StitchMaps Plus

StitchMaps Plus

The Plus Extension of StitchMaps 2! joins fully automatic your Google Earth images, to a complete map and saves and calibrates this, if required.The condition precedent to the execution is the installation of the current Google Earth version, up-to-date the version 4.0.2091, on this computer.

This procedure consists of 5 steps:Step 1: StitchMaps initialize Google Earth in own image screen (automatically)

Step 2: Determinate the size and form of the result map

Step 3: Determinate the number of images, with these the map assembledStep 4: Determinate map name and pixel format

Step 5: StitchMaps scans the single images and joins them (automatically)

In the further description one presupposes, that the user is familiar with the functions and operation of StitchMaps.The Plus Extension becomes activate either by means of button Stitch and calibrate Google Earth image on the single map screen, or by means menu File/Stitch and calibrate Google Earth image, or by press the function key F5.There is an option, inside the register Settings/plus, to use the Plus Extension, immediately the program starts. It avoids the detour via the single map screen. This option is makes sence, by the nearly exclusively use of the plus extension.

Important hint:

Interfacing a 3rd party application with Google Earth through the COM API requires Google Earth to be installed on the machine where one intends to run it.

The Google Earth COM interface is registered as part of the installation process. If, for some reason, the Google Earth COM API needs to be registered again, you can execute GoogleEarth.exe with "/RegServer" as a command line argument.

For instance, assuming GoogleEarth.exe is located in C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth, the following command line would register Google Earth's COM API:

"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth\googleearth.exe" /RegServer You can execute this command by the use of windows Start/Execute button.

Use the execution character " in case of spaces in the path.

Step 1

StitchMaps initialize Google Earth in own image screen (automatically)

At first StitchMaps examines, whether the program Google Earth runs at present.If not, it is started and initialized by StitchMaps.

Afterward, the version of Google Earth will be checked, and connection with the server will be established.If any errors occur with the initialization, server connection or if the version number of Google Earth is not correct , an error message is shown and the plus extension will be terminated.

Otherwise the image screen of Google Earth will be transferred into ones own screen.

The image screen is directly connected to Google Earth.

Hence, the display of image screen is responsive to all changes, within Google Earth made.

For example - compass, status bar or switch layers on and off.Step 2

Determinate the size and form of the result map

Move the image into the center of the map, you would like build. The image can be moved in the same manner, as by Google Earth. You can also change to Google Earth, use the search feature, or doubleclick on a placemark. The picture in StitchMaps moves to the desired place.The size of the result map will be changed with a alteration of eye altitude.

You can use the Google Earth functions, like mouse wheel, or plus/minus buttons at the compass.Also the keys Up/Down and Page Up/Down zoom in or out.StitchMaps includes an input field, for exact altitude enter. The eye altitude transfers not until the input field will be quit (tab key or mouse). Additionally you can use buttons, those increase or decrease the altitude by 100/1000 meter(feet) steps.You can adapt the form of the map (ratio of height : width), in changing the window height and/or window width.

Inside of infofields, the current width and height of the map, as well as the pixel size will be displayed.Hint:

Due to the fact that 100% correlation between Google Earth and StitchMaps cannot be always warranted, it can happen, there is an unreasonably high value inside the input field for the altitude. If the image size is still correct, it is enough, move the image with the mouse somewhat. However if Google Earth already took over this altitude and the image is too large, it is enough to enter the old altitude into the input field and the image will be correct displayed again.Step 3

Determinate the number of images, with these the map assembled

The number of images will be determined by the number of rows and columns. After each change of this number, the eye altitude is adapted automatically.

Example: 1 image (1 x 1) > eye alt = 2500 m (feet)

4 images (2 x 2) > eye alt = 1250 m

9 images (3 x 3) > eye alt = 833 m

16 images (4 x 4) > eye alt = 625 m

25 images (5 x 5) > eye alt = 500 m

Dont execute any other actions here, such move map or change altitude.

If you switch the correlation off between the number of rows and columns (The same number of rows & cols), the result map will be cut off either on the right side (columns