Cartography

Started by lokiie1984, April 21, 2013, 12:12:48 AM

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lokiie1984

My other post seems to be messed up somehow so i figured i would try posting it again. (Feel free to delete the other)

I'm trying to find a program that can take the 3d land scape textures that i make in Geocontrol 2 and then display them in a way that i can place on a map. I was curious if this one could do that? It would be a world map with fairly high elevations. (Kind of like google earth but more flat, i plan to upload it to my books webpage.)

Not that i wouldn't mind building the entire world and letting the reader actually take a tour. But for now i just need to figure out a way to build the map.

TheBadger

Nothing was attached?
It has been eaten.

lokiie1984

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Forgot to edit that section out, in the last post i tried to attach a picture but it messed up the post. It would just load a blank white page when clicking on the link in the forums.

A basic link did it too, not sure why the forums are doing that. Looks like a img code works though.



It's not the best but it gives an idea of what I'm trying to do. I just don't know if this program can do that. I need to get a good top down view of the terrain so i can past it on the map. Geocontrol2 can make some really neat looking areas, but as of yet i haven't found a way to export it in a true top down view. The closest i found was the 3d view from the side.

Oshyan

It sounds more like you just need a basic image editor, no? Maybe I'm not clear on what you're trying to do. Geocontrol ought to be able to output normal image formats.

- Oshyan

lokiie1984

It can do basic 2D in both grayscale and color. However i was wanting the a top down view of the 3d scape. I did manage to use the 2d pictures for what i needed though.



Course that was done with the free trial so i cant use it for anything lol. It's shame i don't have more money to spend, having some one use your program to build the world would be neat.