Step by step: from downloaded survey sheets to one joined village map
A simple walkthrough — collect your sheets from the Survey and Settlement portal, upload, auto-arrange, fine-tune the seams, and export one clean map.
Here's the whole flow, end to end, for someone who has just downloaded a village map from the Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement, Tamil Nadu.
1. Collect every sheet of the village
On the survey portal, download each sheet for your village. Keep all the pages together — if the village is split into S1, S2, S3, S4, make sure you have all four. Note the sheet numbers in the filenames; the tool can use them.
2. Upload them into the editor
Open the editor and drop in your PDFs. Each PDF page becomes its own movable piece. The app renders them at high resolution and auto-crops the printed frame around each sheet.
3. Auto-arrange by sheet number
If your filenames carry the sheet number (…S1, …S2, …S3, …S4), hit Auto-arrange. The pieces tile into a grid row by row — S1 top-left, S2 top-right, S3 bottom-left, S4 bottom-right — with a small overlap at each seam so the cropped borders meet.
4. Nudge and snap the seams
- Drag a piece near its neighbour; edge-snap guide lines appear when boundaries line up.
- Use the arrow keys for fine nudges (hold Shift for larger steps).
- Turn on white-to-transparent if a sheet's margin is hiding the map underneath.
- Rotate slightly if a sheet was scanned at an angle — rotation snaps to 15°.
5. Preview and export
Zoom out to check the whole village reads as one map. When you're happy, export a single high-resolution PNG, or a print-ready PDF fitted to A0–A4 with a live DPI estimate. Assembling and previewing are free; you only pay when you download the finished file.
Frequently asked questions
How do I join downloaded survey sheets into one village map?+
Collect every sheet of the village from the Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement portal, drop the PDFs into the editor where each page becomes a movable piece, hit Auto-arrange, nudge and snap the seams, then preview and export a single high-resolution map. Each PDF page is rendered at high resolution and the printed frame around each sheet is auto-cropped.
How does the Auto-arrange feature place the sheets correctly?+
If your filenames carry the sheet number (…S1, …S2, …S3, …S4), Auto-arrange tiles the pieces into a grid row by row — S1 top-left, S2 top-right, S3 bottom-left, S4 bottom-right — with a small overlap at each seam so the cropped borders meet. Rename your files so the sheet number is the last token, for example village_S1.pdf, village_S2.pdf.
How do I fix a sheet that was scanned at an angle or whose margin hides the map?+
Rotate the sheet slightly and it will snap to 15°, and turn on white-to-transparent if a sheet's margin is hiding the map underneath. You can also drag a piece near its neighbour to bring up edge-snap guide lines, and use the arrow keys (hold Shift for larger steps) for fine nudges.
Is it free to assemble and preview the joined map?+
Assembling and previewing are free; you only pay when you download the finished file. When you're happy you can export a single high-resolution PNG, or a print-ready PDF fitted to A0–A4 with a live DPI estimate.