Map making question

Craigs · #1 October 23rd, 2009, 09:21 PM

OK thanks for the tip Patrick. Ive had some success and can actually get the greyscale heightmap in the choose area dialog without distortion.
But now the progress bar keeps cycling through saying "Drawing Maps contour bitmap". The progress bar slowly moves across then starts all over again. Is this normal? Its a new laptop with 3GB of RAM.

Craigs · #2 October 24th, 2009, 11:46 AM

Think I found the problem there. B default it was set to make a map 50km by 50km.
Changing the size to five by five km works.
Now if I could just stop over writing my bmps I might have something.

Craigs · #3 October 24th, 2009, 08:05 PM

Woo hoo! I finally got a map to "compile"; color, contour, elevation map, and AI help map. The idea I had was to make a map and a couple scenarios centered around the mountain passes in the Sinai. Some hypothetical ideas like an Israeli defense, Israeli counterattack, helo insertion of Egyptian commandos and sagger teams.

One question I cant figure out is when I download a map from seamless.usgs I select for it to include city names, but that doesnt seem to work. Reason I ask is Ive had a Soviet topo map of Kabul and Kandahar for years and would love to overlay the soviet map but I cant tell exactly where the cities are.