On Friday 20 May 2011 21:30:37 Fred Labrosse wrote: > On Friday 20 May 2011 21:03:56 Fred Labrosse wrote: > > All, > > > > Not really a devel question but the website said to email this list so > > here it is. > > > > I have been using viking for a while, so far using openstreetmap maps. > > This was great to edit GPS tracks and upload them to OSM for more data > > input. > > > > I am now trying to use my own maps. I have a collection of maps saved as > > png files (could convert to something else but I notice that viking uses > > png) and I would like to use them in a layer. Apparently, the map layer > > will only download maps from a server. However, the downloaded maps are > > saved locally so it must be possible to put my maps somewhere for viking > > to find them. > > > > However, I don't understand how the georeferencing is done, nor how the > > naming is done. I have googled and looked through documentation, but > > didn't find the answer. Anybody can point me in the right direction? > > Obviously, I hate doing that, as soon as posting I found it. GeoRef is the > type. Still trying to understand what I need to specify, but I'll find it. >
After some playing around, I discovered a "bug". The easting/northing that has to be provided seems to be for the top left corner, not top right as said by the tooltip. I also have slight differences compared to OSM data, but this can be due to many things, including not necessarily very good OSM data. Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
