Bill- I'm not embarrased to talk about the book and the kind of maps to be published. The book is titled, Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks. It contains about nine maps, several of which have been published before, but sligtly altered. I have already had three books published, all on history. They all contained maps and drawings, but for the life of me, I don't know how they were handled by the publishers.
For the records, the books already published are: Early Kentucky Land Records, published by the Filson Club, now a collectors item. My Father, Daniel Boone, published by the Univ. Press of Ky., still a best seller. Virginia's Western War, published by Stackpole, still available. I'm always happy to plug my books. Neal Bill Holt wrote: > Neal, > > Here's the web site: http://www.lemkesoft.com/ > > No Mac should be without a copy of GraphicConverter. If you have any > curiosity about what one person, or a very few people, can accomplish, > you may want to look at some of the other stuff. > > I wouldn't expect Kinkos to be able to handle VW files, but have > gotten good results by emailing pdf files for them to print. As I > recall - and it's been a couple of years - they charged $10 per sheet > to print on bond. To have it printed on velum, I had to supply the > vellum. > > Can you talk about the book and what kind of maps you've put together? > > Bill > > > On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 03:45 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > >> Bill: >> >> Where can I buy a copy of GraphicConverter? For the map going to the >> printer, I shall try what you said. >> >> For regular large architectural drawings, I simply move the Vector >> Words document on to a CD-R disc, and drop it off at Electric Blue >> Print Company on Main Street. They go a great job of either B&W or >> color at a reasonable price. Much better than Kinkos, I think. >> >> Neal >> >> Bill Holt wrote: >> >>> Neil, >>> >>> You can probably get a better result - a lot better - by leaving the >>> maps in vector format instead of translating to a bitmap. Your >>> publisher probably wants 1200 dpi or better for his work, and if you >>> send to him as a vector based file then he can generate that sort of >>> density routinely. If you try to do it, it will be huge at your >>> end. One way to do this is to copy to the clipboard and then open >>> the clipboard in GraphicConverter and save in the scaleable vector >>> format. Then your publisher can use GC (or perhaps something else) >>> to open the file and print to whatever resolution he wants. >>> >>> Or, it might be useful for you to use the same routine I use for >>> drawing output. Instead of firing up the old pen plotter, I "print" >>> from VW to a pdf file and email that to Kinkos for plotting. I >>> don't know whether pdf carries the vector info when created in this >>> way or not, but if not, a workaround is to print at some multiplier >>> of the desired final size and let your publisher print at the >>> reciprocal. That packs a lot of resolution into the image. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 07:32 AM, Neal Hammon wrote: >>> >>>> Bill- >>>> >>>> I'm a retired architect, and I still do some architectural >>>> drawings, which I put on a CD and have printed at Electric >>>> Blueprint on Main Street. >>>> >>>> At present I am working on a book, scheduled to be published next >>>> month, which contains about six or seven maps, that I created on >>>> VW, and am sending to my publisher. Some I printed out on my lazer >>>> and sent, and others I have sent email, without great success. But >>>> apparently I need to turn up the ppi on the VW export box. >>>> >>>> Neal Hammon >>>> >>>> >>>> Bill Holt wrote: >>>> >>>>> Neal, >>>>> >>>>> I suggest that you get a copy of GraphicConverter. It's $30 or >>>>> $35, as I recall, and translates from damned near any format to >>>>> damned near any other one ... and allows a lot of image >>>>> manipulation. You'll have to experiment with the dpi setting. It >>>>> depends on the pict you're bringing in and on the application yo >>>>> intend for it. If your goal is to optimize for screen viewing, >>>>> you may want to go with 72 or so, for good prints you'll probably >>>>> want at least double that density. >>>>> >>>>> What kind of stuff do you do with VW10? I'm an occasional user, >>>>> now of VW11. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bill Holt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, July 8, 2005, at 02:14 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Question for anyone. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using a G5 with system 10.3.4 >>>>>> >>>>>> On the internet I use Netscape. (probably not a good choice, but >>>>>> I am used to it.) Once in a while I receive pictures and/or >>>>>> drawings I can not open. >>>>>> >>>>>> I work with a Vector CAD program, version 10. With this program >>>>>> I can export the following. >>>>>> >>>>>> BMP, JPEG, TIFF, TGA, SGI, PNG, PIC, MACPAINT AND PHOTOSHOP. >>>>>> >>>>>> Question: What would be a good dpi setting to used when exporting >>>>>> the programs? >>>>>> >>>>>> I presume I can also open the same programs, but the instruction >>>>>> book is not too clear on this. I have no problems opening >>>>>> Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and JPEG. >>>>>> >>>>>> Neal Hammon >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
