mins)<br \/><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 b) Create custom maps from WMS feeds<\/strong> (last 5 mins)<\/p>\n<p><strong>XYZ URL for google satellite imagery<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/mt1.google.com\/vt\/lyrs=y&amp;x={x}&amp;y={y}&amp;z={z}<\/span><br \/><strong>Choose a small area: eg. 32km x 32km<\/strong><br \/><strong>Display scale bar<\/strong>:\u00a0 <em>View -&gt;<\/em> Decorations<em> -&gt; Scale bar<br \/><\/em>Test your .mbtiles file by opening it with QGIS &#8211; not Maptiler.<em><br \/><\/em>You can now also download satellite imagery using the &#8216;<strong>Download satellite imagery<\/strong>&#8216; menu option in the<strong> Trilobite app<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMS URLs for better aerial imagery (zoom 3 to 17+):<\/strong><em><br \/><\/em><strong>WA (Landgate locate)<\/strong> &#8211; best available aerial imagery for WA<em><br \/><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/services.slip.wa.gov.au\/public\/services\/SLIP_Public_Services\/Locate\/MapServer\/WMSServer<br \/><\/span>To preview this in a web browser, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.slip.wa.gov.au\/landgate\/locate\/\">https:\/\/maps.slip.wa.gov.au\/landgate\/locate\/<\/a><br \/><strong>VIC (basemap)<\/strong> &#8211; sometimes better than google satellite for VIC<em><br \/><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/base.maps.vic.gov.au\/service?service=wmts&amp;request=getCapabilities<br \/><\/span><strong>NSW (six)<\/strong> &#8211; sometimes better than google satellite for NSW<em><br \/><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/maps.six.nsw.gov.au\/arcgis\/services\/public\/NSW_Imagery\/MapServer\/WMSServer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Individual topo sheet maps for Australia (better detail than WMS topo)<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Browse to <a href=\"https:\/\/geoscience-au.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/7820589ed6954758a9b23a9d596b76a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoscience Australia 1:250,000 topographic map index<\/a> using your computer<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download either <strong>Ecw<\/strong> or <strong>Geopdf<\/strong> (not pdf) files for your area of interest<br \/>Open ECW&#8217;s and Geopdf&#8217;s in QGIS and create a .mbtiles file as described in the video, and import into the Trilobite app.<br \/>1:100k and 1:50k topo sheets are also available via the link above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WMS URLs for topo maps (zoom 3 to 15+):<br \/>Choose a small area: \u00a0eg. 200km x 200km<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">QLD topographic<\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/spatial-gis.information.qld.gov.au\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Basemaps\/QldMap_Topo\/MapServer\/WMTS\/1.0.0\/WMTSCapabilities.xml<br \/><\/span>NSW topographic<br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/maps.six.nsw.gov.au\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/public\/NSW_Topo_Map\/MapServer\/WMTS\/1.0.0\/WMTSCapabilities.xml<br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">VIC topographic (&#8216;cartographic&#8217;)<\/span><br \/>https:\/\/base.maps.vic.gov.au\/service?service=wmts&amp;request=getCapabilities<br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TAS topographic<\/span><br \/>https:\/\/services.thelist.tas.gov.au\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Basemaps\/Topographic\/MapServer\/WMTS\/1.0.0\/WMTSCapabilities.xml<br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SA topographic<\/span><br \/>https:\/\/basemap.geohub.sa.gov.au\/server\/rest\/services\/BaseMaps\/Topographic_wmas\/MapServer\/WMTS\/1.0.0\/WMTSCapabilities.xml<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OwXbt74sOcE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6. Convert a way-points file to GeoJSON<\/strong>\u00a0(7 mins)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2010\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2010 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-11-at-2.49.09-pm.png\" alt=\"View of the demo CSV file in a spreadsheet\" width=\"344\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-11-at-2.49.09-pm.png 344w, https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-11-at-2.49.09-pm-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the demo CSV file in a spreadsheet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can also convert a Shape file, GPX, KML or Mapinfo file to Geojson, using this technique &#8211; just a bit easier.<br \/>eg. download the ESRI shape file for <a href=\"https:\/\/datashare.maps.vic.gov.au\/search?md=579d189a-cdd6-5d1b-a02c-3c6f2ce5662c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victoria&#8217;s crown land dataset<\/a> and save to .geojson for maximum area of 50 km by 50 km<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sQ4S_-Mlj0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"AndroidUSBCopy\"><\/a><strong>#7. Copy your own .mbtiles map to your Android phone\/tablet from your computer<br \/><\/strong>With increasing security in recent Android versions, it is no longer possible to copy .mbtiles files to the app via a USB cable. Instead, on your <strong>computer<\/strong> upload your .mbtiles file to <strong>Google drive<\/strong>.\u00a0 Email the file&#8217;s <strong>Google drive<\/strong> link to yourself.\u00a0 When you tap on the link on your phone, the preinstalled &#8216;<strong>Google drive<\/strong>&#8216; app will download the file and you can then open it with the Trilobite app.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to open the downloaded .mbtiles file with a file manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.alphainventor.filemanager&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;gl=US\">install File Manager Plus<\/a> and use this (especially Samsung owners).<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"AppleUSBCopy\"><\/a><strong>#8. Copy your own .mbtiles map to your iPhone\/iPad with a USB cable<\/strong> (3 mins)<br \/>In Mac OSX 10.15 and newer, use Finder &#8211;<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; in the left pane, click <em>Locations<\/em>-&gt;<em>Show<\/em>, then click the <strong><em>Files<\/em><\/strong> tab<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/04PHea5HF4I?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#9. Run &#8216;GPS status &amp; toolbox&#8217; on Android<\/strong> (3 mins)<br \/>Also contains a compass. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&amp;hl=en_AU\">Android install<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJwGKno5AyA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Some great tips from Bruce The Part Time Prospector ..<\/strong> (33 mins)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NzGB93c5i7o\">Tap here to play the video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1. Overview of Australian Geology Travel Maps (16 mins) #2. Use overlays in Australian Geology Travel Maps (6 mins)Important functionality not covered in the video above. #3. Transfer your trails to another phone (4 mins)Use this technique to BACKUP your trails and locations to your email system, also. #4. 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