The BigMap 2 portal can be found here:Īnd more information about how to use it: But fear not, there are scripts!īigMap 2BigMap is a website that acts as a GUI for the OSM database. You could try screenshotting at this zoom level, but for an entire C:S map at 1:1, you would probably need a hundred screenshots. Now let's zoom in a bit.Īt zoom level 17, you can see the footprint of every single building, as well as small paths through the park, and underground tunnels.
This view shows the entire Berlin Ringbahn, but you can't see much detail.
The three numbers at the end of the url are the zoom level (13), and two GPS coordinates. See how much more detail there is when you zoom in? Notice the zoom level in the url. It may be a good idea to quickly familiarize yourself with GPS, as well as with the various OSM zoom levels. Others have paved the way before you, creating cool websites and scripts to automate the process. You're not the first person to want a stitched large-scale map image from the OSM database. (this section by AmiPolizeiFunk Nov.2018) Overlayer v2 mod's description has some complex instructions and details that will help you use more advanced techniques than in this guide here, but if you don't want to get too complicated you don't need to! Just make your overlay.png, put it in the right folder, and click Overlayer v2 mod's button in game.
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, parking and transportation center, and monorail systemīeaches, breakwaters and jettys of Tel AvivĪlthough you can use these ideas for making an overlay for any mod, this guide is made with the Overlayer v2 Mod in mind, which allows large size overlays and drapes the overlays over the terrain instead of remaining a flat 2D image that you have to raise and lower. Some examples of using an overlay to recreate real-life infrastructure and natural features If you make your overlay at the same time as you download your heightmap from terrain.party, you'll get a quality overlay that you never have to move around, rescale nor adjust in an overlay mod ever again! This helps you ensure your city or map is of uniform and accurate scale.