[OSM-talk] Open PDFs in JOSM and manually resize

Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com
Sun Feb 14 22:13:20 GMT 2010


Hi,
Actually, i just used Adobe Reader to open the PDF file. and under
Tools> Select & Zoom > Snapshot Tool
Im able to select the area. and it promts me that the area was copied to the
ClipBoard

Then with that plugin PicLayer i just select
PicLayer>New Picture Layer from clipBoard

I use Garmin Mapsource to get some anchor points that are available on the
map (my map actually shows a grid).  I think 3 is good. But also with visual
map features references that have already been mapped) and re-size and move
around until it is correct. the more points i can line up the page to, the
better.


The benefit of this method is that you can zoom into the PDF as close as the
quality allows.  Then you can pan around and get more detail as you go.

Cheers,
Sam

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Sam Vekemans
<acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>wrote:

> Awesome,
> Thanks.
> Im sure it'll work.
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
> On 2/14/10, Michael Buege <michael at buegehome.de> wrote:
> > Zitat Sam Vekemans:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> im wondering if anyone knows how to open a PDF in JOSM, and manually
> >> resize? Thanks,
> >
> > Open the PDF with Gimp, save it as JPG and load it in Josm with the
> PicLayer
> > plugin. Maybe there some Problems with the resolution, so you have to
> play
> > around until you find the right one.
> > Now you can stretch, move and rotate the image with the buttons appearing
> on
> > the left sidebar. Rightclick on "PicLayer #0" offers the opportunity to
> save
> > and load the calibration.
> >
> > hth
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