June 2012 Entry: Sunrise Over Boreas

[arsheesh]

And I think I'm calling this done.

The most tricky part of the whole map was creating and aligning those graticule ticks. In case anyone else ever tries this, the method I eventually used was to use the Measure Tool in GIMP to determine both the degree, and Horizontal and Vertical axis of the pixels, then, on a separate layer, paint a tiny reference dot there. I created a reference dot for each 10 degrees. Then, between the 90 degree - 80 degree section of the south east portion of the meridian, I used the same method to create reference points for each degree (i.e. 89, 88, 87 ect). Then I imported this into Inkscape and used the draw-center-transform-copy-and-repeat method Hai-Etik suggested to get first 10 degrees placed in the south-east section of the meridian (i.e. 90-80). Then I copied this entire section, pasted it in the next section and transformed it, and repeated this process. Once I was done, I imported the bitmap of this back into GIMP and aligned it to the Meridian. Phew, glad that's over!

Anyway, thanks for the help and constructive comments everyone.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

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