Petr’s blog about Linux

I’m using my old Palm TX to navigate during my travels. I don’t have GPS, but I usually get some maps from the web, store them as jpg and view on Palm as a picture.

I had problems to get big maps from Google to jpg, because all screen snapshot programs can only get actual “screen” (usually just 1440×900).

My palm and other devices can handle much bigger images and it’s possible to scroll them. My laptop screen resolution was quite limiting…

I found solution in KDE:

1. Install Firefox add-on called Abduction!. It will allow you to save pages or part of the page as image (File -> Save Page As Image…)
2. Run Firefox and chose your place in the map.
3. Press ALT + F3 -> Advanced -> Special Windows Settings…


Advanced Windows Settings - KDE



4. Select Geometry tab and modify “Size” parameters:


Edit Window Specific Settings Kwin

Then your Firefox should be much bigger (above screen borders) and you should be able to save “one big” page as image…