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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello</span><span style='color:black'> all,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I’m new to the list and a beginner at QGIS and I live in Massachusetts, USA. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I’m looking for a developer to help me develop a website. I can pay a little bit, so if you are interested, please let me know and we can explore the possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I’m 68 and teaching myself the code and software but I’m slow and forgetful and realized I should turn to others who are fast and remember what they learned yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I have built a website </span><span style='color:black'>utilizing </span><span style='color:black'>scanned </span><span style='color:black'>historical map</span><span style='color:black'>s,</span><span style='color:black'> overlays, tiling, georeferencing, </span><span style='color:black'>and </span><span style='color:black'>OpenLayers. </span><span style='color:black'>Eventually I will add video and text popups.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I need</span><span style='color:black'> help</span><span style='color:black'> to add the ability to print the maps at any zoom layer with any layer transparency setting</span><span style='color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I believe that QGIS</span><span style='color:black'> is capable of the server-sided programming needed to assemble the tiles and return the image for printing or saving. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I </span><span style='color:black'>will be showcasing the </span><span style='color:black'>life</span><span style='color:black'>work of an 80 year old cartographer who has hand drawn about 50 maps focused on the Brookfield, MA area of New England. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I have QGIS </span><span style='color:black'>2.2 </span><span style='color:black'>installed on my home machine but have yet to learn how to incorporate my existing map</span><span style='color:black'> tiles. I’m slowly learning, but given the age of my subject, I have to speed it up. Hence, my reaching out to your group.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I’m not a programmer, this is a hobby and a volunteer effort. </span><span style='color:black'>I’m comfortable using Dreamweaver, Javascript, HTML, OpenLayers, Google Maps API,</span><span style='color:black'> and </span><span style='color:black'>MapTiler. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>What I ask of you, if you can, is to give me a quote for consulting support</span><span style='color:black'> and creating a template in QGIS that I can use to create both the client and server side to provide this research tool.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If you feel that QGIS is not the best tool for this, please suggest another direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>From what I have found so far, this should work and I’m impressed with the knowledge and support I’ve witnessed in this group over the past several weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To view the map work I’ve done so far, visit my site, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.brookfieldsresearch.com">www.brookfieldsresearch.com</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>navigate to the Maps section</span><span style='color:black'> and explore. </span><span style='color:black'> select the “Robert Wilder Maps” option. That will bring up a list of his maps. The ones I’ve scanned and uploaded so far are linked for viewing. I’ve not yet added video or audio narration on each map, but that’s easily done. Mostly, I need the user to be able to print the screen results at any zoom or transparency level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks for your time, I hope we can work something out.</span><span style='color:black'> I’m learning by reading your posts, thank you for sharing your knowledge.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Regards, Dan Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Dhamilton62@gmail.com">Dhamilton62@gmail.com</a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>