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Published: 2016-05-16 21:31:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 8700; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 140
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Link to Inkscape DownloadIf you have any further questions, feel free to ask. I may have missed something as most parts come naturally to me.
Please read entire tutorial before commenting, thank you
I know the tutorial is aesthetically unappealing however it gets the job done.
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How do you add the grid for latitude and longitude lines?
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I used the pen tool on the very top layer and used a globe as reference. I will remake this tutorial sometime soon
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Alright thanks. That's what I did for my last map, but I was probing for an easier way
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I started using inkscape, so I guess it's time for a topographic map
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I'd be happy to see more topographic maps as they're my favourite style
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Any sites you recommend for acquiring topographic source maps? I checked Wikimedia commons but not much is there I feel.
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check out this site Β it's one of the best out there
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It's also important to make sure that the maps you use to trace from are all of the same projection. If not, these parts over here will line up just fine, but not those parts over there. It can get very frustrating.
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indeed! yes yes yes a thousand times over, I've tried explaining a similar problem to someone who didn't understand how projections could differ and why her maps were fundamentally different even when overlaying and shrinking them
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Depends what sort of work you want to do with it; if you want to create anything vector-based I'd recommend videos on programs like Illustrator since it's the same basic concept. However I am currently working on creating a few videos with the MapsAndFlags admin team on cartography and vexillology. There are a ton of tutorials for maps on Inkscape on AlternateHistory.com if you would like a link I can provide one
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Wow! IΒ΄ll definitly give it a try when IΒ΄m back from "holidays" with my class. Β Β
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Just to have an idea: how much time did you spend on that map?
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on the Peru-Bolivia map? a few weeks, mostly because I didn't work on it every day.Β
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Don't listen to this madman! Inkscape isn't the best! GIMP is the best! Don't listen to the 3/4s of people who'd argue against me!
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GIMP is great for raster images, but completely sucks for vector drawings.
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well, it's true (mostly because GIMP doesn't do Vector at all 
Now get your heresy out of here
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INKSCAPE IS LIFE!
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Inkscape is a false god!
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Inkscape is love, Inkscape is life!
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Inkscape! Gimp!
Gimp! Inkscape!
Inkscape! Gimp!
PAINT!
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MS Paint or Paint.net?
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naaaaah kid pix is where it's atΒ Β
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Thank you very much for finally posting it!
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You are truly deviantart's cartography president!
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Lol, thank you I suppose
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I second that comment, you really are one of the best, if not THE best.
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thanks!
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