{"id":1146,"date":"2022-03-04T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:47:54","slug":"image-to-map-calibration-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/image-to-map-calibration-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Image to map calibration tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style text-right\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<script async type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\tvar addthis_config = addthis_config||{};\n\t\t\t\taddthis_config.data_track_clickback = false;\n\t\t\t\taddthis_config.data_track_addressbar = false;\n\t\t\t\tvar addthis_share = {url: \"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/image-to-map-calibration-tool\/\"};\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<script async type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-528087a8560a6838\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cartograph Maps 3.1.3 and newer ships with a raster image calibration tool which <strong>creates maps from raster images<\/strong>, such as <strong>photos <\/strong>or <strong>scans <\/strong>from maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-793x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1149\" width=\"357\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-793x1024.png 793w, https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-768x991.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image.png 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption>Cartograph map image calibration tool.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool is available under &#8220;<strong>Tools<\/strong>&#8221; in the <strong>main app menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool works as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select an image file or take a picture (if supported on your system). For best results, the four points should form a shape close to a rectangle.<\/li><li>Select 4 calibration points on the image. These are used for calibration and should be significant (for instance railway crossings, mountain peaks, etc.).<\/li><li>Select the corresponding position of the 4 calibration points on the map.<\/li><li>Press &#8220;Create&#8221; for creating a calibrated map.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The following video shows the calibration process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to create maps from photos in Cartograph Maps\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TNee_1UXYuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartograph Maps 3.1.3 and newer ships with a raster image calibration tool which creates maps from raster images, such as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartograph.eu\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}