local map
Hi all, for my fantasy novel I need 3 maps:
An overview of an huge Island (600x800 km)
A provincial map of the southern part (600x400 km)
A detailed local map of the southeastern part (300x200 km)
I used for the first time CC3 + to accomplish the overview with pretty good results. Now I need to cut the the southern part of the parimeter and bring it into a map with new dimensions and scale. I tried to do that with this tracking tool, they descibe in the manual, but encountered many problems. Eg. following the parimeter is no problem, but once trying to draw the cutting line, which should be a straight line, it always draws a fractual line. Moreover I cant find a way to copy the new parimeter in a new drawing, or change the dimensions and scale of the existing map.
Anybody willing to help me? Thanks in advance and a good day!
An overview of an huge Island (600x800 km)
A provincial map of the southern part (600x400 km)
A detailed local map of the southeastern part (300x200 km)
I used for the first time CC3 + to accomplish the overview with pretty good results. Now I need to cut the the southern part of the parimeter and bring it into a map with new dimensions and scale. I tried to do that with this tracking tool, they descibe in the manual, but encountered many problems. Eg. following the parimeter is no problem, but once trying to draw the cutting line, which should be a straight line, it always draws a fractual line. Moreover I cant find a way to copy the new parimeter in a new drawing, or change the dimensions and scale of the existing map.
Anybody willing to help me? Thanks in advance and a good day!
Comments
Jim is right, this is a much-discussed topic. Probably because it's something many of us want to do with our maps. There is some good advice in this thread and this thread but there are so many of these posts that it's hard to identify any one that is best.
In addition to Jim's suggestion, also check out the search results for regional. Some other searches might yield similar results for you, such as searching for local or something similar.
Also, if you are able to purchase the Tome of Ultimate Mapping, there's a chapter devoted to this subject in the Editing section.
I hope that helps. Good luck with your maps and with your novel!
~Dogtag
Also, be care full if you get the Tome the chapter on doing it has an error in it. The instructions are correct but the image it shows isn't for the smaller regional one isn't going to look exactly like the one you get following the instructions. This got brought up in another forum post months ago.
Thanks! And I hope Johannes finds it useful.
Cheers,
~Dogtag
Cheers,
~Dogtag