I, mapper

[kip_w]

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While walking yesterday morning, I thought about how nice it would be to have a neighborhood map with me so I could pick streets to go down and so on. I basically thought up the whole thing at that point, and later in the day I implemented it.

I opened a popular search engine and called up a map of the vicinity. I tried different magnifications. Too big, and the street names would be too small when I try to use them. I found a size I liked. Then I made a screen shot and took it into Photoshop, where I reduced it a little bit -- as much as I was comfortable with. I copied it to the clipboard.

Then I made a new document the size of my iPod screen -- 320 wide by 240 high -- and pasted the clipboard to it, slid the picture this way and that until it was framed just right, flattened the layers, and saved the file.





First I saved the street maps of each little section, sharpened just a tad.



I also repeated the process with the hybrid map so I could place buildings and such.



Lastly, I did it with the satellite view for comparison.

And there it is. I can look at the streets on my pod while I'm out walking. If I broaden my horizons and widen my range, I'll just add more maps.
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Comments

Re: Home sweet map

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I keep wishing they'd update online satellite maps more often, though on the other hand, it's sometimes nice to see things that aren't there any more, like Whalom Park. I sometimes wonder if they're ever going to update the photos, or if things will continue to be shown the way they are forever.