Map Software

[Buz]

Bit of a long shot but you never know.....

One of my interests is the Old Industry and History of the Forest of Dean. I've subscribed to a site that has OS maps going back to the 1880's. What I want to try and do is to overlay parts of those maps on Google earth screens some how? So I can see where roads are now and railways were back then. Ideally with a slider that gradually moves between the 2 maps!
Does anyone know if anything like this is available? Ideally free would be nice but if I have to pay for it and it does what I need then fair enough.

I have a MAC Book as well, just to make it more interesting!!!

 

[JoeBiff]

I've done similar, overlaying older maps on top of new, quite successfully using Adobe Photoshop.
Creating and using the Layers function within PS, the overlays can then be manipulated in varying degrees of opacity. You can also "stretch" or distort the older maps to align with the modern datums.

The only real drawback is the complexity of the Adobe program.

Good luck.

 

[Buz]

Cheers for that JoeBiff, i have a copy of PS but never really got in to it....perhaps its that time now

 

[Leasouth]

Bit of a long shot but you never know.....

One of my interests is the Old Industry and History of the Forest of Dean. I've subscribed to a site that has OS maps going back to the 1880's. What I want to try and do is to overlay parts of those maps on Google earth screens some how? So I can see where roads are now and railways were back then. Ideally with a slider that gradually moves between the 2 maps!
Does anyone know if anything like this is available? Ideally free would be nice but if I have to pay for it and it does what I need then fair enough.

I have a MAC Book as well, just to make it more interesting!!!

Not sure if it will help you, but if you didn't already know Google Earth "PRO" is now a FREE download and offers you more options and detail than the free version.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/freebies/...-download-fully-licenced-professional-2132848