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post #28 of (permalink) Old 04-25-2008, 02:26 PM
PaulB
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quote:Originally posted by swebster

They are scanned in at 300dpi, pretty nice, though almost too good for most things, makes them really big images!
Converting from TIFF to PNG will make the files smaller with no loss of image quality. However, you will lose the embedded GeoTIFF data.

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quote:Originally posted by Monster

Gov topo Cons

- Fixed regions means you will most likely have to join at least a couple of different maps together by means of manual third party cut and paste software.

- No rescaling available without third party resizing technique, only choice 1:50,000 or 1:250,000.

- No UTM grid scaling support.
OziExplorer (http://www.oziexplorer.com) and it's Map Merge utility easily handle all of these issues.

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quote:Originally posted by Monster

SoftMap is the only product that will produce the size and scale of maps I need.
OziExplorer would likely do what you need as well. It also works with GPS units and is less than half the price of SoftMap Pro.
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