NES World/Regional Maps Requests Thread

[Lord_Iggy]

Wow, the borders reconcile very well between the maps.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

It is indeed extraordinarily pretty. Any chance, though, that you could post the modern map in a format with layers, for ease of editing?

 

[Symphony D.]

Wow, the borders reconcile very well between the maps.

That tends to happen when things are projected at the same scale in the same way.

It is indeed extraordinarily pretty. Any chance, though, that you could post the modern map in a format with layers, for ease of editing?

I intend to produce an Earth GDK. Before that can happen, a few other things have to happen, like creating a unified draw-field for country gels, finishing the cities, settling on an optimal transparency ratio (the example is 50%), deciding on a single country gel style, deciding whether to do labeling, and whether or not to throw in military facilities (leaning toward no, though I do know how to do it at this point).

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Good grief, why do I even comment? Nice job, at any rate.

 

[Symphony D.]

Good grief, why do I even comment?

If you don't want to be called out on being Captain Obvious, you need to not say things Captain Obvious would say. Go for Captain Morgan or somebody else instead.

That said, since people actually did find their way to this, are there any actual requests for what should be on a map?

 

[Jason The King]

Wow looks great symphony.

What program do you use though to edit it?

 

[Symphony D.]

What program do you use though to edit it?

Photoshop. If it was properly cut up, anything with layers could do it.

 

[human-slaughter]

If you don't want to be called out on being Captain Obvious, you need to not say things Captain Obvious would say. Go for Captain Morgan or somebody else instead.

That said, since people actually did find their way to this, are there any actual requests for what should be on a map?

Its probably simple enough but can you transfer your borders to a white version of that map. Maybe do one of the cool black maps as well?

 

[Symphony D.]

Its probably simple enough but can you transfer your borders to a white version of that map. Maybe do one of the cool black maps as well?

... whut. Same borders.

 

[human-slaughter]

Ah, I must have missed it when you added the ones with cities.

 

[flyingchicken]

I request a "budget version" of that map (<=500 KB for my and others' 31.2 Kbps connections).

 

[Symphony D.]

I request a "budget version" of that map (<=500 KB for my and others' 31.2 Kbps connections).

Isn't going to happen. It would be totally unreadable.

 

[Daftpanzer]

@Symphony, I'd like to add to the praise of your latest maps. I think they look really great.

I request a "budget version" of that map (<=500 KB for my and others' 31.2 Kbps connections).

Isn't going to happen. It would be totally unreadable.

For the plain terrain map, I tried re-saving it to a different file on my own PC, got it down to 489 kb with x15 compression. It looked OK to me, obviously distorted and kinda 'fuzzy', but the borders were still fully discernable. I guess it depends what your standards are, by my standards it can be done

 

[jeps]

ces cartes sont excellentes!

seriously, great job. wow.

 

[Symphony D.]

For the plain terrain map, I tried re-saving it to a different file on my own PC, got it down to 489 kb with x15 compression. It looked OK to me, obviously distorted and kinda 'fuzzy', but the borders were still fully discernable. I guess it depends what your standards are, by my standards it can be done

The borders aren't the important part, city cores, which are one pixel, are. And that kind of compression can't display them clearly, and they need to be displayed clearly when viewing dense urban areas. So your standards, while maybe sufficient for you, are insufficient for the data being displayed on the map, and are thus insufficient period.

 

[Dachs]

I think it's a bit too opaque to see the physical features. Maybe if you cranked the transparency up five to ten percentage points, it'd be easier to tell.

 

[Symphony D.]

I think it's a bit too opaque to see the physical features. Maybe if you cranked the transparency up five to ten percentage points, it'd be easier to tell.

This is 40% opacity:

Spoiler :

 

[Dachs]

That definitely helps at least me out, and the colors aren't too faded to tell what country's what. I like it better that way. Thanks.

 

[Ekolite]

Actually nevermind.

 

[Symphony D.]

Here's something else to consider while I grind up your connections; this is at 66% opacity, and I like it:

Spoiler :

Rivers could be removed from the glow-process if desired. I think it looks much more like a display of this type would.

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