Maps!!! We need them...

[fast2okc]

Map

Glenpool911,

Can you make it a gif?

I can put it in the header if it is gif.

(sorry, I lost the keys to the photoshop )


--fast2okc

 

[N5MRK]

*Listening to DI.fm*

Ok... after several hours of playing with photoshop, i've finished the map. I found a pdf (high res) copy of the okc "wards." I figured out that the pdf contained "layers" i guess. So i imported just the images into photoshop along with the text for the street names. Then i outlined each division and colored it in. (50% transparent) xD xD

Here are two version. The problem is that its a very high res image. If i shrink it down, you loose the street names. What i'd suggest you do is put a small thumbnail, like the one below, on the main OKC page. (The thumb below is a 500x351 gif) Then have a link to the main image. The map is natively 2007 x 1407. Its quite large. lol. Here are the maps.

Here is a link to the High res image:
http://www.freedomplease.com/mattrk/pics/OKC-Division-Map.jpg

Let me know what you think.

-Matt

 

[crayon]

Let me know what you think.

Sweet.

Ok, I have made changes to the RRDB for OKC so that the map is now being displayed.

Is is just me or does the high-res map kinda run downhill to the left?



So who is working up a new OHP map us? It would be nice to do a 50% transparent on it as well so roads can be seen ...

 

[N5MRK]

Yeah, i agree. Its nice to have some streets. I took a screenshot of Oklahoma from Mappoint 2004 and then cropped it out. I then overlayed it onto the map above and am slowly cutting the troop names out of the image. That way I can make just the colored outlines transparent and then re-add the troop names. This is a sample: i'm only 1/4 of the way done. I have to do a job tonight, so i'll try to finish it tomorrow. If i had a higher res image of the map, it would be better, but this is fine.

What do you think?

-Matt

 

[Buckskinner33]

Thats good...Thats real good

 

[crayon]

What do you think? (ohp map)

Well done!

I've said it before ... Oklahoma rocks when it come to the rr.com RRDB!!



btw - I know fast2 has IM'd ya about this .. but dont forget to speal "Will Rogers" correctly on the OKC PD map.

 

[K5MAR]

Perhaps it would help reduce the "clutter" on the OHP map if you dropped the word "Troop", and just put the letter in each area. A slug line at the bottom saying "OHP Troops" should make it plain what the letters signify.

Also, any thoughts on how to handle the turnpike troops? Outsiders might not understand what Turner, Cimarron, or Kirkpatrick XXX means (just to mention a few).

Mark S.

 

[N5MRK]

Thanks for the tips. I'll do that. I was thinking that myself as well. As for the turnpike troops.... i'm not sure. I'll play around with photoshop some more tomorrow. I'm dead tired.

-Matt

 

[N5MRK]

Ok... i just finished it. I didn't know what to do with the turnpike and highway troops. I guess i'm not to sure about those myself... anyways. Here is the map. If anyone wants the PSD file let me know.

I also made a gif... if that makes a differnece.

-Matt

 

[N5MRK]

Ok... so i go to change something on the OKC map today... and i find out that i didn't save the PSD file. So... i had to re-do it. Luckily i had saved up to the point of adding the names. So thats all i had to do. So... if it looks a bit diff... thats why.

The Gif Thumbnail:
http://www.freedomplease.com/mattrk/pics/OKCDIvisionMapv2-thumb.gif

The high res image:
http://www.freedomplease.com/mattrk/pics/OKCDivisionMapv2.jpg

-Matt

 

[K5MAR]

The Troop maps look awesome! Thanks for your hard work Matt!
I don't know about the turnpike troops either. Maybe a text listing under the OHP listing giving the turnpike names and that they are used for tpike unit identifiers. Somebody have a better idea? :?

Mark S.

 

[Glenpool911]

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!

Next time ask for something easier, okay.... :lol:

 

[foster_006]

Maybe make the turnpikes a little bit bigger and a color that stands out.. and make a legend for each turnpike and their corresponding colors under the panhandle.. just a thought..

 

[N5MRK]

Would someone post up here which troops handle what turnpikes and such? I'd be happy to make the change, but I’m unfamiliar with the turnpikes. Thanks!

-Matt

 

[crayon]

Would someone post up here which troops handle what turnpikes and such? I'd be happy to make the change, but I’m unfamiliar with the turnpikes.

http://www.radioreference.com/data/images/a/584/ohpmap.jpg

 

[crayon]

N5MRK, any progress on the OHP map?

 

[foster_006]

Geez Crayon.. give the man a break! hehe

Oh ya.. I finally got that Spectra installed!!

 

[crayon]

Geez Crayon.. give the man a break!!

No breaks around here .. MAPS!!! we need them!



So you gots your ride all pimped out with a spectra, eh? Any pictures?