QMAPTOOL(1)

💖 QMAPTOOL 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the qmaptool(1) manual page, section 1, and yes i'm about to make raster maps sound like the most iconic thing you've ever done. buckle up. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

QMapTool — Creating Raster Maps

like. that's the whole job. creating raster maps. and it's giving main character energy ngl 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

qmaptool [ -d | --debug ] [ -h | --help ] [ -n | --no-splash ]

that's it. three optional flags. you literally cannot mess this up, bestie. 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so QMapTool is a tool to process and reference scanned paper maps. yes, like, actual paper. the analog kind. we're digitising the vibes. 📜➡️💻

the main features (aka the slay list)

• Cut borders of maps — bye bye ugly scan edges, it's giving ✂️
• Reference maps — you tell it where in the world the map actually lives
• Convert maps into GeoTiff files with a color table — glow up into a GeoTiff, complete with a color table 👑

fr fr these three things are the entire personality of this tool and honestly? iconic.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -d, --debug — Run with debugging output. basically it tells you everything it's doing, out loud, in the group chat. lowkey helpful when something's acting up. 🔍
• -h, --help — Displays the help message. when in doubt, ask for help. no shame in it bestie. 🫶
• -n, --no-splash — Start without splash screen. skip the little intro graphic, go straight to business. no cap, some of us have places to be. 🏃♀️💨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the wiki, bestie, the wiki:

https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/wiki/DocMain

go read it, it's a whole mood. 📚✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

QMapTool was written and is currently maintained by Oliver Eichler <oliver.eichler@gmx.de>.

like, the actual legend. the originator. the moment. we stan. 💖

and that's the whole page!! this version dropped way back in July 2014 and it's still here serving. periodt. 💅🌸

ty for coming to my ted talk, now go cut some map borders. 🎀