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Posted by Terry Pinnell on July 21, 2005, 4:17 am


I'm a new user of MM. I'm trying to make a map of an area of the
Dolomites for our imminent walking holiday, from a scan of a paper map
I bought. Have closely followed instructions in MM's Help. But program
is not accepting the PNG file I made. Tells me it must be PALETTE
type. Yet I *have* chosen Palette in Options of IrfanView when using
File Save As to save the original JPG.

I posted to MM Support Forum, but answer was "TIFF is simpler." I will
try the alternative TIFF type, but can anyone advise whether the PNG
method does work or not, and perhaps suggest why it fails here please?

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK


Posted by Dennis Pogson on July 21, 2005, 6:39 am


Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I'm a new user of MM. I'm trying to make a map of an area of the
> Dolomites for our imminent walking holiday, from a scan of a paper map
> I bought. Have closely followed instructions in MM's Help. But program
> is not accepting the PNG file I made. Tells me it must be PALETTE
> type. Yet I *have* chosen Palette in Options of IrfanView when using
> File Save As to save the original JPG.
> I posted to MM Support Forum, but answer was "TIFF is simpler." I will
> try the alternative TIFF type, but can anyone advise whether the PNG
> method does work or not, and perhaps suggest why it fails here please?

You may need to change the color depth of the PNG for it to work in MM.



Posted by Terry Pinnell on July 21, 2005, 9:38 am



>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>> I'm a new user of MM. I'm trying to make a map of an area of the
>> Dolomites for our imminent walking holiday, from a scan of a paper map
>> I bought. Have closely followed instructions in MM's Help. But program
>> is not accepting the PNG file I made. Tells me it must be PALETTE
>> type. Yet I *have* chosen Palette in Options of IrfanView when using
>> File Save As to save the original JPG.
>> I posted to MM Support Forum, but answer was "TIFF is simpler." I will
>> try the alternative TIFF type, but can anyone advise whether the PNG
>> method does work or not, and perhaps suggest why it fails here please?
>You may need to change the color depth of the PNG for it to work in MM.

Thanks both.

Using 8-bit colour as specified. And 'Paltette'. Here's the File Save
screenshot from IrfanView:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/MM-PNG1.gif

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK


Posted by Alan White on July 21, 2005, 7:48 am


On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:17:07 +0100, Terry Pinnell

>I'm a new user of MM. I'm trying to make a map of an area of the
>Dolomites for our imminent walking holiday, from a scan of a paper map
>I bought. Have closely followed instructions in MM's Help. But program
>is not accepting the PNG file I made. Tells me it must be PALETTE
>type. Yet I *have* chosen Palette in Options of IrfanView when using
>File Save As to save the original JPG.

The .png file should be created as 4 or 8 bit colour.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll,
Scotland.
Web cam and weather:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather/kabcam.htm
Some walks and treks:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks/index.html

Posted by Alan White on July 21, 2005, 7:54 am



...also:-

'Note: Memory-Map Ordnance Survey Editions do not support the creation
or use of self-scanned maps...'

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll,
Scotland.
Web cam and weather:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather/kabcam.htm
Some walks and treks:- http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks/index.html

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