tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post4986866351687520914..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Polar CircleAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-77087872159728836312013-12-13T14:41:20.831-07:002013-12-13T14:41:20.831-07:00Hm. When I say 'small', I mean between 20...Hm. When I say 'small', I mean between 20 and 60 miles long. Pieces tend to be smaller when there are a lot of fjords, since one side of the fjord must be done as a separate line than the other. Thus, the above map is about 300 individually created and adapted coast line pieces.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-10925025776477613262013-12-13T14:39:04.730-07:002013-12-13T14:39:04.730-07:00Generally speaking, Arduin,
Google Earth is a map...Generally speaking, Arduin,<br /><br />Google Earth is a map projection just like any other; the appearance suggests 3D, but in fact it is 2D ... and it is a different projection than my compressed hex-map representation.<br /><br />So what I do is trace small parts of Earth's coastline off Google Earth, creating a line in Publisher; this is then bent, extended or very occasionally fudged - the last only in respect to that difficult 60-degree bend in the hex-map projection. The lines are linked together, overlapped really, so that the coastlines appear seamless. Then a second line is laid under the darkblue coastline and stretched into a shape that produces the sea blue color on the map, without any border so the edge disappears; these are then laid over each other, again to make the sea look unblemished. Finally, the hexes themselves that have no land in them, or in which the land does not flow over the hex, are colored like the sea with borders of the same color as the edge of sea border.<br /><br />The trick is in which shape overlays what shape, to produce the illusion of land and sea.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-21200385368594125602013-12-12T21:57:19.221-07:002013-12-12T21:57:19.221-07:00So how do you go about getting the outlines of the...So how do you go about getting the outlines of the coasts? Are they hand drawn? Is it a layer thing, with the coastlines coming from something like Google Maps?<br /><br />It's goddamn fascinating, regardless.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-42731637747708966952013-12-12T16:59:43.401-07:002013-12-12T16:59:43.401-07:00Big empty nothing ready to be claimed for whoever ...Big empty nothing ready to be claimed for whoever has the ability to get there.<br /><br />It's free land!Lukashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779189363430537747noreply@blogger.com