Using OpenStreetMap
1. Go to openstreetmap.org.
2. Find the area of interest by moving and zooming-in/zooming-out.
3. Click Export in the top left corner.
4. Click the Share button in the right sidebar.
5. Make sure the map is positioned as desired and centered within the visible screen. Zoom in/zoom out or move the map as needed.
6. Take note of the four numbers representing the latitudes and longitudes of the edges of the map area that are shown in the Export sidebar. Note: make sure the Share tab on the right is open when you do this so that the data reflects the actual map that will be downloaded.
7. Download the image of the map in JPEG format from the Share sidebar.
8. Open the downloaded image on your computer, and using your default Photo app, Paint, or any photo viewing/editing app, save the image as a bitmap (.bmp).
9. Open DavNet and navigate to the Panel Properties.
10. Enter the Start X, End X, Start Y, End Y values based on what was obtained during step 6. Refer to the picture below to know how to correctly assign the data to its corresponding field.
11. Upload the .bmp image of the map in the field indicated below.
12. If the map does not fit the screen dimensions (too large or too high), you can resize it in Paint or any photo editing app to fit the screen better and then upload it again (without changing the coordinates). Note: do not crop the image, only resize it. The coordinates will not match anymore if you crop it.
13. Click Ok to exit.
Using Google Maps
1. Go to Google Maps
2. Find the area of interest by moving and zooming-in/zooming-out.
3. Set browser into “full-screen” mode.
4. If a status bar from the browser appears at the bottom of the screen, set the browser so the bar is hidden.
5. Center the desired map as much as possible.
6. On the current screen display, right-click with your mouse and select “Print”.
7. Adjust the map position by scrolling down to hide the top bar and to make the map full screen.
8. Take a screen shot using a snipping tool or the built-in screenshot/print screen button and save the image under Bitmap (.bmp) format. If you cannot directly save it as .bmp, open the photo on your computer and save it again as a .bmp through your default photo app, Paint, or another photo viewing/editing software.
9. Get out of the Print Mode by clicking on “Cancel” in the Google Maps top right corner.
10. Back in Google Maps, take note of the latitude and longitude coordinate values that match the 4 sides of the previously captured map. To do this, right click on the top, bottom, left side, and right side limits of the map area you previously captured to display the coordinates of that point. For the top and bottom limit coordinates, only note the latitude (the first number). For the left and right limit coordinates only note the longitude (the second number).
11. Open DavNet and navigate to the Panel Properties.
12. Enter the Start X, End X, Start Y, End Y values based on what was obtained during step 10. Refer to the picture below to know how to correctly assign the data to its corresponding field.
13. Upload the .bmp image of the map in the field indicated below.
14. If the map does not fit the screen dimensions (too large or too high), you can resize it in Paint or any photo editing app to fit the screen better and then upload it again (without changing the coordinates). Note: do not crop the image, only resize it. The coordinates will not match anymore if you crop it.
15. Click Ok to exit.
DavNet map making basics
NOTES
- DavNet requires map geographical coordinates to be in decimal degrees format (same as what Google Maps uses).
- When saving maps, use Bitmap format.
- You can use different map types or map styles in DavNet. Just make sure that every map has the same geographical coordinates. (For example, you could use topographic-view map, a road-view map, an aerial view map, or even a hand-drawn map).
- If needed, you can add any icon or FIXED (permanent) site icon(s) onto the Bitmap image before making a DavNet map out of it.
- Just like it is possible with Davlink, it is also possible in DavNet to have many window views (tabs), each being attached to a Region. Each tab can represent a different region, each having a different scale and different sites.
