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Regards, Paul Marshall
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Goodrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:13 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Mapping and GPS
>
> You have to realize that scanned maps (legally or illegally scanned) are
> designed to be read by humans. So when the map maker makes the map, you
> will find that he moves roads so that the reader can see them, therefore
> when you apply GPS to it you will be miss-mapped. You really have to
> use road centre lines which cost an arm and a leg in New Zealand.
>
> regards Tony Goodrich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Blomfield [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 1999 11:26
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: [DUG]: Mapping and GPS
> >
> > HI.
> > I have an urge to write my own GPS plotter software. This is purely a
> > hobby.
> >
> > I am interested in taking a paper map, and scanning it in, then
> > writing some
> > picture clean up and documenting stuff. I also need to figure out how
> > to map
> > the lat long coordinates on to the image, which map projections to use
> > etc
> > Tec. I suppose I will then store the images in an IB database, for
> > later
> > retrieval. The next step is to bring in the NMEA message from the GPS
> > and
> > plot the real-time coordinates on the picture. Hopefully this part is
> > straightforward. It is the picture conversion clean up and coordinate
> > mapping that has me stymied.
> >
> > If anybody knows of any components I should look at, or can point me
> > at any
> > knowledge base on the subject, I would be grateful.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Tony.
> >
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