18.06.2008, 17:23
Just out of curiosity, I opened the map_c for the in-sim Singapore map; this is sized at 8000 x 5408 pixels. This translates to a map_h/map_T size of 2000 x 1352 pixels, or 400 x 270.4 km at 1:1 scale.
I then converted the proposed map_c jpeg file (posted above) to tga and resized it to a width of 8000 pixels using Photoshop, then compared the size of Singapore Island to that of Singapore Island in the actually released map. Unfortunately expanding the map size resulted in significant blurring and sharpening did not improve the image, so the results of measuring do contain an error factor. However, the proposed map_c would have been approximately 9600 x 9500 pixels, giving a map_h/map_T size of 2400 x 2375 pixels, or 480 x 475 km at 1:1 scale.
And while the size of the proposed map would have been a significant improvement, it would probably have contained the same faults/shortcomings that the actually released map does.
I then converted the proposed map_c jpeg file (posted above) to tga and resized it to a width of 8000 pixels using Photoshop, then compared the size of Singapore Island to that of Singapore Island in the actually released map. Unfortunately expanding the map size resulted in significant blurring and sharpening did not improve the image, so the results of measuring do contain an error factor. However, the proposed map_c would have been approximately 9600 x 9500 pixels, giving a map_h/map_T size of 2400 x 2375 pixels, or 480 x 475 km at 1:1 scale.
And while the size of the proposed map would have been a significant improvement, it would probably have contained the same faults/shortcomings that the actually released map does.