Free TOPOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS -map designing powertool

Pyros · #1 March 12th, 2006, 08:23 PM

Gentlemen,

If you need to design a real topo map and you can't find any topo map, then you may depend on Google_earth for a nice representation of the map elevation.

cheers,
Pyros

Pyros · #2 March 13th, 2006, 11:01 AM

Just a couple kilometers before Thermopylae, place of the WW2 battle of Thermopylae.

Pyros · #3 March 13th, 2006, 11:08 AM

1:50,000 TOPO map of the Thermopylae region

Pyros · #4 March 13th, 2006, 11:10 AM

Sp relief map (orientation of the top left Google picture)

halstein · #5 March 13th, 2006, 03:49 PM

Neat.
Have you made a Thermopylae map? Would be nice for a Greek defend vs. Persian attack.

Halstein.

Pyros · #6 March 13th, 2006, 04:27 PM

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halstein said:
Neat.
Have you made a Thermopylae map? Would be nice for a Greek defend vs. Persian attack.

Halstein.

Yes, a Thermopylae map is almost ready, but we will use it for a German attack vs an ANZAC defense!

cheers,
Pyros

Mustang · #7 March 14th, 2006, 02:09 PM

The only problem is that it dosen't show any elevation at all in fairly flat terrain, like the desert. This isn't good if you're trying to design North Africa scenarios.

Pyros · #8 March 14th, 2006, 05:19 PM

There is trick for this issue,

go to the tools/option and put next to elevation exaggeration the value of 3 !!

cheers,

Pyros · #9 March 22nd, 2006, 03:32 PM

Here is another free online tool

http://www.fallingrain.com/world/

cheers,
Pyros

Pyros · #10 March 24th, 2006, 12:23 PM

Here is a combined effort to create the relief of a desert area.