Thanks, I’ll check it out.
GLOBAL MAP AVAILABILITY FOR MOUNTING AT HOME
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I think you might have told them 5mm?? its not 5mm thick, its point five i.e. 0.5mm (half a millimetre) thickness. they must have thought you were building a jap tank. lol
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also great marshes?? its pripet marchs on the real map
He pointed that out the moment he posted it.
@ Nimitz: I have toyed with this idea for a long time, but do not have the skills to update the map.
So this will be a great help, if we’re allowed to use it that is?
Thanks a bunch for your efforts.sorry i dident see that
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Nimitz,
What type of metal did you mount it to? Was it stainless steel? If it wasn’t, I am wondering if you have had any corrosion problems beneath the vinyl.
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Nimitz,
I noticed a misspelling on the Pacific side: Paulau Island in sz 34. You have it as “Pelau”
Also, if you don’t mind my asking, some of the islands in the Pacific are distorted compared to the regular board (Philippines, Carolines, Gilbert, Paulau come to mine. Actually, Gilbert doesn’t even have a visible island, just the UK roundel). Was this something you had to do in your ‘paint’ program to clean up the picture? I do not mean to offend, so please don’t take it that way. I only ask because of curiosity.
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darn my spelling… yes your right about Palau…and correct about missing or different shaped islands in the pacific. The paint program I was using allowed me to cut and paste the sea into the island zones but it meant chopping some of the islands out and having to repaint them. I missed a few of the very small islands altogether (didn’t bother putting them in) as they were so small as to be insignificant on the map anyway (you couldn’t place pieces on the land anyway), so providing there was a name and a roundel in the sea zone it’s clear enough that there is a land mass there. Cyprus is a case in point (Its under the roundel. :-)…) Though I was in a hurry to get the map done… so these pick-ups by you guys are to be expected (and welcome). If there is something serious that will affect game play then Id really appreciate if you could let me know and I will fix it up fix up, then I will do these few spelling errors (and put in a couple of “green spots” where the islands should be at the same time). Thanks guys. :-)
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Sorry GH…only answered your second question. Heres the first about the metal. I used ordinary sheet metal, the same that is used for shaping air conditioning ducts. Its thin and much more light weight as a result. There’s no corrosion under my current map but it is indoors all the time. Also the plastic covering was folded around the edges before I glued it to the mdf board. There is just no chance of moisture getting to it. Hope that helps.
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Nimitz,
You have two sea zones numbered 33. I think the one by FIC is supposed to be sz 36.
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Thanks…anything else let me know. Looks like I have to do some amending after all. Will redo and repost amended map.
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Map updated and errors addressed…thanks for the input everyone :-) I think its right now but anything else let me know.
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This is an awesome idea. Only if you are particular, but when they numbered sea zones they missed out on the Caspian Sea which you can build units in, so i guess that would be sea zone 128…no biggy though.
Also what size could you enlarge this to before you lose quality i dont mind putting together pieces of paper to make the map up…i think stationary stores have printers or copiers that do A0 or A1 size paper or would you keep it to the original size of the board game?
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I suppose it could go fairly big before it starts to lose some quality but it should do nicely for a map about 1.5 times the game boards. Thats what I was aiming for, something about 1500mm x 800mm. Whoever does your printing just make sure its scaled to suit your needs.
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The original board is around 1750mmx800mm.
I think the best solution is to design a new map based on the original one with a better resolution. I never tried anything but IL does indeed have the skills to make one. I may try tough.
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Hi Noll…thats what I did the fix-up for…decent resolution and it should be good out to around 2m. see http://www.megaupload.com/?d=13F1QLF0
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Map updated and errors addressed…thanks for the input everyone :-) I think its right now but anything else let me know.
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Columbia – Colombia
Equador --> Ecuador
Portugese Guiana --> Portuguese Guiana
Rio de ***??? --> Rio de Oro
Eire is missing (Pro-Allies)
Crete is missing (Pro-Allies)
Anglo-Egypt --> Egypt
Tanganeeka Territory --> Tanganyika Territory
Tsagaan Olom --> Tsagaan-Olom
Line Island --> Line IslandsAnd cosmetic changes that I would personally prefer:
( Pro-Allies), ( Pro-Axis) and ( Impassable) all have a space after the opening ‘(’ but not one before the closing ‘)’. Either use space on both sides, or on neither side.
And maybe you could divert that seazone 5/6 line a little bit to coincide with the Amur-Korea border? :-D
And if you really want to be perfect, a cosmetic change to make Quebec and New Brunswick border, to remove the ambiguity? -
Hey
Hawaiian Islands needs 1 IPC.
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and I’m sure everyone meant to say cool beans:)
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Nimitz,
Have you finished this project yet? Any photos of it?
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Not yet…real life has caught up with me recently and I’ve had less time on my hands than I expected. I’ll post here when I get it underway.
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