My next terrain project

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this is the old, SF1 original version (not fully updated to SF2, but easily done). There's also a couple of fixes in the SF2 Terrains section that give in minor upgrades

Use it as a base, if you want

[+Gepard 11,998]

The first tiles for Detroit, Michigan are now on the map. The screenshot shows the view from the canadian side.

I think i must create some new city coastal tiles with buildings up to the waterline. The one, which i use, i made with sat pictures of Chicago. But they not really fit for Detroit.

 

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The sat pictures, which i used to made the city tile, showing a lot of trees. Thatswhy i planted 460 trees on the tile. I think so it looks a little bit more realistic.

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I planting trees in the suburbs too.

The X-shape trees are outdated, compared with other games. If i could get a TOD tree which would have not only 2 crossing layers, but 4 crossing layers. That would be much better.

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I was not really happy with the x-shaped tree with horizontal layer, which i used before. That's why i made a new one. It's an american white oak.

I think it looks a little bit better than before.

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Lake Winnebago in an early stage.

Screenshots shows flight along east coast to south.

Then heading to west. A placeholder tile marks the location of the town of Oshkosh.

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don't forget to add the Snap-On tool factory if you add Kenosha. With all the money I spent with them in my career, they've probably built a whole annex named after me!!!! 

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SitRep: I putted so far 53  placeholders for bigger towns on the map. I hope that i wrote them correctly.

More towns will come.

This are:

Name,   Coordinates

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Michigan
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Detroit             707, 543
Ann Arbor        667,529
Saginaw        667,601
Lansing        623,561
Kalamazoo    567,531
Holland        529,571
Grand Rapids    557,577
Muskegon    519,597
Cadillac        581,665
Traverse City    565,685
Petoskey        603,721
Mackinaw City    615,743
Cheboygan    637,735
Alpena        689,699
Escabana        483,745
Iron Mountain    427,745
Marinette        437,701
Marquette        419,785

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Pennsylvania
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Erie        895,521

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Ohio
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Cleveland        823,501
Akron        819,477
Youngstown    865,489
Toledo        687,495

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Indiana
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Fort Wayne    607,467
South Bend    519,491

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Illinois
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Chicago        437,509
Joliet        425,495
Naperville        421,509
Elgin        419,525
Rockford        387,535
Davenport    283,503

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Wisconsin
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Kenosha        427,559
Milwaukee    423,589
Janesville        391,563
Madison        371,587
Sheboygan    433,623
Fond du Lac    395,625
Wisconsin Dells    351,619
Oshkosh        385,641
Appleton        395,661
Green Bay    415,669
Stevens Point    359,669
Wausau        351,691                        <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Funny name for german ears. means "barking female pig" in german
Antigo        377,703
Rhinelander    369,743

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Canada
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Sarnia        757,575
London        815,571
Hamilton        903,597
Guelph        881,623
Kitchener        869,609
Tobermory    809,711

So it looks at the map:

 

 

[+daddyairplanes 10,840]

would you consider Aurora Illinois? west and slightly north of Naperville, and with a regional airport (or small airbase in game) just outside the city limits. about 10 miles (~16km) away

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10 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

would you consider Aurora Illinois? west and slightly north of Naperville, and with a regional airport (or small airbase in game) just outside the city limits. about 10 miles (~16km) away

In a first step i will bring the bigger towns in "shape", so that their form will match the reality as close as possible. In a second step i will focus on smaller towns and towns with airfields. And surely Aurora will come on the map.

[+daddyairplanes 10,840]

hope so. Aurora and Naperville  kinda like to go back and forth for whose bigger and/or has more

my dad was from the area, and i spent my teenage years in Boulder Hill, a very small town outside of Aurora

Aurora Municipal Airport is actually in Sugar Grove, but is owned by the City of Aurora and is just outside city limits, literally the way most airbases are outside of cities in game. as i recall it didnt hold much bigger than business jets, but that direct knowledge is over 25 years old

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Nice to see Fond de Lac listed. I dated a gal from there, a million years ago. Typical Mid-Western, corn-fed woman. She had a great couple of ... assets.