Re: In Search of a Mapping Utility

From: rhdlamb@ix.netcom.com (Robert Lamb)

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

>Alex Kayne (kayne@indirect.com) wrote:
>: Are there any good mapping utilities out there that work under
>: Windows?  I'd like to find a program that will allow me to record
>: terrain type, location of towns, etc.

The best one I've found yet (and I think its GREAT!) is called the
Atlantean Enquirer.

Beautiful tiles (256 color?), fast & easy editing, easy to cut and
paste ascii turn report text (or enter your own) into the built-in
editor so you can click on a location and see all the info you want.

In addition to the usual forest, mountains, etc. terrain you can
_overlay_ pics like skulls, horses, towns, flags, shields, ships, etc.
onto any hex, and the latest rev (rev3) also allows you to add roads
and streams to an existing map.

There's an older version (1.22) available at the Atlantis home page:
    http://net.cs.utexas.edu/users/orb/atlantis/
Look halfway down the page for the Atlantis 2 utilities - "enquirer"
Contact the author for a copy of the latest rev.3.

If you just want to look at an example of the nice graphics check out
one of the players home pages:
    http://www.cet.co.jp/~anthonyc/atlantis/snowmap.htm

Oh, by the way, the mapper is FREE, and in my opinion far better than
the commercial piece of crap I foolishly paid $80.00 for.

Rob.

References

In Search of a Mapping Utility
kayne@indirect.com (Alex Kayne)
Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: In Search of a Mapping Utility
kerry@info.ols.us.dell.com (Kerry Harrison)
Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

In Search of a Mapping Utility
kayne@indirect.com (Alex Kayne)
Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: In Search of a Mapping Utility
kerry@info.ols.us.dell.com (Kerry Harrison)
Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000