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Title: How do I make map templates? Post by: You kip if you want to... on September 04, 2009, 08:17:06 AM I've been wondering how people make templates for maps on this site. How's it done? :)
Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: Smid on October 22, 2009, 09:49:51 PM What sort of map templates?
Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: You kip if you want to... on October 24, 2009, 05:41:34 PM Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on October 25, 2009, 11:50:12 AM 'ard graft, lad. 'ard graft.
Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on October 25, 2009, 11:52:03 AM Seriously though, it depends what area you want to make blank maps of and how accurate you want the map to be.
Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: afleitch on October 25, 2009, 03:44:53 PM Seriously though, it depends what area you want to make blank maps of and how accurate you want the map to be. True. There are great maps online that simply aren't editable. My own interest is Scotland of course and I used David Boothroyds maps. However a few months ago I decided to make my own from scratch () Essentially it's the same principle. I like white on black as it shows up colours better. Other than that use Paint and have a steady hand :P Title: Re: How do I make map templates? Post by: Smid on October 25, 2009, 05:42:43 PM I normally find the Electoral Commission Maps section (of the relevant Commission), which is usually as a PDF. Then I use the "capture picture" tool in your standard Acrobat Reader to highlight the map. Then, since my computer has various spasms if I try to keep that much on the clipboard while opening Paint, I paste it into MS PhotoEditor and save it as a PNG. Then I can close the PDF and delete the clipboard and re-open the file in Paint. Then it's generally a relatively simple (but time consuming) task of using the zoom and pencil functions to draw the boundaries over the top of the ones that are already in your saved picture. It's not perfect, but it's pretty accurate. The main drawback is the length of time it takes to do it that way.
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