Inspiration?

mpettitt · Post by **mpettitt** » 26 Jun 2005 16:36

Should anyone be stuck for ideas when drawing buildings, or laying out airports, take a look on Google Maps.
Some of the high resolution satellite images are amazing:

An airport
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.64260 ... &t=k&hl=en

Real long trains (scroll the map south)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.26275 ... &t=k&hl=en

Goods yard
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=north+pla ... &t=k&hl=en

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 29 Jun 2005 20:35

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How long does a goods "yard" need to be? a state or two maybe?

OK now?

Seven Force · Post by **Seven Force** » 30 Jun 2005 10:09

Weirdy, refrain from putting your posts in one block, you're messing up the table display again.

Anyway, good maps! Also check out the other maps there - there's some good ones for scenario building as well as graphics building.

EDIT:

weirdy wrote:OK now?

Much better, thank you.

bobingabout · Post by **bobingabout** » 30 Jun 2005 10:54

Seven Force wrote:Weirdy, refrain from putting your posts in one block, you're messing up the table display again.

what you on about?

mpettitt · Post by **mpettitt** » 30 Jun 2005 13:49

Weirdy: if you think that is a large yard, just take a look at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.31469 ... &t=k&hl=en

Note the zoom level. The little line in the top left is a cargo ship.

Close-up:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.32789 ... &t=k&hl=en

Each of the rectangles is a cargo container. A 40' long cargo container.

Makes you realise just how out of scale the vehicles in TTD are

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 30 Jun 2005 14:55

WHOA! i HAVE to travel somewhere some day, never been out of the uk!

tolenneda · Post by **tolenneda** » 01 Jul 2005 03:08

mpettitt wrote:Should anyone be stuck for ideas when drawing buildings, or laying out airports, take a look on Google Maps.
Some of the high resolution satellite images are amazing:

An airport
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.64260 ... &t=k&hl=en

Real long trains (scroll the map south)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.26275 ... &t=k&hl=en

Goods yard
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=north+pla ... &t=k&hl=en

Nice Pics, I hope it will inspirer anyone.

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 01 Jul 2005 03:52

bobingabout wrote:
Seven Force wrote:Weirdy, refrain from putting your posts in one block, you're messing up the table display again.
what you on about?

There's no space until after the third

, meaning that if you're on anything smaller that 1204x768 or don't have your browser maximized then the page starts side-scrolling.

bobingabout · Post by **bobingabout** » 01 Jul 2005 08:21

strange... doesn't do that to me...

Seven Force · Post by **Seven Force** » 01 Jul 2005 12:35

bobingabout wrote:strange... doesn't do that to me...

DaleStan wrote:There's no space until after the third , meaning that if you're on anything smaller that 1204x768 or don't have your browser maximized then the page starts side-scrolling.

Anyway, the tablebreaking makes the topic difficult to read.

DeletedUser21 · Post by **DeletedUser21** » 01 Jul 2005 18:39

let's go back on topic again guys.

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