On 11 Aug 2018 00:46:22 GMT, Arlen Holder wrote:

I just combined those four quadrangles, which seemed to work fine offline!

QGIS is working a LOT better now that I'm getting the hang of layers!
The only thing I have left, I think, is to create a single large geospatial
PDF out of the four quadrangle geospacial PDFs!

Here's the progress so far...

I loaded in the offline geospatial PDFs for the four quadrangles,
which, when I turn on only the track and the terrain countours shows up
quite beautifully!
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1343863layers01.jpg

I'm not sure yet how to export the four quadrangles as a single map file
(for input into Avenza crippleware on the iOS & Android mobile devices);
but the great news is that the four maps aiign themselves perfectly
automatically!
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8243968layers02.jpg

It's amazing that the Quantum GIS software figures all this out!
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2137812layers03.jpg

The result is that the four maps fit perfectly (where the blue lines you
see here I put in after the fact to show where the map borders were):
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9710070layers04.jpg

About the only thing I need to do now is save these four geospatial PDF
quadrangles as a *single* (four-times larger) geospatial PDF quadrangle.

If that works - I think we've achieved the goal set out in the beginning of
this thread.

Turning off the borders was due to turning off:
[_]Map Frame Projection and Grids
And I also turned off some of the grids
[_]Map Collar Map Elements
[_]Map Frame PLSS
[_]Map Frame Woodland

I've turned on the following "features" to view & save:
[x]Map Frame Terrain Contours
[x]Map Frame Geographic Names
[xMap Frame Boundaries Jurisdictional Boundaries County or Equivalent
[xMap Frame Geographic Names
[xMap Frame Hydrography
[xMap Frame Structures
[xMap Frame Transportation Road Features
[xMap Frame Transportation Road Names and Shields

One by one I turned things on or off to get just what I wanted to see:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=6468310layers05.jpg

This I saved as the perfect combination of the four quadrangles:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2229776layers06.jpg

And then I exported that database to PDF:
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9861338layers07.jpg

The question is whether that PDF is a geospatial PDF that can be used on
the mobile device in the Avenza crippleware to display tracks.
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8814128layers08.jpg

Darn. That didn't work. It was just a "normal" PDf and not a geospatial
PDF.

I think I should have right clicked on the database, and then saved as
"Geospatial PDF" format like I did earlier perhaps...
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8835052layers09.jpg

The true test will be whether Avenza crippleware on iOS & Android will
track on this saved geospacial four-quadrangle PDF - but for now - I need a
quick test to figure out if a PDF is a regular PDF or a geospatial PDF.