CenSin Posted December 15, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2009 Now you can make your own fantasy subway maps based on parts of the official map! Features: High quality vector graphics; no more working with jagged lines and pixels Most lines predrawn The Helvetica and Akzidenz Grotesk fonts are not necessary; the letters have been converted to outlines, so you simply have to change the colors and shapes behind the letters Most subway bullets premade; just copy and paste them to new locations where necessary Caveats: There is a glitching problem with the borderline separating the boroughs; ungroup the background object and delete the line if you're brave There are no station labels at all; you will have to make them yourself Street names, line names, and borough names are not present There is no route information pane To edit the map, you will need OpenOffice.org Draw. OpenOffice.org is a free replacement for Microsoft Office (which not everyone has). The free part is what sparked my decision to migrate to this software instead, because that makes it accessible to everyone. OpenOffice.org can be downloaded from the official site, or from PortableApps.com. I prefer the latter. The portable version of OpenOffice.org can be downloaded here. Once you've obtained OpenOffice.org, download the map from here. What you can do once you have OpenOffice.org and the map: Add and delete lines and stations Export your work to an image (of any size and resolution) or to PDF to share it with everyone Strings attached: I don't ask for anything from you but credits where due If you have something significant to share with others (like a map with all the station names added) it would be nice to make it available to everyone; you—of course—would be credited as well for the additional work Contact me if you run into any problems. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted December 15, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 15, 2009 Thanks for the links. It's about time people can make decent fantasy maps without having to worry about the shoddy Paint program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokuSix Posted December 15, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 15, 2009 That's kind of cool. I bet, though, we're gonna be swarmed with crazy fantasies in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted December 15, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 15, 2009 NICE!! As one who has used Paint for creating/editing fantasy maps in the past, this is QUITE the improvement; it will jump-start version 6 of my fantasy map! Thanks again, CenSin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted December 15, 2009 That's kind of cool. I bet, though, we're gonna be swarmed with crazy fantasies in the next few days. At least they won't be tiny and strain your eyes. EDIT: When you export to a raster image, the minimum acceptable resolution should be 36 dpi (dots per inch). Any lower and it will be hard to see; too high and it will be too large for a speedy download so do not go over 96 dpi (the resulting image will contain 20 million pixels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted December 15, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 15, 2009 awesome! i'm going to have so much fun with this... and yeah, now theres' no more excuses to see (in my opinion) really sloppy and hard to read/understand maps, due to the inadequacy of paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r40s 4501 Posted December 15, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 15, 2009 can u make bus with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted December 15, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 15, 2009 Non-Portable version of OpenOffice.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted December 15, 2009 Help for those who are confused: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/ Hints: Lock the background's position before operating on the lines or you will accidentally shift the map a lot. Ungroup the foreground first to be able to edit the lines and stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Railer Posted December 16, 2009 Share #10 Posted December 16, 2009 thanks a million man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted December 16, 2009 Share #11 Posted December 16, 2009 its awesome, i love how the street detail is in there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted December 16, 2009 its awesome, i love how the street detail is in there too Just make sure you use those details. Don't draw a Kings Highway line that doesn't overlay the Kings Highway street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis1985 Posted December 16, 2009 Share #13 Posted December 16, 2009 Thanks for the links. It's about time people can make decent fantasy maps without having to worry about the shoddy Paint program. :mad: ahhhem?? lol. this program is hot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted December 16, 2009 Share #14 Posted December 16, 2009 Two questions: 1) How do I draw/connect the (subway) lines without having to use those "Bezier" curves? Using the freeform-filled tool isn't working out so great (unless I have to use extreme precision?) 2) Unless I somehow missed it, is there any way to "copy" a color from one line to another (especially when drawing new lines), just like Paint's copy-and-fill tool? Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted December 16, 2009 Share #15 Posted December 16, 2009 Just make sure you use those details. Don't draw a Kings Highway line that doesn't overlay the Kings Highway street! I've done the map before in Illustrator, I just didn't have the patience like you to put all the streets in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share #16 Posted December 16, 2009 Two questions: 1) How do I draw/connect the (subway) lines without having to use those "Bezier" curves? Using the freeform-filled tool isn't working out so great (unless I have to use extreme precision?) 2) Unless I somehow missed it, is there any way to "copy" a color from one line to another (especially when drawing new lines), just like Paint's copy-and-fill tool? Thanks for your help. I just copy lines from elsewhere and then change them; that way I can keep all of its properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share #17 Posted January 7, 2010 Is anyone having too much trouble with this? I think it's about time I call the OpenOffice.org approach a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis1985 Posted January 8, 2010 Share #18 Posted January 8, 2010 Is anyone having too much trouble with this? I think it's about time I call the OpenOffice.org approach a failure. its a bit slow. i dont know how to mess with it tho, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share #19 Posted January 8, 2010 its a bit slow. i dont know how to mess with it tho, lol. Maybe it'd be easier if I made a layered file (along the likes of Adobe Photoshop) with layers for: map background, subway lines, station dots, and labels. Those with expertise in drawing the lines using paint can move to it pretty easily (and anything is better than paint). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 3348 Posted August 18, 2010 Share #20 Posted August 18, 2010 I'm making my own fantasy map right now; just thought I'd use this template to see how easy it is to use. I'll let you know if I run across any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r40s 4501 Posted August 19, 2010 Share #21 Posted August 19, 2010 can u make busmap with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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