Topic: New York City (1400 x 1114)

[Carl]

Here's a new map of the New York City area.



Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61716/NewYorkCitySmaller.rar

The scale is 40 metres per tile. The map should be easy to scale down in GIMP if a smaller size is desired; or if there's enough demand I can upload smaller versions here.

This was created from the USGS data available here -- which is so detailed that one could, as far as I can tell, make an accurate map at a resolution of 3 meters per tile!

There's already a map of NYC on the maps website, but those who desire a more detailed map -- or indeed the entirety of Staten Island -- may like this one.

[Carl]

The files disappeared from simutrans-germany for some reason -- I've updated the links so they should be live now.

[rainer]

May I ask you kindly to publish the map with a free data format? Not as a .rar? Depending on the version of rar I can't unpack it. What about gzip or 7z or the like?

[Carl]

Apologies, I hadn't realised that .rar was so restrictive. I can't make gzip or 7z but here's the raw ppm map file:
https://github.com/downloads/jha4ceb/pak64.experimental/NewYorkCitySmaller.ppm

[rainer]

Carl,

thanks a lot for your quick reaction! What a wonderful map! You spoiled my autumn!

[Combuijs]

Thank you, carlbaker! It is now available on Simutrans Maps, plus an honourable mention in the Simutrans blog. May it spoil some more autumns!

[prissi]

You can publish maps as rle encoded bitmaps since ages. Those are much much smaller than ppm.

[Carl]

Thanks, I had no idea -- I'll keep that in mind for future maps.

[KneeOn]

One criticism - you can't build a bridge over any of the waters surrounding Manhatten ala real NYC...Apart from that this map is beautiful!

Note: This is on Pak Britian 111 using the latest Experimental binary

Also i've found a work around!

[Carl]

Here's an alternative version of the above heightmap, which I've been working on for a future project.



Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61716/newnysmaller2.ppm

This doesn't replace the previous heightmap -- rather I think it's a matter of taste which you'll want to use. This one puts Manhattan on a straight vertical line, whereas the previous one respects the normal geographical layout (in terms of compass points).

(PS. I haven't yet figured out how to get GiMP to make RLE encoded bmp files, so ppm will have to do for now.)

[ny911]

Yes, this map is great. Thank's for the work!

Now it's possible to construct the new york city road grid. I'm only missing the water depth.