Rise of Flight - Map of the Gameworld
Dev 9/28/2008 7:59:10 PMwww.riseofflight.com
Map of the gameworld
The gameworld is the world of the military Europe of 1917—1918. Historical maps of that time are taken for the bases. Each map has been thoroughly studied and converted into a digital format. The map itself consists of a large number of layers which are combined in a single whole. Everything that you see is a handmade work. We have contacted our French game community who has given to us the information about the battles, tactical operations, front lines and so forth. We used Geo-information systems to create rivers, roads, forests and so forth, after that we have combined everything and adhered to co-ordinates on the game map. It was rather complex because we had to find map of heights which in a consequence we took from NASA satellite, SRTM. There were problems with drawing forests and rivers because this information is practically not accessible. Only NASA satellite photos and historical maps have helped us to create a realistic atmosphere of that time. We managed to restore all topographical data and everything is the same like it was 90 years ago.
up – google maps, down – Rise of Flight map
It took us more than a year to create the game world. 4 developers were engaged in the creation process of game world and each and every employee has made his additions. We have created absolutely authentic map of that time. Our game world has no analogues in other games. Our developers combined a large number of historical objects and geographically exact data into one world.
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