World building using ArcGIS

[Redrobes]

Hi Loogie,

This will be interesting to see what results you come up with. Many of the things you mention have been talked about (not so much on this site tho) especially the watersheds and the calculations of water flow.

I am part of a small group doing much the same thing but for Middle Earth. I remember one of the team mentioning ArcGIS - I think it might have been SeerBlue but I could be wrong. Anyway - the point of this project is to create a DEM of middle earth to a high degree of accuracy to the numerous reference maps and also try to conform to real geography as much as possible. You can take a look at the progress here - www.me-dem.org

I like what your saying with the ideas about calculating RPG stuff from physical properties. I was mentioning this a while back in another thread - here you can check out the whole thread for a little more but these musings were a little bit of a distraction from the general map discussion.

Well, I am in anticipation of some nice pics

[su_liam]

Given the economic impact of a tool like ArcGIS, I'm impressed by the work, but might not find it altogether useful. Except for the, always fun, "gee whiz," factor. A good Bonehead Guide tutorial on the use of GRASS for things like this would be most appreciated, however .

Keep up the good work, though, and be sure to send pictures.