Here is another idea. The federal government has an online site where you can download topo maps for anywhere in the country and you can zoom in and out to several different scales. Here is the url: http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Oh, and for what it is worth you can flip between the topo map and an aerial or satellite photograph of the same place and scale that you selected in the topo. I use it all the time and it is a wonderful tool. I have found cemeteries by looking for fields with unusual driveway patterns and you can even see the white lines in the highways. As to how to scale it to DeedMapper I suspect that you could manipulate it with Photoshop or some such photo editing software to scale it to an exact size you need. The images are jpg's. Have fun! Dick Hillenbrand Syracuse, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter and Connie Bradish" <bradish@attglobal.net> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: [DMU] NGS and Delorme TopoQuad maps question > Hello, > I'm new to the group even though I've had DeedMapper for 4 years. I've > just started to seriously use it and am interested in whether anyone has > any experience with using either the National Geographic Society's topo > map programs (they sell for about $100 per state) or Delorme's TopoQuad > maps (basically the same price). > Has anyone tried capturing images from either of these programs and > been successful in using the results? If so, am I better off using the > maps from Direct Line Software or scanning a purchased USGS map? > My initial reaction is that resolution and scaling the map image > properly to work with DeedMapper would be the key to whether it would be > worth using the above mentioned topo map programs or not. They aren't > cheap, but if they work well maybe they would be worth it if one has > enough M&B plots in one state to justify it. > Thanks for your efforts and time in replying or commenting. > Take care all... Pete > > -- > Peter and Connie Bradish <bradish@attglobal.net> > > > > ============================== > 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 >