Unsubscribing. To leave DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L, send mail to DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. ----- Original Message ----- From: <j.huggins@inetmail.att.net> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [DMU] Overlays > 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 > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >