Re: [DL] About Maps

[J Tolle <jwtolle@altavista.com>]

Color me interested!

Jeff Tolle

On Tue, 07 March 2000, "Ed Greaves" wrote:

> 
> Neil,
> 
> I know Allan has previously posted some good info on maps not too long ago, 
> but I don't have that info handy here at work.
> 
> I am working on maps of the states in Campaign Cartographer format, that 
> once they are done, will be available to the list members.  Right now, I'm 
> having a tough time deciding how exactly I want to approach part of the 
> drawings.  (For those that are not interested in CC2, but would still like 
> to use my maps, I will be exporting them to JPG as well.)
> 
> These maps will be mainly set up for my campaign, however, and so should not 
> be looked upon as gospel for deadlands, nor exactly historical as well.
> 
> As to the distances between towns, it all depends upon the state.  Some 
> states it's a lot more spread out than others.  The trend as I see it is 
> that the further east a state is, the closer the towns are together and the 
> more of them there are.
> 
> If you want to see an example of the kind of work I'm doing, feel free to 
> check out the following:
> 
> http://vger.rutgers.edu/~olorin/WESTERN/USMap1.gif
> 
> Eventually, I will have a detailed map of each state west of the mississipi. 
>   Right now, I'm working on Arizona.  But I'm kind of in a rut, and not sure 
> how to proceed.  Once I've got that ready, I'll let folks who are interested 
> know.
> 
> Ed Greaves
> http://vger.rutgers.edu/~olorin/
> temporus@hotmail.com
> 
> >From: "Neil Gage" <neil@npgage.freeserve.co.uk>
> 
> >I've spent the the last few weeks trying to find a half decent map of the
> >West circa 1870. I know there are changes from the real world but I thought
> >it would help with distances and flavour. You know, how often would you 
> >find
> >a settlement in Kansas? Every 10 miles? 20? That sort of thing. Also I
> >thought it would help by giving ideas for town names. This leads to my main
> >point. I seem to recall reading about frontier town names a few years ago,
> >and how (men alone being men alone) they were named anything under the sun,
> >but I can't find where I read it. I game with a group of mature adults and
> >use of town names like two dogs and a whore (too pick an extremely mild 
> >one)
> >and their ilk adds atmosphere (and humour) to the game.
> >
> >So any ideas for finding that map either on the net or in a decent book?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >Neil Gage
> 
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