DeedMapper needs to the know the dots per inch of the image in order to scale it for you. Since you say you don't know what the number is you'll need to experiment to find it. If the image came off the internet you might try starting with 75 or 96 dpi. If it originally came off a scanner you can try 300 or 600 dpi. Plug in a number and then see whether the image is too large or too small. Change the dpi setting and look again. Repeat until the image is the right size. "Right size" is determined by looking at two features on the map that are a known distance apart, and comparing them to DeedMapper's scale. For instance, suppose you know two points on the image are 3000 feet apart. Use PgUp and PgDn keys to set DeedMapper to 1000 ft per inch. The two points should appear to be 3 inches apart on the screen. For highest accuracy you can print it out and measure it. Steve Broyles ----- Original Message ----- From: "O Eugene Queen" <EQueen@Lexcominc.net> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:44 AM Subject: [DMU] Overlays > Greetings all, > > I've saved (not scanned) in jpg format into my deed file folder a section of a map. I've selected View Options Image and am attempting to use the map as a background for my deed file. > > Should it work if I correctly fill in the blanks: > Feet/in: 2400 > Dots per inch (Unknown, Not needed????) > Center lat: 35.31 > Center long: -81.45 > Degrees wide (Optional, left at 0) > Degrees long (Optional, left at 0) > > Either it should not work, or else I've done something wrong. Help, anyone? > > Thanks, > > Gene > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Steve, Is it possible for you to tell me how to un-subscribe from this list. I do not own the software and signed up (somewhere) when I was looking around. Thank you, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Broyles" <steve.broyles@attbi.com> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [DMU] Overlays > DeedMapper needs to the know the dots per inch of the image in order to > scale it for you. Since you say you don't know what the number is you'll > need to experiment to find it. > > If the image came off the internet you might try starting with 75 or 96 dpi. > If it originally came off a scanner you can try 300 or 600 dpi. Plug in a > number and then see whether the image is too large or too small. Change the > dpi setting and look again. Repeat until the image is the right size. > "Right size" is determined by looking at two features on the map that are a > known distance apart, and comparing them to DeedMapper's scale. For > instance, suppose you know two points on the image are 3000 feet apart. Use > PgUp and PgDn keys to set DeedMapper to 1000 ft per inch. The two points > should appear to be 3 inches apart on the screen. For highest accuracy you > can print it out and measure it. > > Steve Broyles > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "O Eugene Queen" <EQueen@Lexcominc.net> > To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:44 AM > Subject: [DMU] Overlays > > > > Greetings all, > > > > I've saved (not scanned) in jpg format into my deed file folder a section > of a map. I've selected View Options Image and am attempting to use the map > as a background for my deed file. > > > > Should it work if I correctly fill in the blanks: > > Feet/in: 2400 > > Dots per inch (Unknown, Not needed????) > > Center lat: 35.31 > > Center long: -81.45 > > Degrees wide (Optional, left at 0) > > Degrees long (Optional, left at 0) > > > > Either it should not work, or else I've done something wrong. Help, > anyone? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Gene > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >