Cut and pasting from online maps?

Nick Pedley said:

Anyone got any advice on creating printed maps from online sources,
specifically 1:25000 scale?
I would like the coastal path route from Scarborough to Filey for
next week but don't really want to buy a £7.50 OS map just for one
days walking along the edge of the land marked on it and the
library doesn't have a copy.

Thanks,
Nick

I did it for the WHW using Multimap (I think 🙂)

You can see the result here.

www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/maps/whw_map_1.jpg

They are stitched together using "Create Photomerge" in Photoshop Elements.

I'll try and explain the process.

1) Begin with the start point of the path in 1:25000 map.

2) Click on print, on next page right click on image and copy image and
past it into your image viewer and save it.

3) Go back to the original Multimap and using the direction arrows follow
the route of the path and perform 2 above as you get to the edge of the
previous tile.

4) When you have all the tiles for the path load them into Photomerge in
Photoshop, putting as many as is practical in the frame, You might have to
move them around a bit till they line up properly. Create Photomerge, save
as a .png rather than a .jpg, and print.

I hope that is clear (as mud probably 🙂)

I did mine in day sections and the one above was day one, although it was
split into two for printing so that I could make out the places 🙂

HTH.

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no real need for a map, just keep the sea to your left.
Follow the promenade past the spa till you go up the old Holbeck Hotel
landlip, then just keep to the well defined path. Only possible chance
for a deviation from this it to cut down onto south bay instead of
going up the cliff thne round carnelian bay but I think the tides
http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/content/weather/weather_tide_times.asp
would be bad = dont go further than the pillbox at the south end of
carnelian bay, you cant get along the beach any further

Nick Pedley said:

Anyone got any advice on creating printed maps from online sources,
specifically 1:25000 scale?
I would like the coastal path route from Scarborough to Filey for next week
but don't really want to buy a £7.50 OS map just for one days walking along
the edge of the land marked on it and the library doesn't have a copy.

The advantage of using www.streetmap.co.uk is that it will give you a
screen sized output if you select 'large map'. You can put most browsers
into full screen mode by hitting F11 to maximize screen estate and then do
a screen grab using the tool of your choice (I use irfanview).

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