Re: [OSM-talk] How to photo fold-out maps

2008-01-11 Thread Lester Caine
Lars Aronsson wrote: I have an 1909 out-of-copyright book from the library. It has a fold-out map that is bound with the book, so I can't take it out. How do I hold the map flat to get a good photo? My current photos are not my proudest moment:

Re: [OSM-talk] How to photo fold-out maps

2008-01-11 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Lester Caine wrote: For this map http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/index.php?page=British+Isles I ended up scanning each section and then tidying things up with paintshoppro. Yes, I'm taking that approach with the NPE scans at the moment - scan as is, then manually straighten. I've

Re: [OSM-talk] How to photo fold-out maps

2008-01-11 Thread Andy Allan
On Jan 11, 2008 7:33 AM, Lars Aronsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an 1909 out-of-copyright book from the library. It has a fold-out map that is bound with the book, so I can't take it out. How do I hold the map flat to get a good photo? Another thing you might want to try is getting