Thanks! On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) <ajrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Simon Hewison wrote: >>Sent: 26 February 2010 10:55 AM >>To: t...@openstreetmap.org >>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] will walkingpapers printed on black and white work? >> >>On 26/02/2010 08:25, maning sambale wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using walking-papers printed on black& white laser printing but >>> I didn't tried uploading the scans (I don't have a scanner). I simply >>> used the map as reference for my mapping. >>> >>> My questions is: If the map is printed on b/w will the rectification >>> work when it's uploaded in walking-papers.org? >>> >>Yes, colour is not used for the recification. Also, It doesn't warp the >>images - it shouldn't have to (unless your printer and scanner have >>serious problems), it just reads the 2D barcode and works out what part >>of the world it was, and arranges the scan as suitably scaled tiles. >> >>I've found that it doesn't work too well if the scan is a low >>resolution, and it can't cope with PDF scans. Sadly, this means that the >>nice HP 9000 multi-function printer at work doesn't really work for it, >>despite it being A3. >> > > But it's pretty easy to convert a PDF to a jpg, no? > > Cheers > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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