How Do I Use A Scanned Aerial Photo??

[mi&bl]

is there software that allows me to scan in an aerial photo and be able to mark my waypoints on it? i would like to take my farm pic, scan it, load my waypoints onto it and create my own gps map...

 

can i do this easily??

[wildman billy]

http://www.oziexplorer.com/

 

this program will do everything that you need.

there is a newsgroup on yahoo for the software and they can giveyou all the help you need.

I started using this program about 3 years ago to get co-ords of old houses from old maps and aerial photos. You just need to identify as many of the landmarks as you can and get waypoints for them then you can calibrate the photo and away you go.

 

hope this does the trick for you

 

mick

[+gnbrotz]

ExpertGPS also has this cabability, but as aerial photos are already available to the software, there is no need to scan them in. Just mark your waypoints then print the image you want. If you do have a color aerial or some other more 'special' image you want to use, you can scan/calibrate/use it if you wish.

Edited December 8, 2003 by gnbrotz

[+PDOP's]

A freeware option you might try is GPS Trackmaker. As with the other programs you will need to know the coordiantes of two or more points on your scan of the airphoto to calibrate it. These can be waypoints that you've made and can be indentified on the scan.

[+ohgr]

Maybe another option?

 

USA PhotoMaps Available HERE you put in the starting coordinates and it retrieves the maps from the TerraServer, will also download Topo maps under the Aerial so you can switch back and forth.

 

Only downside is that the Aerial photos are a little old, and the topos' are even older, at least in my area, but on the bright side you don't have to do any scanning... Good Luck!

 

Ohgr