This GIS sounds very interesting. Right now I am using Fractal Mapper to map out my campaign world. Exactly how user-friendly is this type of program? Can I...
... paper any day. However, it's a bit overwhelming. Where does one start with GIS? Especially, how does a rank newbie to the field begin twisting it to his...
... with ... (very ... given ... learn ... buying ... qualified ... Chris, Just let us IT /GIS Geeks know when you have this new group set up and we can begin...
... with ... (very ... given ... learn ... buying ... qualified ... Chris, One of the options I have considered is to include the developers for ProFantasy,...
Count me in for this discussion. For years I have worked with my own generated maps, my own generated (python) tools, and the GIMP, to do just what you are...
... JC, The target geo-database engine that I am proposing is the PostgreSQL/PostGIS Open Souce efforts. The way this combo works is that PostgreSQL provides...
From: "doum_major" <doum_major@...> ... Yup, I've worked with shapefiles. From memory they're only the polygon boundary information, which is a small...
... Wasn't me. There is an XML format used by AutoREALM (.aurx, IIRC), but I had nothing to do with it. If I had, it would be *documented*... I've asked a...
From: "Keith Davies" <keith.davies@...> (snip of discussion of development options) ... Yeah, the AutoRealm redevelopment project went through a brief...
... investing ... Chris and Keith, Neither of you mentioned anything about my suggestion to use PostgreSQL/PostGIS for the underlying geospatial database. Does...
... Chris, We might be able to use GML (Geospatial Markup Language) to describe the data instead of shapefiles. GML has a lot more flexibility as it is based...
... I've got no problem using PostgreSQL, especially if they've got GIS- related extensions available. I don't care for MySQL... I've spent too much time...
chris tutty, although we have disagreed on other topics, this bit of info is in respect to the proprietal dispisosition, of your this digest in a non spacial...
weldon wyninger, i dont remember people's names well ,i am into less important data. your reference to a special group for this discussion is a great idea! if...
From: zantosa Date: Fri Oct 1, 2004 8:24 pm Subject: Flames Rising Returns Hey folks, The Flames Rising website is back up and running again. We are ...
... [waste of bandwidth and time snipped] <rant type='deserved'> Gods damn it Mike, if you *absolutely* *MUST* post this crap, would you at least have the...
Hi, As a result of a couple of discussions I've started the rpg-tooldev group to allow technical discussions of rpg tool development, integration and data...
From: "doum_major" <weldon-wiyninger@...> ... I didn't comment because I haven't used it. Although I understand it's usefulness, it's a bit misleading to...
... I believe I saw a coule of apps that did a limited set of this sort of thing some time ago research tools on the net. One of the big problems I found with...
... be ... regions. Here is a good checklist: http://www.sfwa.org/writing/worldbuilding1.htm There are a lot of packages out there if you don't mind being...
... You might also try out the Conworld article on Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conworld IMHO, it's gradually evolving into a semi-useful...
TO: "cyber_army_italiano" RE: "I want to create my own world. Where should I start?" Hi cyber_army_italiano, Here are a few links I have collected that were...
