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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

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.

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.

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