CASARA software tools
Search_HQ

Search_HQ

    ...for creating CASARA search patterns in OziExplorer and GPS's

It creates CSAD, Track Crawl, CLA, ELT Homing, Expanding Square, and Sector Search. patterns.

Update v5.0.3 released Mar. 19, 2005 
     Please read details in the v5.0.0 Release Newsletter and Version History page.

Installation

1) If you have not previously installed the Search_HQ program and it's libraries and related files, you must download Search_HQ_v5.0.3_install.zip (4.2MB). Simply unzip it (using WinZip for example) and run setup.exe.

OR if version v4 is already installed, then.

2) Download and unzip  Search_HQ_v5.0.3.zip (0.2MB).
    You can put it anywhere (e.g. on your desktop or in C:\Program Files\Search HQ)
    If you wish, you can rename Search_HQ_v5.0.3.exe to Search_HQ.exe
        and replace the old version in  C:\Program Files\Search HQ

NOTE:  Search_HQ requires a minimum of OziExplorer v3.95.2 

Information

Selected previous versions are still available for download via links on the Version History page.
Future changes and received suggestions can be found on the Suggested Changes page.
Documentation includes: SHQ_Manual_v4,  ShqOzi_QUIZ
Sample Airports File.  Use OziExplorer to add and name your base airports as waypoints.
Spare copy of OziAPI.dll. Download and unzip to your Windows directory if missing.


Once you get the software installed, feel free to call me some evening, and I'll help walk you through it   (613-828-5867, or email: Bill Dunn )
OziExplorer OziExplorer  is GPS Mapping Software is available at www.oziexplorer.com/

The minimum version to use with Search_HQ v4 is OziExplorer v3.95.2
Versions tested with Search_HQ include Ozi Explorer v3.95.3f and v3.95.4d

Licences have been purchased for most Units and Zones (contact your local unit director).
ADRG Charts on CDROM The CD's that CASARA has received are the ARC2 (1:250,000  Topo charts) and ARC5 (1:500,000  VNC) series.. They are in ADRG format, which requires special software in order to use them.

Fugawi offers an excellent ADRG Viewer program, but it does not allow printing. 

To convert digital maps from ADRG format to more familiar commercial formats, requires a S/W application from NIMA. It can be used to extract any area of interest into a file (e.g. JPG, TIFF, BMP, ArcView). The ArcView format specifically, is the one which can then be imported into OziExplorer (already calibrated!) . 

Please visit the NIMA site, get registered (free), and download NIMAMUSE 2.1 "Raster Importer 2.1.3"
(If unavailable here, please download this archive of  NIMAMUSE2.1).

You can then refer to the following documents for extraction and importing instructions:
"How to Use NimaMuse2.doc"  and  "Importing ADRG1.ppt" (created by Al King and Greg Ursel, colleagues out west)
Microsoft Office 2000 To serve the broadest CASARA membership possible and reduce the need for upgrading, all documents spreadsheets and databases should be created in (or saved as) MS Office 2000.
Licenced copies of MS Office 2000 are available to members. Please contact your local unit director
WinZip For extracting ZIP files, download the evaluation version of WinZip from http://www.winzip.com/
   administrator: Bill Dunn  1-613-828-5867