Show us your Maps!

samerton · January 06, 2011, 08:26:29 AM

@ kj3400: Nice map

kbieniu7 · April 08, 2011, 12:56:21 PM

This is my map, I made last days. It shows the one of the voidvoiships of my region (details in my MD).
Based on and showing "real" in-game shape.

Legend in English
National roads Parish cities
Voivodeship roads Other towns
Local roads Forests
Borders of Parishes Rivers

io_bg · July 07, 2011, 05:15:55 AM

My first map ever

Still haven't thought up names for the stations though

wallasey · July 07, 2011, 12:09:36 PM

Promising Start io bg!

A slight twist on maps; here is a play around on Inkscape for a series of local area maps at stations

What do people think? It looks better when in Inkscape imo...needs tweaking!

thefunktopus · July 27, 2011, 04:16:34 PM

This is my London Underground inspired map of my region's premier business city. It took me most of last night and this morning and i'm quite proud of it now!

pimmapman · July 27, 2011, 06:09:27 PM

Wow... What programmes do you guys use?

Risu · July 27, 2011, 10:50:51 PM

Quote from: pimmapman on July 27, 2011, 06:09:27 PM
Wow... What programmes do you guys use?

My guess is a vector-based path editor like Adobe Illustrator.

selles · July 28, 2011, 07:06:59 AM

Fantastic maps everyone!

I've been working long and hard on a GoogleMaps styled map for my cities. I'm almost finished with my central city tile, please note it's still a WIP as I have yet to add the outlines on the streets. The height of the map is equivalent to one large city tile. I had to trim the width in order to fit 1024px. The scale at the bottom left is accurate.

riiga · July 28, 2011, 08:09:07 AM

Awesome work selles! You don't happen to have a "satellite image" as well?

thefunktopus · July 28, 2011, 03:30:12 PM

Quote from: pimmapman on July 27, 2011, 06:09:27 PM
Wow... What programmes do you guys use?

Adobe photoshop CS5 with a little help from MSPaint
There are probably easier ways of doing it but i'm familiar with photoshop

Risu · July 28, 2011, 07:40:29 PM

Quote from: selles on July 28, 2011, 07:06:59 AM
I've been working long and hard on a GoogleMaps styled map for my cities. I'm almost finished with my central city tile, please note it's still a WIP as I have yet to add the outlines on the streets. The height of the map is equivalent to one large city tile. I had to trim the width in order to fit 1024px. The scale at the bottom left is accurate.

Holy wow, look at this! That's incredible! Your hard work certainly paid off.

marsh · July 28, 2011, 07:57:34 PM

Quote from: thefunktopus on July 28, 2011, 03:30:12 PM
Quote from: pimmapman on July 27, 2011, 06:09:27 PM
Wow... What programmes do you guys use?

Adobe photoshop CS5 with a little help from MSPaint
There are probably easier ways of doing it but i'm familiar with photoshop

I use Inkscape. It's, in a way, a free version of Illustrator. Kind of like how Gimp is to photoshop.

RickD · July 29, 2011, 01:23:56 AM

Wow, awesome map, selles. I wish I had the patience to do this.

Why is Freeway 4 interrupted in Throne Park? If it is a tunnel then maybe you could mark the entrance.

thefunktopus · July 29, 2011, 04:18:53 AM

Quote from: marsh on July 28, 2011, 07:57:34 PM
Quote from: thefunktopus on July 28, 2011, 03:30:12 PM
Quote from: pimmapman on July 27, 2011, 06:09:27 PM
Wow... What programmes do you guys use?

Adobe photoshop CS5 with a little help from MSPaint
There are probably easier ways of doing it but i'm familiar with photoshop

I use Inkscape. It's, in a way, a free version of Illustrator. Kind of like how Gimp is to photoshop.

I downloaded inkscape but I found it easier to use photoshop as I have experience with that, than try to learn inkscape! I couldn't even draw a straight line in inkscape

selles · July 29, 2011, 05:58:33 AM

Thank you all your comments!

@riiga, I've tried making a "satellite" view by skewing the region pic, but the tall buildings kind of takeaway from the effect. I think that technique works well for rural/low density areas.

@SimRisu, I'm glad you like the map! There's still more work to be done... I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

@thefunktopus, I also use Photoshop for my maps. I've tried using Illustrator and Inkscape, but I'm no good with them. I'm sure it would be easier if I knew the programs better, but at this point I also can't seem to draw a straight line.

@RickD, thanks for the comment, it never really occurred to me to mark the tunnels. I checked out Manhattan with Google Maps to see what they do. Here is what I came up with...

Jayster · July 29, 2011, 06:35:47 PM

Perhaps you could show us a tutorial on how you made that map selles, I'm sure quite a few of us would like that!

Jayster

wallasey · August 05, 2011, 02:08:50 AM

Selles...in Inkscape if you press the # key then the grid will appear. The line draw tool normally sticks to the grid, thus giving you straight lines!

citybuilderx · August 05, 2011, 02:32:08 AM

Now THAT is simply awesome! 5 stars

Swordmaster · February 23, 2012, 01:43:22 AM

No posts here for a while... too bad for an awesome topic!

Here's the latest version of my rail lines map. Work in progress.

Click for larger image (876 kb).

Cheers,
Willy

RickD · February 23, 2012, 03:57:47 AM

That is an impressive map. And it is very well designed and structured. I am amazed at how much information you packed into it. It must have been difficult to arrange and group all the icons and texts so that they do not overlap.

The only issue I see is where when two mainlaines merge only one color continues. In the top right corner just east of Baldwin for example:
The blue line merges with the black line. On first glance it looks like the blue line would terminate there. But when checking the symbols on the following stations I can see that the "R" train actually continues. But on other parts of the map you use multiple lines.

It is not a big problem but I was a bit irritated by it.

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