Ive scanned a map and saved it as a PDF file. The grid lines are not straight. Can I tilt the image?

Question

Ive scanned a map and opened it in Adobe Reader, however, the grid lines of the map are not on a horizontal plain, is it possible to raise or tilt the image on one side so the grid lines appear horizontal?

Answer 1

Yes. You need a paint program and you can do it there.

Try PaintShop Pro, Photoshop, GIMP (free), those are some programs which you can adjust and rotate the image so the lines become horizontal.

Answer 2

No, it's a PDF file.

Try scanning your map as a jpg file, then, programs like PhotoShop can rotate the image into alignment.

You may want to find a map on the web instead, or use Google Maps and take a screen shot (ALT+PrtScreen) and paste into Word Pad.

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Answer 3

You'd have to be able to scan it as a text document somehow. Try looking for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs that can scan the PDF text and save it as a normal document.