Ydars
Explorer
Hi Buddhafrog,
The really nice street maps are Cisiticola's and they are damn good.
I used Photoshop to put the grids on; I just make a new layer to duplicate the whole map, put a white grid in between the two map layer duplicates and delete the top map layer carefully so that the grid shows through only where I want it to. It is really easy and you can do the same in the free map program GIMP (see GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program). If you have any trouble, drop me a line and I will do it for you.
For printing these maps, I open them in photoshop (you could again use GIMP, which is free) and use the poster printing function to print out the map as 9 x A4 sheets. I then taped mine together and used a huge sheet of sticky cellophane, like the stuff you use to cover text-books, to add a nice transparent, waterproof layer over the front of the map.
I have recently made about 30-40 battlemaps this way, including tons of Cisiticola's and it is great!
Hope this helps.
The really nice street maps are Cisiticola's and they are damn good.
I used Photoshop to put the grids on; I just make a new layer to duplicate the whole map, put a white grid in between the two map layer duplicates and delete the top map layer carefully so that the grid shows through only where I want it to. It is really easy and you can do the same in the free map program GIMP (see GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program). If you have any trouble, drop me a line and I will do it for you.
For printing these maps, I open them in photoshop (you could again use GIMP, which is free) and use the poster printing function to print out the map as 9 x A4 sheets. I then taped mine together and used a huge sheet of sticky cellophane, like the stuff you use to cover text-books, to add a nice transparent, waterproof layer over the front of the map.
I have recently made about 30-40 battlemaps this way, including tons of Cisiticola's and it is great!
Hope this helps.
