PDF Converter wanted: Convert 8.5*11 PDF images into 600*800px PDF images for the Nook
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I have PDF files that are maritime charts, For example this one from the Delaware Bay
http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/12304_BookletChart_HomeEd.pdf
There is a lot of detailed information in the image. When I show them on a monitor the details are shown. When I put them on the Nook they are sized to fit the Nook screen (about 3*5) and all the details are lost. Since the Nook pdf reader does not have a zoom feature, the charts are unreadable.
I'd like to convert them to fit on the Nook screen(600*800px). This means the images would need to be sliced into multiple images. (ie a single image (page) would get split into 5 rows and 4 columns) In a perfect world they would get converted with a slight overlap, left to right, top to bottom. I could then page through the smaller slices to find the section I need.
I had used PaperCrop in the past to convert two col PDF's (highly recommended) but it can't do anything with the images. ImageMagick does a lot with combining images, but I didn't see any split options to split the image into tiles.
Windows program preferred.
Thanks!
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