Hi folk
First off let me just state that I am not the creator of the program - Mutton is. Im just testing it out for viability for public use.
The program - currently named "Tiler" is designed to work hand in hand with Transdem. Its purpose is to take old maps and convert them into a format that can be overlaid into Transdem to follow the contours rather than forming a flat map underneath the Transdem map. I hope that the following images will help to explain things better than I can put into words.
tiler 1 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is the opening screen. First thing to do here is click on the setup button to prepare the program. (I will talk about the other buttons later). That brings up the following screen.
tiler 2 by av.wright, on Flickr
The screen is initially blank. To proceed click on the "create new" button.
tiler 3 by av.wright, on Flickr
First give the project a name. What you call it is up to you. Then at 2. enter the name of the town you want to map and click on the "search" button. (Ive used my home town as an example below).
tiler 4 by av.wright, on Flickr
After a couple of minutes you should see one or more options to select in the window below. On the right of the screen (section 3) you will see a map image and data relating to it. Going back to the bottom left of the screen - put in the details of where you want the data to be saved for your project and then click on the accept button. This will bring us back to the screen in image 1.
For now Im only concentrating on the top button named "old-maps.co.uk" Pressing that button brings up the following screen:-
tiler 6 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is where the action happens.
1) is where you select your project name. The more projects you have under way the longer the list - Im sure you get the idea.
2) These details will match the information you put in for where your data will be stored.
3) clicking on the "preview" button will produce a map image at 6)
4 & 5) clicking the buttons here will produce either a single map tile or multiple tiles on your computer. More on this in a moment.
and of course 6) is where you get to preview the map you are about to download. You will note that on each of the sides is a set of 3 buttons. these are used to get the portion of the map you are interested in.
A slightly more detailed version of 4 - 6
Once the "preview" button has been clicked an image of the map area selected will appear at 6).
tiler 7 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is my local area. If it does not cover what you want you can use the nudge buttons around the screen to be more selective on what is seen.
Pressing the button at 4) will produce a single image of that map. This image (and all other images) will be found at the location you set for collecting the data, and can be viewed with any image software (in win 7 right click and click on preview will bring it up on screen). You will also find a folder containing 234 mini images which have been put together by the program to create the map tile.
However if you want a more expanded image then click the button at 5) instead. This will produce 9 tiles with your selected area at the center.
Once you have these images your ready to continue with Transdem.
First off let me just state that I am not the creator of the program - Mutton is. Im just testing it out for viability for public use.
The program - currently named "Tiler" is designed to work hand in hand with Transdem. Its purpose is to take old maps and convert them into a format that can be overlaid into Transdem to follow the contours rather than forming a flat map underneath the Transdem map. I hope that the following images will help to explain things better than I can put into words.
tiler 1 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is the opening screen. First thing to do here is click on the setup button to prepare the program. (I will talk about the other buttons later). That brings up the following screen.
tiler 2 by av.wright, on Flickr
The screen is initially blank. To proceed click on the "create new" button.
tiler 3 by av.wright, on Flickr
First give the project a name. What you call it is up to you. Then at 2. enter the name of the town you want to map and click on the "search" button. (Ive used my home town as an example below).
tiler 4 by av.wright, on Flickr
After a couple of minutes you should see one or more options to select in the window below. On the right of the screen (section 3) you will see a map image and data relating to it. Going back to the bottom left of the screen - put in the details of where you want the data to be saved for your project and then click on the accept button. This will bring us back to the screen in image 1.
For now Im only concentrating on the top button named "old-maps.co.uk" Pressing that button brings up the following screen:-
tiler 6 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is where the action happens.
1) is where you select your project name. The more projects you have under way the longer the list - Im sure you get the idea.
2) These details will match the information you put in for where your data will be stored.
3) clicking on the "preview" button will produce a map image at 6)
4 & 5) clicking the buttons here will produce either a single map tile or multiple tiles on your computer. More on this in a moment.
and of course 6) is where you get to preview the map you are about to download. You will note that on each of the sides is a set of 3 buttons. these are used to get the portion of the map you are interested in.
A slightly more detailed version of 4 - 6
Once the "preview" button has been clicked an image of the map area selected will appear at 6).
tiler 7 by av.wright, on Flickr
This is my local area. If it does not cover what you want you can use the nudge buttons around the screen to be more selective on what is seen.
Pressing the button at 4) will produce a single image of that map. This image (and all other images) will be found at the location you set for collecting the data, and can be viewed with any image software (in win 7 right click and click on preview will bring it up on screen). You will also find a folder containing 234 mini images which have been put together by the program to create the map tile.
However if you want a more expanded image then click the button at 5) instead. This will produce 9 tiles with your selected area at the center.
Once you have these images your ready to continue with Transdem.