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Grey Scale Maps web site

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Several people have asked about where they might get grey scale maps to use for Loco.

This site has lots of maps, originally for SimCity, but you can use them and crop/change resolution to use in Loco.

p.s. Check out the "How to make Regions" on the top left of the site for other links to tools and how to create bmps from USGS survey data.

http://www.rebel13.com/SimCity/Home.html
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Hmm... pity it's full of crappy American locations, the only real exception being "Middle-Earth". Perhaps Josef can take comfort in knowing that Saskatoon is there though :)
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Post by Ravenone »

Lol.

The challenge now is some nice clear steps on how to change them to work nicely with Loco. I'm struggling to get the right changes in Corel Photo to make the grayscale end up with the right levels in Loco. :(
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But where can we find them for outside the US?
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Pardon me if I'm being thick here, but I didn't think it was possible to import greyscale into Lomo. If it is, might be worth pointing out that the RRT3 Map Builder (the seperate utility, not the in game editor) actually contains height data for the whole world and exports to greyscale. It is also possible to doctor DEM data in a programme called Microdem to ouput a greyscale image, albeit for the UK most of the DEM available is of fairly low resolution.
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BigVern wrote:Pardon me if I'm being thick here, but I didn't think it was possible to import greyscale into Lomo.
Check out the stickied "Landscape Generator" and "Map Creator" threads in this forum section.
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BigVern wrote:albeit for the UK most of the DEM available is of fairly low resolution.
Mmm. It's a shame that the really good stuff is either owned by the OS, that want stupidly large sums of money (along with knowing how much you want, where you're using it, and what you plan on doing with the results), or is available for academic use only via Athens AMS.
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