26.03.2010, 11:30
I've noticed discrepancies like this as well, but I don't know what can be done about it.
One of the older maps, the standard Kyushu was even so out of proportion, that I found I had to resize Google map overlays by as much as 10%, making a resize of 90% height x 100% width. Which means the map was really out of proportion by 10% in height.
Normally I just leave the bmp images (gray and color) that are made from Microdem dems as they are. I don't think it pays to resize them out of their proportions. Dems are the basic blocks from which to make a map and they shouldn't be altered too much if it can be helped.
What I often do however, is fiddle around with Google map overlays, sometimes try to re-preportion them (but this doesn't always work very well), or use a cloning tool to fix and patch up areas and just be a bit creative so that the FMB map looks good.
You don't need Google maps to make a map anyway except to use for an FMB map. As long as you get the coastlines and rivers correctly from your original BW Dems and make a masking layer with the water/ocean/rivers/lakes, you can always fudge around with a Google map in a layer under the water layer, enlarge it a bit or correct it with a cloning tool.
One of the older maps, the standard Kyushu was even so out of proportion, that I found I had to resize Google map overlays by as much as 10%, making a resize of 90% height x 100% width. Which means the map was really out of proportion by 10% in height.
Normally I just leave the bmp images (gray and color) that are made from Microdem dems as they are. I don't think it pays to resize them out of their proportions. Dems are the basic blocks from which to make a map and they shouldn't be altered too much if it can be helped.
What I often do however, is fiddle around with Google map overlays, sometimes try to re-preportion them (but this doesn't always work very well), or use a cloning tool to fix and patch up areas and just be a bit creative so that the FMB map looks good.
You don't need Google maps to make a map anyway except to use for an FMB map. As long as you get the coastlines and rivers correctly from your original BW Dems and make a masking layer with the water/ocean/rivers/lakes, you can always fudge around with a Google map in a layer under the water layer, enlarge it a bit or correct it with a cloning tool.