Map Question

BooBoo130 · 05-25-2011, 11:14 PM,

I posted this at The Wargamer site and was told this may be a better place to ask this question.

I just recently purchased Danube Front '85 and while reading through the Campaign notes noticed that the base maps for the game are from the CIA. I went to the CIA's website and located their map section and found where the maps for Germany are. However, none of the maps have any pictures or scales listed to show what type of maps they are. Does anyone have a small sample of the base maps they could post and what scale the maps are?

Thank you in advance,

Dan Stueber

**Mr Grumpy** · 05-25-2011, 11:37 PM,

Dan,
If Glenn does answer your question here you could also try sending it to JTS support at the John Tiller site?

http://www.johntillersoftware.com/

BooBoo130 · 05-25-2011, 11:45 PM,

Thank you. I will do so.

Dan

von Schwarze · 05-26-2011, 11:21 PM,

Dan,

The answer is coming, I just have to dig through my old back ups. I think they were 1:500,000 Aeronautical charts from 1985, orientated NE, but will check and send a jpg if I still have the map. I usually do keep them.:smoke:

Blackie

BooBoo130 · 05-27-2011, 12:02 AM,

Thanks Blackie! I have 1:500,000 maps of Germany for the year 1995 I believe but would like a map more in the mid 1980's range if it is available. I am not sure how different they would be but I am kinda anal-retentive about maps for my games.

Is the map in digital form or paper?

Thanks again,

Dan Stueber

Glenn Saunders · 05-27-2011, 11:14 AM,

(05-27-2011, 12:02 AM)BooBoo130 Wrote: Is the map in digital form or paper?

I think the source was maybe a paper maps but as Blackie says thery were a nice Aeronautical charts which showed all we needed really.

Glenn

von Schwarze · 05-27-2011, 11:18 PM,

Dan,

As Glenn says they were aeronautical charts that were scanned, joined, then scaled for the MC system. Not a process for the unskilled, believe me. Not sure who did this, but I think it was John himself this time.

Blackie

BooBoo130 · 05-28-2011, 04:21 AM,

That sounds very cool. I would love to see the map if possible. Probably too big to download though. If it is from the CIA site I can probably purchase it and at least have it available.

Dan Stueber

Glenn Saunders · (This post was last modified: 05-28-2011, 01:15 PM by Glenn Saunders.)

(05-28-2011, 04:21 AM)BooBoo130 Wrote: That sounds very cool. I would love to see the map if possible. Probably too big to download though. If it is from the CIA site I can probably purchase it and at least have it available.

Dan Stueber

Ya - it is huge - I'd say over a 100 MBs even in pieces.