I need to do it automatically. The last 6 trainees quit the job after registering a dozen images or so.
It would be intersting to know wether Caliper have this funcitonality in mind for futre releases. (I am not talking about using trainees but providing a Dk function to retreieving and registering Google images on the fly) And also : can anybody foresee any copyright issue in doing this? On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:49 PM, tc2ge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I use trainees. Cheap and more or less reliable. > > Just kidding, but the procedure I use is to create a grid, and put a > trainee to export Google Earth images of each grid cell (1km x 1.2km) in > jpg. Then I use irfanview to batch convert the image files to TIF. And the > trainee register them. For 300 images, it takes around 2 weeks. I do that > once or twice a year. > > For google maps, you can use software you find in the web to download the > images and stitch them automatically in larger area image files. Them, > you'll need convert them to tiff and register them manually. Using GM > downloaders is interesting because you can download the images under various > zoom levels. > > Someone clever could do the registering process automatically by > programing. > > > --- In [email protected] <Maptitude%40yahoogroups.com>, Armando > Scalise <armando.scal...@...> wrote: > > > > HI > > > > I ownder if anybody has implemented a tool to use a GoogleEarth or Google > > Maps image on Maptitude Maps. > > > > If so, I would pareciate comments an ideas on the implementation. > > > > Otherwise, I would like to start a thread disucssing potential > alternatives > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Armando Scalise > > > > > -- Armando Scalise
