DLDC_Sims_guy Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Here is a new map in Sweden. I believe it is north of the Scania map included with the game. It was made in SB Pro v3.102 (NOT PE!). Also included is the region I used for some scenarios (to follow). Curt SE_MMAS_Map_v3102.zip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Gday DLDC_Sims_Guy,I remember you asked me for a map, which I made a start on. But I'm afraid I can't remember which one it was (I have a number of map requests in my to do list). Could you please drop me another PM to remind me which area and the details.Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLDC_Sims_guy Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Darkangel - sorry it took so long! I honestly don't remember the exact map. I am (sporadically) working on one of the Leavenworth to Lake Perry, KS area. I was able to get the elevation in just fine, but I still can't seem to load any road data. I keep getting an error saying the locations of my import are incorrect, even though I took all of the data, to include the elevation, from the same predefined region from Globalmapper. I'm stumped, and haven't taken the time to scour these forums for an answer to the problem. If you have any pointers, by all means, I'm open to them!The only thing I have figured I might be able to do is actually draw the roads, bridges, creeks, etc., in Globalmapper and then save them off as individual sets of different features.My issue is that I keep getting the "DATA OFF MAP" error, so something is going wrong with what I'm exporting from Globalmapper.Curt Edited March 10, 2014 by DLDC_Sims_guy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted March 10, 2014 Administrators Share Posted March 10, 2014 Make your data cut just outside the edges of the height map from global mapper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLDC_Sims_guy Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 So, are you saying that I need to go outside of the map boundaries in Globalmapper? Do I also need to join same-type roads and such? Just not sure how to get the correct .shp files to come over. They are set-up in Degrees in WGS84. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted March 11, 2014 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2014 Each type of road will be a separate shape file. Go in the global mapper and hide all the other kinds of roads except one, then make the boundaries of the shape file slightly larger than your height map. Make it too big and SB Pro will reject it. Also - make sure that you are exporting in the same format and datum as your height map. I'll edit this post later when I get a chance to take a look at global mapper.Import one of the shape files then go along the edges of the map and make sure that SB chopped the edge road segments correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 If the roads are in small sections, like a lot of download data are, then you will need to join up sub-segments of road too. I have a way of automatically doing this on import. It is important also to be sure you are exporting the line data in UTM for the correct zone OR that you select lat/long in the sb pro importer. I tend to make sure of the former. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLDC_Sims_guy Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 I got it working. I noticed that I had the map set using Lat/Lon in Globalmapper, but the original map I created for SB was in UTM. As soon as I exported the vector data using the UTM format, everything started to work. Unfortunately, the data I can find for the area is kind of crappy. I tried using Open Streets data, but about 50% of all road segments shifted a node to one position on the map! So, I have to go with some very low-res VMAP data. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 What datasets are you using?. For US maps USGS is your friend (http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/). It has 10m height data (NED 1/3rd arc second) and vector road data (which unfortunately is not categorized). You can get better road data from the Tiger data (http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSprocket Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Just "invade" Finland ~ they've got lots of 'official' high quality GIS data freely downloadable. :bigsmile: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLDC_Sims_guy Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 What datasets are you using?. For US maps USGS is your friend (http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/). It has 10m height data (NED 1/3rd arc second) and vector road data (which unfortunately is not categorized). You can get better road data from the Tiger data (http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html )I've been able to cobble most everything together, including USGS, TIGER, and even Open Streets map data. The hardest part will be all of the buildings in each city. This is a huge map. It's easy enough importing all the schools and Churches and such and assigning them the same building type. Unfortunately, the editor doesn't allow one to create an area and fill with random buildings. Oh, how sweet that would be! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaSierra Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Here is a new map in Sweden. I believe it is north of the Scania map included with the game. It was made in SB Pro v3.102 (NOT PE!). Also included is the region I used for some scenarios (to follow).CurtThis map covers the area around Linköping/Motala. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profevil Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hello!What area of Sweden are you interested in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLDC_Sims_guy Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hello!What area of Sweden are you interested in?None. I already completed what I needed using a map in Sweden. Now I'm building a map of the Fort Leavenworth, KS, area. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I do have ways of either importing buildings (if data is available where buildings are represented as a polygon ) and other methods of quickly populating urbanized areas. Drop me a PM with an email address I can contact you at. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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