BaseMapz

[rwk]

I was wondering what the correct scale is for a real world mileage for a map overlay? I tried making a 11 x 11 module and merging it next to my existing route but the distance between point A and B seems to be shorter than the distance on my route that I used mile sticks to measure between A and B, about 3 miles. BaseMapz has selections for different model railroad scales. I just want a 1:1 scale map. i might just stick with my own blank baseboards that I added on to a route from a defunct site and use the ruler and mile sticks to measure distances and use the measure distance tool in Google Maps.

 

[afe_uy]

I remember when it was released ...
The main reason I never used it was precisely because I couldn't find the option to do it 1:1 at the time. I don't know if it can be done any other way ...

 

[stagecoach]

Basemapz is 1 sq km (0.62137119 sq miles) compared to a baseboard of 72 sq m

 

[martinvk]

Basemapz is 1 sq km (0.62137119 sq miles) compared to a baseboard of 72 sq m

Actually, a standard Trainz baseboard is 720 m x 720 m or 0.5184 Sq km.

Off topic but for extra trivia points: anyone remember why they picked 720 m? Is there some coding restriction that makes that value optimal?

 

[IsambardKingdomBrunel]

I was wondering what the correct scale is for a real world mileage for a map overlay? I tried making a 11 x 11 module and merging it next to my existing route but the distance between point A and B seems to be shorter than the distance on my route that I used mile sticks to measure between A and B, about 3 miles. BaseMapz has selections for different model railroad scales. I just want a 1:1 scale map. i might just stick with my own blank baseboards that I added on to a route from a defunct site and use the ruler and mile sticks to measure distances and use the measure distance tool in Google Maps.

Any use..............................

Mike.

 

[rwk]

Oh well, I guess there's no easy way to get a 1:1 map image on Trainz baseboards unless you use TransDEM. BaseMapz doesn't seem to scale the maps right. You have to fiddle with the y and x distances in feet. I managed to create a map with equal baseboards, 11 x 11, but when I tried merging it to my route, the map position was off, the road and rail line didn't line up.

 

[stovepipe]

You can do it by finding out the real distance between two places on your map, and then adjusting the map image size so that it becomes accurate to one particular model scale - OO, N or Z say, and then running it through the importer.