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==Rectification, warping, georeferencing==
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[[Historical map|Scanned maps]] can be projected onto today's maps to be able to use them as layers in different applications. This tool would make available a control point interface, which distorts the map image to match the base map.
  
 
Rectifying or georeferencing map files is accessed via the image actions menu or the Image viewer Actions menu.
 
Rectifying or georeferencing map files is accessed via the image actions menu or the Image viewer Actions menu.
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* Cross – to close the view and return to Image viewer or Images section
 
* Cross – to close the view and return to Image viewer or Images section
 
* Search – to search for the location
 
* Search – to search for the location
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* Settings – rectification settings
 
* Basemap menu
 
* Basemap menu
  
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On the left side of the screen there is the menu of actions/views.
 
On the left side of the screen there is the menu of actions/views.
* Side-by-side (Place search, control points)
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** Control points flyout
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;The main views
* Overlay (Overlay, transparency, lens, curtain)
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* Linking with the Wikidata object
* Map only (Masking)
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* Control point interface
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* Overlay (Overlay, transparency, lens, swipe)
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; Further work
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* Masking interface
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* Tracing interface - and other interactions with OSM/OHM
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* Export view
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* Name picking view
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; Tool controls
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* Undo / redo (control point interface)
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* Lens (Overlay)
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* Control point table (control point interface)
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; Settings (in the settings menu in the top bar?)
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* Warping settings
  
 
===Modals===
 
===Modals===

Latest revision as of 08:44, 6 December 2021

Rectification, warping, georeferencing

Scanned maps can be projected onto today's maps to be able to use them as layers in different applications. This tool would make available a control point interface, which distorts the map image to match the base map.

Rectifying or georeferencing map files is accessed via the image actions menu or the Image viewer Actions menu.

The layout of the tool is made uniform across tools.

General controls

  • Cross – to close the view and return to Image viewer or Images section
  • Search – to search for the location
  • Settings – rectification settings
  • Basemap menu

Instructions area

  • Stepped instructions

Tool menu and views

On the left side of the screen there is the menu of actions/views.

The main views
  • Linking with the Wikidata object
  • Control point interface
  • Overlay (Overlay, transparency, lens, swipe)
Further work
  • Masking interface
  • Tracing interface - and other interactions with OSM/OHM
  • Export view
  • Name picking view
Tool controls
  • Undo / redo (control point interface)
  • Lens (Overlay)
  • Control point table (control point interface)
Settings (in the settings menu in the top bar?)
  • Warping settings

Modals

  • New item modal

Metadata

  • Metadata can continuously be accessed below the rectification interface


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