NHP Map Catalog

[thecitiescenter 3,048]

Blade,

Do you have a listing of the names of the islands in your NHP South Pacific Isles 1 & 2 pack?

Using Google Maps, I've only been able to figure out Islands 3, 4 and 5 in Pack 1, and Islands 9-14 in Pack 2 (I think)...

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: portlandexpos04

Blade,

Do you have a listing of the names of the islands in your NHP South Pacific Isles 1 & 2 pack?

Using Google Maps, I've only been able to figure out Islands 3, 4 and 5 in Pack 1, and Islands 9-14 in Pack 2 (I think)...

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No, I do not.  I do know Tahiti and Bora Bora are part of that collection, but when i gathered data for these islands, I didn't use lat/long coordinates to do so.

The Winston-Salem North Carolina map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Wilmington, North Carolina:

[MattShizzle 11]

Awesome! Wilmington NC was one I was kind of waiting for. I went through there when I was 15 and went on a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Funny thing is, this and all the other maps that have been uploaded since mid-July when I started this one map a day release schedule, where done a year ago. I have about 40 of those maps left to release before the Mexico and Canada series hits the STEX.

[The Baptist 1]

Hi blade2k5.

Impressing work you do!

You`ve provided me with hours, actually weeks and months counting the hours, with joy playing your maps. Thank you!

Now I`m ready for a new challenge.

I have a request for a map...

I love playing maps with shorelines.

Not too big (many cityblocks), please.

Request: A map showing the Black Sea with surrounding land. Only big cityblocks, please.

On Wikipedia: Black Sea

I took the liberty to cut out what I would like to see.

Same map showing a proposed grid showing the cityblocks.

The Bosporous strait connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea could maybe be made more clearly (as I`ve done in these screenshots). Well, I guess you`ve got better maps to look at....

I belive this map would appeal to others as well. A lot of coastal areas and great terrain.

There is so much great custom stuff to download creating seaports, marinas etc.

If my proposed grid isn`t possible, feel free to make adjustments.

I would be delighted if you, or others, in the NHP Team could do this!

Thank you!

Best regards

The Baptist (Mayor)

[MattShizzle 11]

That's way off the normal scale.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: The Baptist

Hi blade2k5.

Impressing work you do!

You`ve provided me with hours, actually weeks and months counting the hours, with joy playing your maps. Thank you!

Now I`m ready for a new challenge.

I have a request for a map...

I love playing maps with shorelines.

Not too big (many cityblocks), please.

Request: A map showing the Black Sea with surrounding land. Only big cityblocks, please.

On Wikipedia: Black Sea

I took the liberty to cut out what I would like to see.

Same map showing a proposed grid showing the cityblocks.

The Bosporous strait connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea could maybe be made more clearly (as I`ve done in these screenshots). Well, I guess you`ve got better maps to look at....

I belive this map would appeal to others as well. A lot of coastal areas and great terrain.

There is so much great custom stuff to download creating seaports, marinas etc.

If my proposed grid isn`t possible, feel free to make adjustments.

I would be delighted if you, or others, in the NHP Team could do this!

Thank you!

Best regards

The Baptist (Mayor)quote>

The best I can do for you is this old map that I released 3 years ago...the config is here... [you'll have to save as a bmp as when I uploaded the config to imageshack, it changed the extension from a .bmp to a .png.]

[The Baptist 1]

Ok, thanks anyway blade2k5. I`ll try some other mapteam.

[The Baptist 1]

Originally posted by: MattShizzle

That's way off the normal scale.quote>

What is the normal scale?

Thank you for your reply. Please explain further...some of us know less than you.

[MattShizzle 11]

The normal scale for city squares is 1km square for the small, 2km by 2km for medium, and 4km by 4 km for large. Any of the individual red squares you had would be extremely large even for a region map. A good rule of thumb is a region is one city and it's immediate area - or more than 1 in the case of very close together cities (such as Minneapolis-St Paul for example.)

[The Baptist 1]

Thank you for explaining MattShizzle.

I`ll try to find a map with (dont know the english word) a scalebar/ruler, so I can decide the distances on the map.

[blade2k5 1,523]

The Wilmington North Carolina map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Concord, New Hampshire:

[HugeDeMarcusWareFan 5]

You are... Incredible!

[residentsim 21]

another incredible map blade! keep up the good work

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: HugeDeMarcusWareFan

You are... Incredible!quote>

I am?

Originally posted by: residentsim

another incredible map blade! keep up the good workquote>

Thanks 

The Concord, New Hampshire map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Manchester, New Hampshire:

[blade2k5 1,523]

The Manchester, New Hampshire map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Nashua, New Hampshire:

[blade2k5 1,523]

The Nashua New Hampshire map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Fall River, Massachusetts:

[MattShizzle 11]

Originally posted by: The Baptist

Ok, thanks anyway blade2k5. I`ll try some other mapteam.quote>

If you didn't already know look at the exchange - someone made it for you the other day.

[blade2k5 1,523]

The Fall River Massachusetts map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Providence, Rhode Island: [24km x 26km in size]

[MattShizzle 11]

This would be a nice map to add a lot of restaurants since it is where Emeril Lagasse grew up!

[thecitiescenter 3,048]

Blade, for your upcoming Canadian maps, will you be doing Vancouver? If so, will it be Vancouver metro (inclusive of the airport, Richmond, Burnaby, N. Vancouver, etc.) or just Vancouver proper?

[The Baptist 1]

Originally posted by: MattShizzle

Originally posted by: The Baptist

Ok, thanks anyway blade2k5. I`ll try some other mapteam.quote>

If you didn't already know look at the exchange - someone made it for you the other day.

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Thank you Matt for letting me know .

I`ve allready downloaded the map Black Sea.

I made a request to residentsim per PM after I saw his Somewhere in Northern China.

He made a too large region (for SC4) into a playable map. Scaled down, not 100% accurate.

An interresting map with plenty of coastal areas for my seaports, marinas etc.

A big thanks to residentsim for fullfilling my request .

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: portlandexpos04

Blade, for your upcoming Canadian maps, will you be doing Vancouver? If so, will it be Vancouver metro (inclusive of the airport, Richmond, Burnaby, N. Vancouver, etc.) or just Vancouver proper?quote>

Yes, of course we'll be doing Vancouver but not sure on what area exactly the map will cover.

The providence, Rhode Island map is now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Olympia, Washington:

[thecitiescenter 3,048]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

Originally posted by: portlandexpos04

Blade, for your upcoming Canadian maps, will you be doing Vancouver? If so, will it be Vancouver metro (inclusive of the airport, Richmond, Burnaby, N. Vancouver, etc.) or just Vancouver proper?quote>

Yes, of course we'll be doing Vancouver but not sure on what area exactly the map will cover.

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Awesome.  Would it be possible to make a special request for the map to include Sea Island (Vancouver int'l airport) and Richmond?  And also have the Stanley Park to North Vancouver area on one "large city tile" so that the Lion's Gate Bridge can be easily made?  Other maps of Vancouver I've seen in the past have the Lions Gate area on two different city tiles, so it's almost impossible to make the bridge...

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: portlandexpos04

Awesome.  Would it be possible to make a special request for the map to include Sea Island (Vancouver int'l airport) and Richmond?  And also have the Stanley Park to North Vancouver area on one "large city tile" so that the Lion's Gate Bridge can be easily made?  Other maps of Vancouver I've seen in the past have the Lions Gate area on two different city tiles, so it's almost impossible to make the bridge...quote>

I'll pass this along to my partner who is working with me on the Canada and Mexico maps.  You probably won't see any of these maps until around Thanksgiving, so it's going to be just a while longer yet.

[diamonddog_74 32]

I would love to play the Chicago map; however, I would like to know if it's possible to make the following alteration: rotate 1 degree. The real world North does not match the game's North in this map.

The key to this map is State St. In the following screenshot from Mapquest, it is the unlabeled North-to-South street right in the middle of the shot, just where the Chicago River bends North on the Main Branch. You can see the Marina City Towers between it and Dearborn St.:

Here is the location in the NHP Map PNG image, which interestingly enough, has a gridline almost right on it:

How did I figure out the map needs to be rotated? Well, since the gridline in the above shot is almost in the precise location of State St. I followed it South to where it meets the Dan Ryan Expressway. That's where I found how much deviation there is.

In the real world, State St. is the East border of the Dan Ryan, as you can see in the screenshot below:

In the NHP Map, it is way off to the West of the slightly sunken terrain where the Dan Ryan Expwy runs. See below:

When I fiddled with the NHP Map PNG image to figure out how to fix this, I decided to use that point on the Main Branch of the Chicago River where I know State street crosses. I placed a guideline there, and then using the rotate tool, I placed the pivot on that spot. Then, I entered a value to rotate the map. See below:

When I rotated 1 degree, I got the guideline "State St." to be right where it needs to be when it meets the Dan Ryan:

So, I hope that it is possible for the NHP team to re-do the map with this rotation, as it will allow anyone who wants to use the real Chicago grid system in game to get the streets in the right place.

[blade2k5 1,523]

diamonddog_74 - We'll look into it and see what we can do, though we won't be able to get to it for awhile.

The Olympia Washington map is now availabe on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Yakima, Washington:

[diamonddog_74 32]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

diamonddog_74 - We'll look into it and see what we can do, though we won't be able to get to it for awhile.

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Thanks, Blade! I appreciate all the excellent work the team has done with these maps. I look forward to trying out some of them, and hopefully a revised (or all-new) Chicago too.

[blade2k5 1,523]

The Yakima, Washington and Albuquerque, New Mexico maps are now available on the STEX.  On deck for tomorrow is...

Santa Fe, New Mexico:

Albuquerque, New Mexico:

[CLR95 11]

Awesome to see that you're starting the New Mexico maps!