Last updated 1Nov24

Points of Interest

Here’s some POI in the ACT which can be downloaded and manipulated. They might give you easier access to locations.

Latest Arrangements by 1:25000 map name

Map Name as at # of POI Download
Bedulluck 31Oct24 2 here
Bredbo 1Nov24 117 here
Bungendore 1Nov24 188 here
Canberra 1Nov24 157 here
Captains Flat 1Nov24 11 here
Colinton 1Nov24 155 here
Corin Dam 31Oct24 402 here
Cotter Dam 1Nov24 255 here
Hall 31Oct24 283 here
Hoskinstown 1Nov24 25 here
Michelago 1Nov24 136 here
Rendezvous Creek 30Oct24 553 here
Shannons Flat 1Nov24 54 here
Tidbinbilla 31Oct24 439 here
Tuggeranong 1Nov24 146 here
Umburra 1Nov24 57 here
Williamsdale 31Oct24 129 here
Yaouk 31Oct24 347 here

 

Other Access Methods

# Description/Format Current Version
(Date | # of entries)
1 ACT Oracle.gpx see note below re size ACT Oracle.wpt (OziExplorer waypoint file) ACT Oracle.names (OziExplorer custom place names to 17Jun15) 16Oct23
3418
An attempt at an easily update-able (for me) and accessible (for you) list of locations.
2 ACT Border Markers, Mile Markers and Blaze Trees
Johnston Line.gpx 243 entries
Mouat Line 701 entries
Sheaffe Line 1366 entries		 23Jun22
3 ACT High Hills – the lot 44 entries
Named hills 1500m+ 21 entries
Named hills 1400-1500m 15 entries
2 additional 2 entries
Additional locally named hills 6 entries		 19Jun22
4 ACT Waterfalls.gpx 21 entries  11Jul22
21
5 ACT Weirs.gpx 17 Brindabella weirs + Honeysuckle Creek weir 11Jul22
18
6 Each trip report has a gpx file download

 

What can you do with this data?

Here’s a couple of suggestions:

Open a file in Google Earth or GPS Visualizer, or any other Trip Planning, Recording and Review using Digital Resources. (ACT Oracle may be too big for some resources. It brings GPS Visualizer to its knees on my laptop under Firefox and Edge. Works ok with Google Earth after it whirrs and grunts for a while.)

Examine the contents of a gpx file by opening it with a text editor such as Notepad.

GPSBabel

GPSBabel is free software allowing the conversion of data between GPS systems and mapping programs. Download it from here.

See here for the data formats GPSBabel can handle.