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Real World Overlays
@roflo1 commented: "I was browsing the Annuals pages, and stumbled upon this:
https://www.profantasy.com/annual/2014/august14.html
I don't own that annual, but perhaps someone else can comment on it?"
This is the Annual issue 92 Quenten referred in his Oct 22 note above (only obvious if you can convert the month and year into a number correctly for the Annuals, however, so no blame attaches!).
The issue covers importing and converting real-world vector data from the free-access Natural Earth website (there's a link from the Aug 2014 Annual page) into CC3, and comes with a group of so-converted FCW sample maps of the world. It especially concentrates on converting the continent of South America into a standard CC3-look overland map as its worked example, albeit with just the coastline and rivers illustrated (you get three FCW maps showing the process). There are also files with the 1:10 million vector data that were used to create the various CC3 maps with the issue.
Can't really say much more, as although I've had it for some time, I've never used this particular issue of the Annual, and it could be a while before Ralf gets round to demonstrating it in his weekly YouTube live-streams, unfortunately, as last week's covered issue 15!
It does seem as if it should be possible to prepare the sort of map @serious77 was wanting using it though.
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Marine Dungeon - further developments
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a large city, I have been putting off, now started
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Community Atlas: Errynor - Ruined Thalassan Castle
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WIP Crofton - Darklands Cities and Shassar Tutorials
@Loopysue commented: "No plans for a Darklands Dungeon just yet, but that's not to say it will never happen."
Overland, Cities and Dungeons are the three key planks for CC3+ mapping though, and it has been mentioned here now, so... ๐



