Localizing This Lab
MapCruncher is capable of georeferencing a graphic or PDF map of an area.
If you have a graphic or PDF of your school, it can be substituted for the YSU
campus map and you can match your own local data instead. The same steps
of the lab will still apply; you’ll just be finding appropriate local control points
rather than the ones in Youngstown, Ohio.
Alternatively, you could use a graphic or PDF of a map of a local park,
hike or bike trail, fairgrounds, or local shopping district and georeference that
instead.
3.1 Getting Started With MapCruncher
1. Start MapCruncher. It will open with the default screen referred to as
“Untitled Mashup.” Maximize the MapCruncher window to give yourself
plenty of room to work with.
2. The left side of the screen will contain the unreferenced image you want
to match, while the right side of the screen contains the referenced
imagery from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth (what you’ll be matching your
image to).
3. As the text box notes, select the File pull–down menu, then choose Add
Source Map.
4. Navigate to the Chapter 3 folder and select the parkmap2010.pdf file.
5. In the upper right corner of the MapCruncher screen is the Virtual Earth
Position box.
(Source: Used with permission from Microsoft)
Virtual
Earth
Position
65
Georeferencing an Image
MapCruncher is capable of georeferencing a graphic or PDF map of an area.
If you have a graphic or PDF of your school, it can be substituted for the YSU
campus map and you can match your own local data instead. The same steps
of the lab will still apply; you’ll just be finding appropriate local control points
rather than the ones in Youngstown, Ohio.
Alternatively, you could use a graphic or PDF of a map of a local park,
hike or bike trail, fairgrounds, or local shopping district and georeference that
instead.
3.1 Getting Started With MapCruncher
1. Start MapCruncher. It will open with the default screen referred to as
“Untitled Mashup.” Maximize the MapCruncher window to give yourself
plenty of room to work with.
2. The left side of the screen will contain the unreferenced image you want
to match, while the right side of the screen contains the referenced
imagery from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth (what you’ll be matching your
image to).
3. As the text box notes, select the File pull–down menu, then choose Add
Source Map.
4. Navigate to the Chapter 3 folder and select the parkmap2010.pdf file.
5. In the upper right corner of the MapCruncher screen is the Virtual Earth
Position box.
(Source: Used with permission from Microsoft)
Virtual
Earth
Position
65
Georeferencing an Image