text elements have incorrect y coordinates
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Description
all other elements extracted appear to match up against an actual pdf viewed in gv when scaling the numbers properly, text elements however always have their point far above the actual text, which appears to get worse as y increases.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the coordinate mismatch described in the issue, comparing extracted text elements with the same PDF viewed in gv and checking how scaling affects y values. Done means text-element points align with the actual text across the page, including at larger y coordinates.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100