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RE: My way of map making - 4/8/2008 10:51:47 PM   
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A good read. Your system discription was great. A nice, logical progression, with sufficient detail to be able to follow clearly. I plan to give it a try, your method that is!

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RE: My way of map making - 4/9/2008 10:48:46 AM   
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Open scenario, save map.

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RE: My way of map making - 4/9/2008 12:11:48 PM   
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My way of map making:
Open scenario, save map.



That's handy ... but add "modify map where necessary"


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RE: My way of map making - 4/22/2008 3:18:51 PM   
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My way of map making:
Open scenario, save map.


Unless you are really confident of the mapmaker, I wouldn't take this approach. I know from my own early efforts that it is really easy to make a bad map- so bad that it would be more work to fix it than to start again from scratch.

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RE: My way of map making - 4/22/2008 7:50:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Karri

My way of map making:
Open scenario, save map.


Unless you are really confident of the mapmaker, I wouldn't take this approach. I know from my own early efforts that it is really easy to make a bad map- so bad that it would be more work to fix it than to start again from scratch.


Yeah. I have my reservations about my own maps; I wouldn't touch anyone else's.


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RE: My way of map making - 12/23/2008 2:18:17 AM   
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This is how I make Maps:
- Google Maps. Fit to the scale desired with the magnifing tool (handy zoom).
- Make a Capture from the web with IRFanview (freeware image reader/tool).
- Got a prepared Hexe Grid Jpg/Bmp wich background I make transparent via Photoshop.
- Paste the map as a layer (i can rotate as will).
- Make the two layers visible, the grid and the satellite photo or map.
- Scale the grid (mantaining aspect ratio) until fits the scale in km from the bottom left corner of the image (provided by Gargle Maps friends).
- Move the grid until the most important places are centered. Vital places, major roads well, rivers etc.
- Flatten visible layers.



... and got my 1:1 guide photo for my TOAW map.

Unfort. i still have to do researh for existing historic roads, rails etc (no nasty highways wanted) and do the entire modelling. But i think distances and topography are all correct this way.

Comments welcome.

< Message edited by LAntorcha -- 12/23/2008 2:27:33 AM >

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RE: My way of map making - 12/23/2008 6:29:50 AM   
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This is how I make Maps...


Good information, thanks

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RE: My way of map making - 12/23/2008 6:58:30 PM   
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Hello to everybody (my first post)


You can use the ODD tool to automatically lay a hex grid over a .bmp image. The scaling isn't perfect- but if you're scaling manually now it's going to be an improvement.

Dunno if ODD is available online at the moment. Does anyone else?


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RE: My way of map making - 12/23/2008 7:33:12 PM   
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RE: My way of map making - 12/23/2008 8:42:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the advice.

I've ODD (issues with the date format . Cannot Load Dumped files, not bad look... will give it a try later). As i read, people don`t use BioEd anymore? (ODD supersedes BioED in TOAW III?).

Besides, the grid ODD lays is fixed (or am i missed?) so i can't center the grid as i wish.

Since Google Maps have a scale bar (left bottom corner) i can manually, but accurately fix to the scale wanted via Photoshop (+ keep aspect ratio).

The worst problem is when the scale is too small (i.e 2.5 km) and the territory covered needs scrolling.
Then i have to make more captures of the webmaps and assemble them later. Should not be a problem, cause just overlapping the captures we get an expanded image. And as we got plenty of references it should be a child's task.

With this technique I could get that Bizerte-Bushehr scaled that harasshed ColinWright here although Bushehr beeing where Christ shouted Twice!

Then plot the hexe grid centered (scaled at 10 km per exe)in Bizerte for convenience. Turn the image 60º (or as i wish) or turn the grid or both...

Besides thinking of it, the whole task will be nice for making aerial recon photo facsimiles for the briefing, or resize it for postage stamps and award medals

I dont have tried those huge map makings yet, but if anybody has a map idea and no other sources, i could try to hexe-grid it.





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