From: Aron_Clark@d...
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 08:52:00 -0700
Subject: [DSII] Gif maps
I'm working on some DSII scenarios for the new Scenario Book. I've got the nuts and bolts of the scenario down in a standard email format. The sticking point now is the maps. Can anyone tell me what sort of utility I should be using to create maps in Jpeg or Gif formats?
From: bbrush@r...
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 10:58:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [DSII] Gif maps
I usually use Coreldraw to make them, and then convert them to the desired format. Bill Aron_Clark@digidesign.com on 10/05/1999 10:52:00 AM Please respond to gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU cc: (bcc: Bill Brush/InfSys/Revenue) Subject [DSII] Gif maps : I'm working on some DSII scenarios for the new Scenario Book. I've got the nuts and bolts of the scenario down in a standard email format. The sticking point now is the maps. Can anyone tell me what sort of utility I should be using to create maps in Jpeg or Gif formats?
From: Michael T Miserendino <MTMiserendino@l...>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:19:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [DSII] Gif maps
Use about any paint program that you are comfortable with as there are many graphics convertors available. My favorite convertor is ThuimbsPlus. Check out: http://www.cerious.com/ Vector based drawing programs like Illustrator and Freehand are excellent for making maps since you can rescale the image without losing quality. They are not as easy to learn as most bitmap based apps. There is also Visio which has a good base of graphics to use for maps and has several add-on packages to enhance it. Visio is easy to use, but not inexpensive compared to some paint programs. Mike Michael Miserendino Senior Software Engineer Lincoln Re
From: Tim Jones <Tim.Jones@S...>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 11:56:03 +0100
Subject: RE: [DSII] Gif maps
You can use the ftmap utility - I did some pilots on this for DS2 a while ago. I used terrain in bryce and created a plan view, than got some tanks from adrian bruce's web page or make your own and ftmap glued and labelled them on the map for me in lovely gif format. > -----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@u...>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:30:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: [DSII] Gif maps
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 Aron_Clark@digidesign.com wrote: > I'm working on some DSII scenarios for the new Scenario Book. I've if you can't get your hands on a vector drawing package, and you don't want to mess with ftmap, you can always fall back to paintshop pro <ftp://ftp.support.lotus.com//pub/utils/pubutils/win32/psp32.zip>. anyway, what i'm here to suggest is that you take a look at Tom Mouat's various military symbol fonts <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/TomMouat/>. he's got pictures of tanks, men, etc, plus various standard symbols. tom