Re: [HOE] HoE Maps

[mosiondz@shaw.ca]

----- Original Message -----
From: Mr Leonard Zimmermann <zimmerml@cnrf.navy.mil>
Date: Friday, August 9, 2002 9:27 am
Subject: Re: [HOE] HoE Maps

> There are plenty of digitized maps available on the internet. 

Thanks for the references.

> I've got some North American stuff I've been working on myself, 
> but there are three areas of contention for me at the moment that 
> I'll look at. The first is simply the Shattered Coast. Obviously 
> no real map or dataset will cover the Shattered Coast, so I would 
> have to modify a dataset by hand. If this project is really 
> getting off the ground, I may just find the time to do that, 
> though, if you like.

I'm going to start work with whatever scanned HoE maps I can find, and 
take it from there.  Depending on how the project goes, I might just 
take you up on that offer, especially if we're looking at getting 
higher quality map images.

Of course, I'd appreciate help on the scanning process as well.  Hi-res 
TIF files would be ideal if anyone wants to help with the map-gathering 
process.  All of the maps I'd like would be more Posse-Territory maps, 
so no secret locations and the like!  :-)
 
> The second problem is that I will have to do the same for the 
> route of the Mississippi River, which changed course.

I think "Hell or High Water" and the main rulebook gave the best 
estimation on this - I'm willing to go with whatever your best guess is.
 
> The final problem is that all of the maps I have been generating 
> lately have made one assumption that I have used for my campaign, 
> that has never been officially defined or revealed in the HoE 
> sourcebooks.

As long as looks good, sounds reasonable, and doesn't contradict any of 
the core HoE info (well, contradict it TOO much - hey, inaccuracies 
happen!), I'd be willing to use it.

> As for why the "satellite" photo in the back of the HoE book 
> doesn't show the flooding, it's easy to read that ComSAT really 
> isn't interested in showing too much of what has really happened, 
> so you're probably looking at a pre-war photo.

I'd assumed as much.  I'm not too worried about 100% accuracy, but if 
people take the time to re-map such areas, I'd be willing to update the 
maps.

> Maybe when Shane gets back from GenCon he could provide some insight? 

That would be excellent - I know that Shane is really busy with Savage 
Worlds stuff (which if you haven't checked it out it looks REALLY 
cool), but any insight he could provide to fill in the blanks it would 
of course be muchly appreciated.

> If we are REAL lucky the artist who did it did it to a dataset and 
> still has it and is willing to make it available.

That would be great as well!

Thanks for the feedback!
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