geological aerial & satellite survey maps

[firestorm31]

hey all..

I'm wondering if there is a way to map in the coordinates based on the aerial and satellite photos from the Geological Survey .gov website. I think these have much higher resolutions tho.

I'm looking to create 3 sets of 3x3 photo map with 4 set of coordinates of south east Louisiana before and after Katrina and current for a guy who owns land in that area.

I have topo 5.0, it works good (but not perfect) for the most part , but my issue apparently is software & hardware related. I have a win98se on a pentium 2-350 machine. I hear that the program works well on a laptop!.

Printing chokes if I try to print a out a 3x3 photo map.

has there been any improvement on the orientation of bubble notes icon in later version of topo? by that, the bubbles are right shifted. I haven't seen where I can place the bubble notes icon in left, up or down position.

[Sanaghan]

- You can only use DeLorme images in DeLorme programs.

- What's a bubble note? You can adjust the mapnotes to appear at what level you want, and can position them as well. But I am unfamiliar with bubble notes.

[John Moran]

It may be that a nine tile printout from Topo5 is treated as one large picture. In that case, dropping your printer resolution to 600 dpi (or less) should be enough to stay within design limitations (3x17 inches).

[firestorm31]

with regards to the bubble notes aka map notes..

the problem with the map note symbol is that I don't see a way to move the map note bubble symbol in another direction so that it doesn't obsure the geographic area.

for example, I put in 4 coordinates , then I mark each coordinate point connected by lines. Then I put in a map note with the coordinates that I put in at each coordinate point. The problem is one of the map notes is inside the box while the other three map notes are outside the box.

[xapie128]

The problem is one of the map notes is inside the box while the other three map notes are outside the box.

Draw tab -> click the Select tool (has an arrow on it).
Next, click the MapNote to select it (a rectangle will appear around it).
Then, click and hold, then drag the MapNote to where you want it.

All this is found in your User Guide (however, you will not find the word "bubble" there).

[firestorm31]

The problem is one of the map notes is inside the box while the other three map notes are outside the box.

Draw tab -> click the Select tool (has an arrow on it).
Next, click the MapNote to select it (a rectangle will appear around it).
Then, click and hold, then drag the MapNote to where you want it.

All this is found in your User Guide (however, you will not find the word "bubble" there).

Duh! didn't know I could do that, move the mapnotes around with the pointer anchored to the point. it can also move the pointer while the mapnote is fixed position.

I've read the guide, I guess it eluded me.

[firestorm31]

It may be that a nine tile printout from Topo5 is treated as one large picture. In that case, dropping your printer resolution to 600 dpi (or less) should be enough to stay within design limitations (3x17 inches).

I have an Canon IP4000 ink jet printer. I don't see any options that allows me to reduce the resolution to 600 dpi. In fact, the driver doesn't have a dpi option that I could find.

[John Moran]

It may be that a nine tile printout from Topo5 is treated as one large picture. In that case, dropping your printer resolution to 600 dpi (or less) should be enough to stay within design limitations (3x17 inches).

I have an Canon IP4000 ink jet printer. I don't see any options that allows me to reduce the resolution to 600 dpi. In fact, the driver doesn't have a dpi option that I could find.

Suggest you work your way down in quality until something works. You might try "Print tables and charts" under the Print Advisor tab. (As shown on Vista driver for the IP4000). Pdf995 (Pdf995.com)could be used to lower dpi resolution, if necessary, and could save you some paper in any case for previews.

Another option for deteriming actual printer resolution is to use Irfanview. Irfanview's Printer Setup appears to show basic printer resolution, before the dithering resolution numbers used for marketing are applied, (Irfanview.com)

[firestorm31]

It may be that a nine tile printout from Topo5 is treated as one large picture. In that case, dropping your printer resolution to 600 dpi (or less) should be enough to stay within design limitations (3x17 inches).

I have an Canon IP4000 ink jet printer. I don't see any options that allows me to reduce the resolution to 600 dpi. In fact, the driver doesn't have a dpi option that I could find.

Suggest you work your way down in quality until something works. You might try "Print tables and charts" under the Print Advisor tab. (As shown on Vista driver for the IP4000). Pdf995 (Pdf995.com)could be used to lower dpi resolution, if necessary, and could save you some paper in any case for previews.

Another option for deteriming actual printer resolution is to use Irfanview. Irfanview's Printer Setup appears to show basic printer resolution, before the dithering resolution numbers used for marketing are applied, (Irfanview.com)

I forgot that my problem is hardware & OS related. I can't really print any pics if my computer is pentium 2-350 and has an windows98se for an operating system and a somewhat out of date nvidia/geforce chipset based agp card.

oh well.

[John Moran]

Please try Pdf995 from http://pdf995.com