Other Mapping Tools

General discussion on mapping.

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Vindictiel
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Re: Other Mapping Tools

Post by Vindictiel » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:47 pm

gareth_w wrote:to me you should make a map and then choose what style to render it in ... templates should (in my opinion) be the last thing that is added!
Whole-heartedly agreed!

Pila
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Re: Other Mapping Tools

Post by Pila » Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:26 pm

I use MS Power Point. With the variety of shapes and coloring tools I can get some pretty good looking maps.

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Big Mac
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Re: Other Mapping Tools

Post by Big Mac » Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:08 pm

Anna Meyer just linked to something called Experilous: Procedural Planet Generation over at her Flanaess Geographical Society group. It looks pretty interesting.
David "Big Mac" Shepheard
(A Spelljammer fan hoping to user Other World Mapper to make lots of maps of planets.)
You can see more of me over at The Piazza campaign settings forums

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Re: Other Mapping Tools

Post by Vegomatic » Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:30 pm

gareth_w wrote:... to me you should make a map and then choose what style to render it in. For example, I might want to render my ultra perfect world map as a pencil scrawl for the players - templates should (in my opinion) be the last thing that is added!...
Perhaps you should suggest this as a feature!
> Veg

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