[OSM-talk] How to photo fold-out maps

[Lester Caine]

Lars Aronsson wrote:
> I have an 1909 out-of-copyright book from the library.  It has a 
> fold-out map that is bound with the book, so I can't take it out.
> How do I hold the map flat to get a good photo?
> 
> My current photos are not my proudest moment:
> 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:LA2-stridfin-overviewmap-left.jpg
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:LA2-stridfin-overviewmap-right.jpg

I have a lot of material like this, and even when it's removed from the book 
and flattened it still does not scan properly.
For this map
http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/index.php?page=British+Isles
I ended up scanning each section and then tidying things up with paintshoppro.
( I still need to load the larger versions that go with each page of that - 4Gb! )

I think the only way to get truly flat images is via a rotary scanner which is 
obviously out of the question with a book :(

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