About map creation

[Arizal]

I see much real world maps in the forum already. I kind of know how you are supposed to do that, I tried a long time ago in SC4, but I never really got the grip of how it should work. Would someone be kind enough to show me the programs you use in order to make maps?

 

[iMarvin]

I would also like to know how to do this

 

[OlaHaldor]

It's not complete, but it's a start. It doesn't cover the use of real world data - but that's coming later.
An article I wrote over at Cities Skylines Nation.

In general, you google for DEM, GIS, GeoTIFF, whatever is available for the area of interest. And you must have tools, free or commercial, to convert to a greyscale heightmap for further use or processing.
One really good tool is Global Mapper which can open and convert just about any format.

 

[Kouta-nya]

well, there will be map editor where you can easily create a map if you don't know how to create it without.

 

[Arizal]

I know, but I would like to make heightmaps of real world places.

 

[FourWinds]

I found this, http://www.moddb.com/games/men-of-w...maps-from-google-earth-in-gem-2-by-bassmaniac but didn't see if the tools were still there and working, yet. I am going to persue this type of method however, as there must be some way to rip the needed data out of Google Earth.