has anyone got a gigantic map of western europe?

tigger · April 7, 2002, 09:43

I've finally made a start on the 80 years war scenario but I need a map of western europe. I have had a go at my own but my artistic skills are none existant. I need England, Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany and northern Italy. Ideally it needs to be as large as possible.

Martin Gühmann · April 7, 2002, 15:51

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Originally posted by tigger
Ideally it needs to be as large as possible.

As big as possible why not the whole world?

But maybe we shouldn't exaggerate it too much maybe you find here something useful.

Maybe the size could be to small than you have really to deal with the huge bitmap and the bmp2ctp2 converter.

-Martin

tigger · April 8, 2002, 04:22

As big as possible why not the whole world?

The scenario is really concentrating on the Benelux countries, France, England, Germany and Spain so the whole world is much more than I need. Really I need a map that allows as many Dutch cities as possible. The dutch had colonies but really didn't expand across Europe so the Netherlands needs to be big for the scenario to work well.

But maybe we shouldn't exaggerate it too much maybe you find here something useful.

This was the first place I looked but the Europe maps have too many countries which are unnecessary for the scenario

Maybe the size could be to small than you have really to deal with the huge bitmap and the bmp2ctp2 converter

Its not really the map size but the area it covers which is the problem. I have downloaded a BMP file which would be ideal but I don't knw how to convert it. I read the various readme's on map making but they don't make much sense to me and when it comes to designing my own I'm afraid I've neither the artistic skill or the patience. I've attached the BMP file if anyone knows what to do...or could tell me what to do. HELP!!!!!

Locutus · April 9, 2002, 09:46

Tigger, I'm not sure how to convert that map either but even if you succeed you still wouldn't have the right terrain. The map Martin posted is probably ideal for what you want, if you crop it to get rid of the undesired parts of the world and convert it using the bmp2ctp2 map converter. The file includes a readme with instructions on how to do this so it shouldn't be too hard. I would do it for you but the map is HUGE and my PC simply doesn't have enough memory for this (if you send me a cropped map I might be able to do the conversion though).

Martin Gühmann · April 9, 2002, 10:31

Another question to tigger did you tried FRITZ' europe map? If yes what do you think about them?

-Martin

Locutus · April 9, 2002, 10:43

Yes, those are quite nice as well. Problem is of course that they cover all of Europe, not just the northwest...

tigger · April 9, 2002, 10:45

Locutus.....Ok I'll try it, but can't tonight as I've got some cricket training...ah the blessing of summer and real life!

Martin...I've got FRITZ's maps on my system but haven't had a look. I'll compare that and your recommendation and see what give me the bigger low countries. If I can sort the map out by this weekend life would be a lot easier as I am away until Monday.