SH3 & SH5 Self Made Contour Maps

Jaystew · 05-07-14, 11:39 AM

I wanted to get some better maps of the contours of the oceans, depth maps specifically. Can't find anything of good quality online without being limited to small size. So I decided to start making maps for operational areas.

The work will be slow but I plan to knock out a few dozen.

No1 http://i.imgur.com/4qwnnAA.jpg
No2 http://i.imgur.com/eWvI9eS.jpg
No3 http://i.imgur.com/HifwSx6.jpg
No4 http://i.imgur.com/EXXWmvn.jpg
No5 http://i.imgur.com/4Ejpvx4.jpg

REVISED and FINAL RELEASE Group No1 - No5
http://imgur.com/a/ssMsk#0 Link to the album containing all the contour maps...

Let me know what you think. Feel free to use.

Jaystew · 05-07-14, 11:39 AM

Actual maps...

Jaystew · 05-07-14, 11:40 AM

RESV #2

BigWalleye · 05-07-14, 02:58 PM

Nice work, Jaystew! Useful and flavorful too! Kudos! Bunches of kudos!

What tools are you using to make the maps? And what is your source material? Just curious, because I have searched for good hydro maps (good FREE hydro maps!) without success. And the graphics work is well done.

EDIT: Just put draggable versions onto my nav station. in SH3. Cool!

Jaystew · 05-07-14, 05:50 PM

I have a post up in the SH5 forum with some more details but needless to say. I use Maxthon browser > Arcgis.com > several overlays countours and places > screen shots of these sections > Paint to intergrate the sections in larger map > Paint to add some decals n lat n longitude and places > Google Earth for place data > Pixlr for the tint and contrast filters and to various grit filters, then imgur to host the images.

About 3 hours of work per map. Can't find anything else like it online either which is why I decided to make my own. Glad you like. Cheers.

RConch · 05-08-14, 07:32 AM

How closely do the depths in the game match what you have put together(which is really nice

).

I do not want to take my boat down to 25m per the your map and smack the bottom cause the game says it is 15m. Any idea how they match up?

05-07-14, 11:39 AM	#1
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	SH3 & SH5 Self Made Contour Maps I wanted to get some better maps of the contours of the oceans, depth maps specifically. Can't find anything of good quality online without being limited to small size. So I decided to start making maps for operational areas. The work will be slow but I plan to knock out a few dozen. No1 http://i.imgur.com/4qwnnAA.jpg No2 http://i.imgur.com/eWvI9eS.jpg No3 http://i.imgur.com/HifwSx6.jpg No4 http://i.imgur.com/EXXWmvn.jpg No5 http://i.imgur.com/4Ejpvx4.jpg REVISED and FINAL RELEASE Group No1 - No5 http://imgur.com/a/ssMsk#0 Link to the album containing all the contour maps... Let me know what you think. Feel free to use. Last edited by Jaystew; 05-13-14 at 10:22 PM.

05-07-14, 11:40 AM	#3
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	RESERVED RESV #2

05-07-14, 02:58 PM	#4
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Nice work, Jaystew! Useful and flavorful too! Kudos! Bunches of kudos! What tools are you using to make the maps? And what is your source material? Just curious, because I have searched for good hydro maps (good FREE hydro maps!) without success. And the graphics work is well done. EDIT: Just put draggable versions onto my nav station. in SH3. Cool! Last edited by BigWalleye; 05-07-14 at 05:17 PM.

05-08-14, 07:32 AM	#6
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	How closely do the depths in the game match what you have put together(which is really nice). I do not want to take my boat down to 25m per the your map and smack the bottom cause the game says it is 15m. Any idea how they match up? __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

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05-07-14, 11:39 AM	#2
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	RESERVED Actual maps... Last edited by Jaystew; 05-13-14 at 10:23 PM.

05-07-14, 05:50 PM	#5
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	I have a post up in the SH5 forum with some more details but needless to say. I use Maxthon browser > Arcgis.com > several overlays countours and places > screen shots of these sections > Paint to intergrate the sections in larger map > Paint to add some decals n lat n longitude and places > Google Earth for place data > Pixlr for the tint and contrast filters and to various grit filters, then imgur to host the images. About 3 hours of work per map. Can't find anything else like it online either which is why I decided to make my own. Glad you like. Cheers.