Hi guys
I want to recreate a map of Europe and then modify it.
I had thought to get a high res map of Europe, lay a 50x50 grid over it, set up a map in OWM, with a 50x50 grid, and then start recreating.
Having recreated the map in OWM, I hope to adjust the coastline to seal off the Mediterranean at Gibraltar, and reduce the sea level in the Mediterranean to a shallow lagoon. I would also reduce/modify the sea level around the coast of France and the UK, so the UK was landlocked with the rest of Europe.
My goal is to recreate a full map of Pliocene Europe, as shown in the Julian May books, The Pliocene Saga.
I guess my question is, what is really the best way to go about this in OWM.
Advice is welcome.
Cheers
Padster
Mapping Pliocene Europe
Moderator: Kyete
Re: Mapping Pliocene Europe
You can skip the grids entirely if you scale your map of Europe to an appropriate size (i.e., one which gives you a map that will fit into your computer's memory) and then load it in as a background to the OWM map, which will then allow you to trace directly on top of it.timmypaddins wrote: I had thought to get a high res map of Europe, lay a 50x50 grid over it, set up a map in OWM, with a 50x50 grid, and then start recreating.
Re: Mapping Pliocene Europe
You can also import real cartography data for Europe if you want to try that, then edit it
We made a tutorial a while back
https://www.otherworldmapper.com/blog/t ... -data-shp/
- Alejandro
We made a tutorial a while back
https://www.otherworldmapper.com/blog/t ... -data-shp/
- Alejandro
Alejandro S. Canosa
Three Minds Software
Three Minds Software