World Background Maps

[Tapir]

Cross my fingers...... :D :D :D :D

[BenganJ]

BTW, has anyone seen or heard how SCS created their Map Editor background
image. It' s too little for our purpose here, but could possibly work as a template
to get a more correct projection of a satellite background image. It would be
even better if they themselves made that damn image covering a much larger
area. As of now they are not of any help for mappers outside their own region.

EDIT: After some research, I found a statement that might have some essence
in it! Anyone else heard or seen that the background image should have been
processed with a Lambert Conic projection. And if that is true, how the heck
do you do that in the first place? :roll: :shock: :o

This is what Wikipedia says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_c ... projection

[ExtremorPL]

Thank you Bengan, looks like it is what SCS did with their background. :D

[id777]

With borders!

Please make such background for Promods

[Tapir]

@id777

Folks, I have now created 3 different versions of background map view mod.
1. Based on FLAT map data.
2. GLOBE projection map data, WITHOUT borders.
3. GLOBE projection map data, WITH borders.

The starting image with a resolution of 8192x8192 plus the mod, calibrated
roughly to SCS Vanilla map and containing map images with res. 4096x4096,
I have packed and sent to dOOmERdaZe. I will probably NOT do much more
now, so cross your fingers that he can do something useful of it all. You've seen
videos of the 2 first versions, but here's now the version YOU requested, the
one WITH borders.

Look please Bengan has sent it and we can wait now what happens.

[BenganJ]

@dOOmERdaZe

Mate, you wanted a video showing how I, starting with a high resolution image,
in this case 8192x8192, split it in 4 4096x4096 quadrant images and also make
the main image. All images used for map view background. Here it is now using
GIMP as image editor:

[id777]

BenganJ, I like this huge background picture :o

We can reach even Dubai :D

[BenganJ]

Yep, so cross your fingers that dOOmERdaZe will be able to
do something with them. :D

[id777]

I thought you will release this background :)

[Tapir]

Bengan wrote:

The starting image with a resolution of 8192x8192 plus the mod, calibrated
roughly to SCS Vanilla map and containing map images with res. 4096x4096,
I have packed and sent to dOOmERdaZe. I will probably NOT do much more
now, so cross your fingers that he can do something useful of it all. You've seen
videos of the 2 first versions, but here's now the version YOU requested, the
one WITH borders.