Re: [DL] About Maps

["Ed Greaves" <temporus@hotmail.com>]

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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