NES World/Regional Maps Requests Thread

[Symphony D.]

How did you make that North America map,

An existing one and Photoshop.

and are you planning on making similar ones for other parts of the world (or the globe as a whole)?

To the former: unless I get accurate base maps, no, and to the latter: been done, only difference is styling.

 

[foolish icarus]

The whole world at that scale? I didn't find it.

 

[Symphony D.]

The whole world at that scale? I didn't find it.

There's no reason to make it that big and furthermore if it were it would break your (plural) computers.

 

[Symphony D.]

Retroactive deletion.

 

[Abaddon]

ooh, thats kinda cool

 

[Mirc]

Do you use a 3D gfx program to do that?

 

[Symphony D.]

No, ArcGIS.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

One thing I've always wanted to do, is it possible to shift the axis of a map in a program like that? IE: Make the international date line the equator.

 

[Symphony D.]

So, flip the Earth 90° and slide it the IDL? I don't see why not, though actually doing it might be vaguely complicated and require some trial-and-error, but there's no real reason it couldn't be done.

 

[knigh+]

I had a similar idea a few months ago.
I remember running into a website that can draw any map projection of the world from any reference point and orientation. The only bad thing was that its map size was quite small (smaller than the computer screen). There you can try various orientations to find what looks the best, and then do the rotation you liked most in a more advanced map program to obtain a good map.
Google for "map projections" etc. and try to find it.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

This must be the third time I've posted this website in this forum.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/mapproj.htm

 

[Symphony D.]

This must be the third time I've posted this website in this forum.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/mapproj.htm

And it remains just as tiny and useless a previously! Though it is useful for visualizing concepts. So, Iggy, you mean something like what's produced with settings at "North Pole", "180", "90", "0"?

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Or North Pole 0-90-0.

It looks best on Mollwiede.

It completely changes the nature of the world. Africa is a frozen continent, 'Northern' Canada is a tropical archipelago.

 

[foolish icarus]

"It completely changes the nature of the world. Africa is a frozen continent, 'Northern' Canada is a tropical archipelago."

hmm hmm hmm

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Awesome! Thanks for the link icarus!

 

[Niklas]

Awesome! Thanks for the link icarus!

Couldn't agree more. That was a highly fascinating read. A fresh start based on his ideas would be incredible.

 

[Luckymoose]

Couldn't agree more. That was a highly fascinating read. A fresh start based on his ideas would be incredible.

Lets draw that map.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Yes, it would make for some very interesting twists.

 

[Symphony D.]

Lets draw that map.

Why would you draw it?

I swear, it's like showing off an atomic bomb and hearing all the Generals murmur about carpet-bombing...

 

[Lord_Iggy]

What do you suggest? Use the maps provided on the site? Or are you just picking at the fine details of 'draw' as something you do on paper?