Map Alignment

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bmichalski
May 3, 2007
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I’m trying to align a map from the 1840’s with a a modern day map from Google Maps. I have both maps in different layers and have tried everything with the free transform tool and the opacity set around 50% but it seems there are lots of subtle alignment differences. If I align points A and B, C is no longer aligned, etc etc. Is there a way to stretch and rotate a map by points? (Probably in a non uniform manner) Or any other ideas how to go about this?

Eventually I’ll be overlaying the map into Google Maps to create a historical view of the area, but before then the maps need to line up.

Thanks,
Brian M
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Voivod
May 3, 2007
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I’m trying to align a map from the 1840’s with a a modern day map from Google Maps. I have both maps in different layers and have tried everything with the free transform tool and the opacity set around 50% but it seems there are lots of subtle alignment differences. If I align points A and B, C is no longer aligned, etc etc. Is there a way to stretch and rotate a map by points? (Probably in a non uniform manner) Or any other ideas how to go about this?

Eventually I’ll be overlaying the map into Google Maps to create a historical view of the area, but before then the maps need to line up.

Experiment with skew and perspective in the free transform mode.
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KatWoman
May 3, 2007
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I’m trying to align a map from the 1840’s with a a modern day map from Google Maps. I have both maps in different layers and have tried everything with the free transform tool and the opacity set around 50% but it seems there are lots of subtle alignment differences. If I align points A and B, C is no longer aligned, etc etc. Is there a way to stretch and rotate a map by points? (Probably in a non uniform manner) Or any other ideas how to go about this?

Eventually I’ll be overlaying the map into Google Maps to create a historical view of the area, but before then the maps need to line up.
Thanks,
Brian M

if you press control and hover the mouse cursor near the corner, the point will skew instead of stretch

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