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About This File
NHP Cape of Good Hope South Africa By blade2k5
Map Details and Information
The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. There is a very common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa and the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but in fact the southernmost point is Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast. However, when following the coastline from the equator, the Cape of Good Hope marks the psychologically important point where one begins to travel more eastward than southward. Thus the rounding of the cape in 1488 was a major milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct trade relations with the Far East.
As one of the great capes of the South Atlantic Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope has been of special significance to sailors for many years and is widely referred to by them simply as "the Cape." It is a major milestone on the clipper route followed by clipper ships to the Far East and Australia, and still followed by several offshore yacht races.
The term Cape of Good Hope was also used to indicate the early Cape Colony established in 1652, in the vicinity of the Cape Peninsula. Just prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa, the term referred to the entire region that was to become the Cape Province in 1910.
This map emcompasses Hout Bay, Noordhoek, Fish Hoek, Simon's Town and the southern part of Cape Town.
Map Specifics
Map Type: Real World
Region map size: Map is configured for 45 large city tiles and is 5x9 in size.
config.bmp size: included with zip file
Dependencies: Either SC4 Mapper or SC4 Terraformer for importing.
Maps were created by taking 3 arc elevation data.
Install/Uninstall Instructions
SC4Mapper
1. Unzip this file.
2. Run SC4Mapper, click on 'create region'
3. Choose SC4M
4. Browse to the unzipped folder and point the map file .SC4M
5. Click on 'Save Region' and name it, and Quit SC4Mapper
6. Run SC4 and load the new region. The colors of the region in SC4 will be the same colors as SC4Mapper until you enter and save each city tile. But you have the choice to do it as you go and not right away.
SC4Terraformer
1. Create a new region folder in your Plugins\Region
2. Copy my config.bmp into the folder and overwrite the old one. (make changes to config.bmp file now if you want)
3. Open the new region you just created with SC4 Terraformer
4. Click on Import Image in the Global Tools Menu and browse for my SC4M file.
5. When file is imported click File - Save (the region is now saved to SC4
6. The colors of the region in SC4 will be the same colors as SC4TF until you enter and save each city tile. But you have the choice to do it as you go and not right away.
Start opening tiles!
Credits
blade2k5 - Original map creation, scaling, importing. SC4TF modification.
Check out NHPs Map Catalog forum here.
Check out more maps by blade2k5 and NHP
Any comments and feedback welcomed. Thanks for looking and enjoy.
