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− | There are several tools available that allow you to quicken up the | + | There are several tools available that allow you to quicken up the map creation process. |
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== Vision creation == | == Vision creation == | ||
− | You could just start with a | + | You could just start with a map in SVG format. These can be most easily found on [http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons] or a Wikipedia in your language. |
Various raster (ie., not SVG) maps are viable for conversion to SVG format - two most used tools for this are potrace (bundled with Inkscape, available as Path -> Trace Bitmap.. command) and AutoTrace (available for online use [http://www.roitsystems.com/eido/index.pl here]). The clearer the map, the better results you can get - single-color borders on single-color background, or differently colored territories, work best. | Various raster (ie., not SVG) maps are viable for conversion to SVG format - two most used tools for this are potrace (bundled with Inkscape, available as Path -> Trace Bitmap.. command) and AutoTrace (available for online use [http://www.roitsystems.com/eido/index.pl here]). The clearer the map, the better results you can get - single-color borders on single-color background, or differently colored territories, work best. | ||
== Centerpoints == | == Centerpoints == | ||
− | A tool that can create centerpoints is available on | + | A tool that can create centerpoints is available on forums: http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=2452. It calculates the centroid of every territory-polygon and places the centerpoints. It does not work correctly on multipart territories. Source code (in Ruby) is available here: https://github.com/MatmaRex/Warlight-Tools |
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== Connections == | == Connections == | ||
− | A tool that can create connections is available on forums: http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=2668. It checks every pair of territories and every pair of their points - and considers them neighbors if the distance between any pair of points is less than 5 pixels. It does not work correctly on multipart territories, can take a long time to finish (up to a few hours on large maps | + | A tool that can create connections is available on forums: http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=2668. It checks every pair of territories and every pair of their points - and considers them neighbors if the distance between any pair of points is less than 5 pixels. It does not work correctly on multipart territories, and can take a long time to finish (up to a few hours on large maps). Source code (in Ruby) is available here: https://github.com/MatmaRex/Warlight-Tools |
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[[Category:Map Making]] | [[Category:Map Making]] | ||
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