The Ultimate Map Thread
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Eltain
Deity
Check the first page, there's a whole series by North King. What time specifically, and what style?
EDIT: Here's a nice group of maps, though many borders aren't exactly right, and I'm actually not sure this is the -best- source, but it's nice enough to base others off of, with a little research.
http://www.worldhistorymaps.info/maps.html
EDIT: Here's a nice group of maps, though many borders aren't exactly right, and I'm actually not sure this is the -best- source, but it's nice enough to base others off of, with a little research.
http://www.worldhistorymaps.info/maps.html
Northen Wolf
Young Hunter
Try looking in here for reference. (The maps are a little higher quality than what you're looking for.) It's my favorite historical map repository on the internet.
Well, guys are not the only ones whom have fictional worlds. Above is the proof.
Sure. It doesn't belong to only one person tho... I should know.
Northen Wolf
Young Hunter
You're impossible, you do know that?
Yeap. You've taught me well.
Ninja Dude
Sorry, I wasn't listening...
I would like to make a request for a non-earth map for Matt and I's new edgy and fresh NES. If this humble plea for help isn't answered, you'll all be guilty of killing a great thing in its infancy.
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A "non earth map" is pretty broad and without qualification. I can have you a "water world" map by later tonight.I would like to make a request for a non-earth map for Matt and I's new edgy and fresh NES. If this humble plea for help isn't answered, you'll all be guilty of killing a great thing in its infancy.
(Please?
Haseri
Emperor
I would like to make a request for a non-earth map for Matt and I's new edgy and fresh NES. If this humble plea for help isn't answered, you'll all be guilty of killing a great thing in its infancy.
(Please?
Here is a non-Earth map I made.
Con: The process is random, but slow editing is possible.
Pro: You get a neat satellite-style map to go with it.
Just PM me the details of size, water coverage % and average tempreature, in Kelvin preferably.
Symphony D.
Deity
Thoughts On (half-scale; very rough; incomplete; segment) Photorealism: Don't.
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Milarqui
Deity
Ripped off taillesskangaru's map for Iron and Blood, and for the potential future Evil Genius NES:
The colours in the map are for each of the agencies that are watching your moves. Quite hard to make it minimally balanced, number-wise. Any opinion is welcome.
If taillesskangaru is OK with it, I'll use it.
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The colours in the map are for each of the agencies that are watching your moves. Quite hard to make it minimally balanced, number-wise. Any opinion is welcome.
If taillesskangaru is OK with it, I'll use it.
I want to be able to do this!!! Simply awesome.Thoughts On (half-scale; very rough; incomplete; segment) Photorealism: Don't.
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North King
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Thoughts On (half-scale; very rough; incomplete; segment) Photorealism: Don't.
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I like the interior, but it doesn't sync up with the coastline. I'm curious as to how you applied the satellite imagery, though.
A "non earth map" is pretty broad and without qualification. I can have you a "water world" map by later tonight.
I'll take any serious or partially serious offer!!
Thanks for the offer! I does seem however, to be a bit, as you mentioned, random/static? Can it be made more Earth-like?
foolish icarus
Shipwreck
An earnest conclusion that it's not worth it or hyperbole?
In any such image how much of what we see is a result of human impact on the environment? e.g., does farmland look noticeably intrinsically different from pasture at that scale, or perhaps even one type of farmland different from another?
Is this a reasonable way to convey changing information repeatedly, or only a one-off snapshot?
Symphony D.
Deity
Reapplication of source material to a different sector, more thoroughly blended, actually half-scale:
Oceans are more complicated. I'm not entirely satisfied with what I have. Lakes and rivers are another matter again.
Acquire 21600x21600 imagery. Work with a 8000x4000 map. Copy and paste relevant segments to desired landmass. Use Clone Stamp (~20%) and Healing Brush (~80%) extensively to merge the pieces and generate a more blended land form. Use the oceans as a "cookie cutter" layer on top with landmass removed to ensure coast fit. Surface features are not at "scale" relative to the new planet but no one will much care and trying to operate to scale is an exercise in frustration.
Oceans are more complicated. I'm not entirely satisfied with what I have. Lakes and rivers are another matter again.
A given continent requires perhaps 4-8 hours of work. It's fastest to build the 8000x4000 landmass layer in the 21600x21600 satellite file. The resultant total file will weigh in at over 700MB. Independent planetary file for working with the 8000x4000 layers will be 100-150MB. Saving takes upwards of 30 seconds. Performance is sluggish on a quadcore with four gigs of RAM. Rendering performance is currently unknown (simply not far enough). Utility is subjective.
The data in question is 2km/pixel resolution. Cities and land-clearings are routinely visible and must generally be edited out.
In and of itself, the latter. Attempting to directly depict land form changes on the base map is futile/exhaustive.
carmen510
Deity
Does anyone have a blank "Darkest Hour" map? While the Hearts of Iron 2 map would probably fit my purposes, I kinda like the provincial borders for that map a bit more.
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