02.04.2008, 19:54
So it sounds like I am trying to make the biggest map yet then. Ouch! (EDIT : No the East Java map is bigger)
I could trim it up some, the 6 downloaded GeoTiff files I put together extended up into France and down into Africa a bit as well as past Mallorca in the East. It is a lot easier using whole downloaded GeoTiff files, although I could knock them to down to 75-90% size, but would rather not. I am not a pro at PaintShop or Gimp, so it is difficult figuring out how to layer the 4 necessary maps and crop them all at once to the same size.
If anyone wants to make a tutorial for that I would be greatly appreciative, (hint hint
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What really struck me making this map, not being a Spaniard, is that I never really realized how big Spain is even though I have been studying it for a while. I always made my measurements from centrally located Madrid so I never measured anything farther than 5-600 kilometers and my brain never put it together that 500K each way is 1000K coast to coast. :roll: duh!
I could trim it up some, the 6 downloaded GeoTiff files I put together extended up into France and down into Africa a bit as well as past Mallorca in the East. It is a lot easier using whole downloaded GeoTiff files, although I could knock them to down to 75-90% size, but would rather not. I am not a pro at PaintShop or Gimp, so it is difficult figuring out how to layer the 4 necessary maps and crop them all at once to the same size.
If anyone wants to make a tutorial for that I would be greatly appreciative, (hint hint
)What really struck me making this map, not being a Spaniard, is that I never really realized how big Spain is even though I have been studying it for a while. I always made my measurements from centrally located Madrid so I never measured anything farther than 5-600 kilometers and my brain never put it together that 500K each way is 1000K coast to coast. :roll: duh!