11-17-2022, 03:52 PM
I was recently trying to extract a map from a 200+ page .PDF report produced by our local government. It was a mandatory disclosure issue imposed upon them by the Federal government, so there likely was not a great concern on their part for user friendliness...they were merely complying.
Anyway, the inline maps were hopelessly undersized, trying to read the legends printed on them appeared impossible. Tried several things, including the PDF viewer's native scale function , all with no luck.
Then, I just tried to import a map directly into Gimp, and got the following import dialog that included an adjustable resolution setting. So, I scaled it up, and to my complete surprise, the maps appeared crystal clear at the larger size. Fully readable.
Not sure why this one method produced where all other attempts failed, but I'd guess there is a "print to file" instruction somewhere in the process.
![[Image: rIDUKFd.png]](https://i.imgur.com/rIDUKFd.png)
Anyway, the inline maps were hopelessly undersized, trying to read the legends printed on them appeared impossible. Tried several things, including the PDF viewer's native scale function , all with no luck.
Then, I just tried to import a map directly into Gimp, and got the following import dialog that included an adjustable resolution setting. So, I scaled it up, and to my complete surprise, the maps appeared crystal clear at the larger size. Fully readable.
Not sure why this one method produced where all other attempts failed, but I'd guess there is a "print to file" instruction somewhere in the process.