Map Builder - How to build map from a BMP
- Run Mup Builder
- Menu "Convert Bitmap"
- Choose between manual calibration and calibration using .map file:
Manual Calibration- Identify 2 points on your bitmap, one in left upper and one in right lower corner
- Enter coordinates (X, Y) and GPS coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) of both points
- Note: GPS coordinates may be entered as N00°00'00.00" or N00°00.0000
- This file is used by Ozi Explorer, may contain up to 30 calibration points, recommended for large maps
- Click "Load .map" button and open the .map file - 2 of all defined coordinates will be filled in the form
- Do NOT edit the values!!!!!
- Note: Map Builder does not support all types of coordinate formats
- Choose map projection type (in most cases the right value is WGS-84) (available from version 1.30)
- Click "Convert" (or "Open BMP and Convert" in version 1.30+), open bitmap and wait until the process is finished
- Note: If your map is large, the program only supports its 24bit format, for smaller maps most of the formats are supported
- Copy the map to Memory stick (\DOCUMENT\QuickGPS\Maps). Use it.
- In QuickGPS you can change the projection type under menu Map/Projection (version 1.30+)
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| Creating a map (Andree de Miranda) | 23.9.2009 |
| Excellent software, enjoy using it. Have tried now to create a map from a scanned paper map. Seems to work out ok. Entering the right N and E coordinates does not seem to work. Tries to copy the values from your Google Maps app, then tried to type them in, in format N52 10.6656 (with grade 0 symbol in-between). Result if I try navigate to tapped point, the next street from here is 5467 km away... What am I doing wrong? It seemed like easy to do... Greetings, Andree de Miranda Zeist, NL | Answer |
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