12.12.2007, 15:52
Just trying out a little trial drawing in road, rail and woods.
What a disappointment going back to plotting road and rail at 45deg angles after all the nice sweeping bends on the rivers. Not a lot of choice though. I think the right approach is going to be to adopt a schematic layout for road and rail rather than trying to follow the map too closely. Too many bends just looks daft. So maybe think in terms of the towns as nodal points and use a simplified road geometry to link them all up.
What a disappointment going back to plotting road and rail at 45deg angles after all the nice sweeping bends on the rivers. Not a lot of choice though. I think the right approach is going to be to adopt a schematic layout for road and rail rather than trying to follow the map too closely. Too many bends just looks daft. So maybe think in terms of the towns as nodal points and use a simplified road geometry to link them all up.