basemaps again

[jspaughton]

ok. so I've snipped an image in google earth, resized it to 1024x1024 pixels(?), opened the basemap for edit, renamed it to replace the texture file as a jpg, committed it, loaded up the route and---nothing! The name of the basemap is there but in red and so nothing shows. Which step am I missing?

 

[AndrewH]

You may have replaced the wrong file. Check the config file of the basemap. Name the image after the one referred to in the config. You may have to replace the texture file.

 

[cascaderailroad]

You edit "Basemap Square A" image in MS Paint, and paste in the GE image, and stretch it overall the white basemap, then rename, and save the Username line in the config file, and commit.

 

[jspaughton]

thanks for the help guys, I replaced the texture file by mistake when it should have been the original 1km square jpeg file. It's now successfully installed.

 

[H222]

OK, so how do I create exactly 1km by 1km pics in GE?? How, in a dummy explanation

Jamie

 

[cascaderailroad]

Using one of your PC Accesories tools "MS Snipping Tool" ... using the Google Earth Ruler/Path/Metric/Kilometers ruler, draw a rough box outline measuring 1Km on all 4 sides ... MS Snipping Tool that section of the GE Image. Be as zoomed in as possible to capture as much detail as possible.

Copy and Paste that image into the Basmap Square A image using MS Paint and stretch it overall the white image (zoomed way out at 25% or less).