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Coordinate Help Please
- Thread starter Mat in MA
- Start date
Thanks for your help.You are correct,an old town map would not have coordinates on it,only a plat map or one showing township,range, and section would show coordinates.
Only way would be to overlay it on Google earth,as accurately as you can,lot of things could have changed, but if lucky might get it fairly close.
Then could get coordinates from google earth.
Only way would be to overlay it on Google earth,as accurately as you can,lot of things could have changed, but if lucky might get it fairly close.
Then could get coordinates from google earth.
Your overlay will be in your places section.
Did you give it a name when you were over laying it and the box was open?
you do not have to remove it,just find it in your places section on the left,then right click on it and go to properties.
now your box pops up again! notice there is a slider,if you drag it to the left it will be transparent but still there.
This is also useful when adjusting the map because you can move the slider to see through the overlay to get points lined up.
you can delete it by right clicking on it also if you want to!
LabradorBob
Did you give it a name when you were over laying it and the box was open?
you do not have to remove it,just find it in your places section on the left,then right click on it and go to properties.
now your box pops up again! notice there is a slider,if you drag it to the left it will be transparent but still there.
This is also useful when adjusting the map because you can move the slider to see through the overlay to get points lined up.
you can delete it by right clicking on it also if you want to!
LabradorBob
Just right click it in your places section and choose properties, then you should be able to move it or adjust it more if you want.
Hello Mat,
You may be able to take GPS coordinates from USGS maps of your area and transpose them to your map. The historic USGS maps I use here in NY have lines every 5 minutes. If you can transpose the lines to your map, then you can divide the minutes into seconds (60 seconds to a minute) and come up with a grid for your map.
Good luck and HH, mac from NY
You may be able to take GPS coordinates from USGS maps of your area and transpose them to your map. The historic USGS maps I use here in NY have lines every 5 minutes. If you can transpose the lines to your map, then you can divide the minutes into seconds (60 seconds to a minute) and come up with a grid for your map.
Good luck and HH, mac from NY