Map Grabber on C#

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Introduction

Grab maps ....

Prepare maps for your holidays, your walking, your bike trips, your geocaching... You
can next print them or use them with your GPS!

This utility automatically scrolls, captures, assembles and saves maps (or other window content) from a Web page to a JPG file.

Background

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Using the code

How to use?

- Go to the desired Web site, maximize your browser window.
- Locate the desired area on the map and zoom to the desired scale.
- In order to MapGrabber automatically realize the right scrolling, you have to parameter it according to the Web site.
Press the button 1 in MapGrabber (see illustrations), next click on the left/top corner of the map. To avoid capturing the toolbar, you can define the corner just below it.
Press the button 2 in MapGrabber, next click on the right/bottom corner of the map.
- To devide output image by slises, set the steps in one part.
- If you would like to calibrate maps in time of grabbing, you can use GPS Callibration part of the MapGrabber

You can now Save the settings for future use; each Web site will have its own settings.
The main screen:

- Menu:
Settings - Load and save your current settings for future using.
Help - The link to this page and information about me.

- Map Settings:
The position of left/top and right/left bounds of map, without active elements, on the screen. You can set points by enter the coordinates or by clicking on button "Point" and dragging the icon to he's place on the screen.

- Capture Settings:
Delay Scroll - When Map grabber moving the map in map display program (Firefox), to program take time to response for her events. So need to delay Map grabber events according to response of display program.
Delay Capture - When Map grabber the map in map display program (Firefox), to load new images take some time. So you must set the parameter according to speed image loading.
Number of X/Y Steps - How match steps to do.

- Output image settings:
Divide Image X/Y - By how match steps divide the output image. Some programs that using output maps on pocket PC, take a lot time to load big image.
Map Path - The output image folder.

- With GPS calibration - Enable GPS automatic GPS calibration of output map.

- Show/Hide points - show/hide the map settings and GPS calibration points.

- GPS Calibration:
First point X/Y - The point of place that you know her GPS coordinates. You can set points by enter the coordinates or by clicking on button "Point" and dragging the icon to her place on the screen. You can use the magnifier to put the icon exactly to place of GPS coordinates.
First point Lat/Lon - The GPS coordinates of point.


Magnifier/Status window:

Points:

Prior to start capturing, set the amount of horizontal and vertical steps you desire.
Press the button Start.

Know Bugs:

found by me and another users.
- Memory out when grabbing more than 10X10 screens.

TODO:

what in next version.
- grab large size maps
- The GPSTuner have auto map loading feature. We can use maps with different resolution, and different level of information on map. That provide option in time of zoom out or zoom in, change maps automatically. So I want to add feature - grabbing maps with some levels of zoom.

Links / Credits

Main Site of Project

Project Page on MSDN Code Gallery
Project Page on CodePlex
GPS Tuner - is an off-road navigation software for Pocket PC devices. The maps of Map Grabber is collibrated for this programm.

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Disclaimer

Personal use only. Use at your own risk. No technical support given. Don't copy or distribute copyrighted media.
Screen captures will never replace a bought genuine printed map.

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My vote of 1 mheskol 9:06 14 Feb '09   This method of capturing is not effective. Why not using the APIs of e.g. Google Earth or Google Maps or NASA World Wind?!! Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Works OK with google Map but not google earth kedanz 4:13 22 Jan '09   I tried this with google map, it's works OK. I try it with google earth and found out the output map is not aligment. The following is my setup: 1. Set google earth Tool>Option>Navigation>wheel speed to slow 2. under view menu show grid 3. set MapGrabber X/Y 2 by 2 4. set delay 2, set scrolling 2 5. set outout JPG 2 by 2 Open the output JPG, I found the grid line not match in this 2x2 picture Any thought? Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Problem Tosdo 23:36 18 Mar '08   Hello, This tool works well with google maps. But I'm very interested with portuguese maps from scrif.igeo.pt. For example, go to http://scrif.igeo.pt/ASP/topo_cr.asp?XX=195981&YY=258102&INE=140104&id=748&topo=0 Click on "Cruzar com o Visualizador do IGP!". Change the scale to 20000. Select the hand tool. Using this tool, the scrolling seams to work but after each step, the map position is reset. Regards. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Very nice tool ! Eyal Lantzman 22:23 1 Mar '08   Did you considered integration to some map service site for all in one suite? (it will be very cool) You got my 5/5 Eyal Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very nice tool ! Yuri Panshin 22:32 1 Mar '08   But it support all map service sites and programs, that have some user interface as Google maps. Thanks for response. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very nice tool ! Eyal Lantzman 22:51 1 Mar '08   I know it does, but I meant from within the application - in the next versions, in that way a lazy user (like me ) will not have to calibrate. Picture the following scenario - user selects start and end poinst and receives a map within the application(from one of the available services) marks gps calibration points, some properties (such as zoom level) and the application will generate maps accordinly. I have more ideas - you can add weather forecast options (in order to mark potentialy dangerous areas for cyclists ie. fluds or icey roads and etc.) Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very nice tool ! Yuri Panshin 23:22 1 Mar '08   It is very nice features, but it will limit the support of a sites and a programs by my application. I will need to create a plug in per a map service and a program. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very nice tool ! Eyal Lantzman 23:28 1 Mar '08   Yes but it will be very cool. BTW you can create some interface and a single implementation and let the community extend the support for all the other map services. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very nice tool ! Yuri Panshin 23:35 1 Mar '08   Yeah You right When I will find the time for it, I will write the new version of my program and will give interface for new plug in. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Very Nice merlin981 5:39 27 Feb '08   Thanks for sharing. This is very cool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rhabot - World of Warcraft Bot Uber RPGE - Free Private World of Warcraft Server Make long URLs short with NeatURL.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink Re: Very Nice Yuri Panshin 8:00 27 Feb '08   Thanks If you will found some bugs or you will fill lack for some features, let me know about this. Sign In·View Thread·PermaLink

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