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General Category => General Chaos => : Gorkamorka April 18, 2013, 08:42:24 AM
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I was listening to Ross speak on his love for maps on episode 85: Maps and Legends (http://slangdesign.com/rppr/2013/02/podcast-episode/rppr-episode-83-maps-and-legends/). And since I make maps for a living, I figured that this forum needs a map thread.
What do fellow mapsters want to talk about? I can provide some insight into real world maps, GIS systems, methods, public data access and cartographic rules if people are interested. I can also show you where to find good tutorials on making fantasy maps, but fantasy maps are not my strong field, so it would just be links.
Any interests?
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Where to go to find good useful map for a modern Delta Green game. For example, they want to surveil location X - let's say it's a warehouse or mall - what can I have handy as a visual aid?
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For outside, just snatch images of Google earth (Print screen button and then paste into a word or powerpoint document).
For inside plans google: (building type) floorplan, (building type) layout or (building type) blueprint. So for a good warehouse image I googled [ warehouse layout ] and got lots of good stuff.
If you want to draw your own then you can use GIMP, Incscape or Google Sketchup.
GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) is a open source raster painting program. In layman terms it's Photoshop, but for free.
Incscape (http://inkscape.org/) is a open source 2D vector painting program. In layman terms it's Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw, but for free.
Google Sketchup (http://www.sketchup.com/product/newin7.html) is a free 3D vector painting program. It's sort of like a simple version of AutoCAD.
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The university that I work at (for three more weeks) has one of the best map collections in the Midwest. When I teach early American literature classes, I bring in replica colonial and exploration era maps to show the students how America was being imagined by English and Spanish explorers/colonists: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/agdm
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The university that I work at (for three more weeks) has one of the best map collections in the Midwest. When I teach early American literature classes, I bring in replica colonial and exploration era maps to show the students how America was being imagined by English and Spanish explorers/colonists: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/agdm
Cool stuff. Thanks. I like the zoom in feature.
Here is a LINK (http://islandskort.is/en/)to the collection of old Icelandic maps