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WalksOnRocks
Level 35 : Artisan Princess
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A small (~600x600) island with an grand chain of mountains created using real world topography. There are beaver-dams, lakes with logjams, gigantic pine trees, hanging glaciers, waterfalls, short narrow slot canyons and more... Details make an epic map, not cone-shaped fantasy peaks...

The game is survival ready, just /gamemode 0. I've placed signs with the actual names of several prominent landmarks. Kudos to anyone who can provide me with approximate lat/longs for the actual location on which the mountains are modeled.

If you like the map, but have suggestions for improvement, I'd like to hear it...

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Works Cited:
90m. Digital Elevation Model
www.ambiotek.com/topoview/srtm41.kmz

MicroDEM, For generating a height map to import into WorldPaint
http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem/microdem.htm

Gimp, for converting MicroDEM bmps into grayscale (height map), touching up screenshots
http://www.gimp.org/

Worldpainter, all kinds of awesomeness
www.worldpainter.net/

MCEdit, more kinds of awesomeness
www.mcedit.net/

Custom Tree Repository, with WorldPainter, this project is beautiful
http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/native-trees-of-europe-template-repository-1779952/

Chunky, image rendering
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/63913-chunky-minecraft-mapping-and-rendering-tool/
CreditThis map is in honor of TDWP_FTW, lead for the Biomes O'Plenty Mod; I have been inspired to dig deeper into the rabbit-hole of Minecraft.
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Pandator
11/27/2013 12:51 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Dude this is great. I would love a tutorial showing your work with microdem and importation to worldpainter!
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WalksOnRocks
11/29/2013 8:17 pm
Level 35 : Artisan Princess
Here's the tutorial that got me started:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha2m4_CPoo

The problem is that its 90m elevation data (1 pixel / 90meters) so if you want better detail you have to google "usgs seamless" and get 10m USA data
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Pandator
12/03/2013 6:34 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
Thank you very much
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TheTripping Kangaro0
11/26/2013 1:15 pm
Level 59 : Grandmaster Mountaineer
Diamond!
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ArchitectBrosInc
11/26/2013 8:04 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Architect
Wow man, this is nice! :)
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Bawne
11/26/2013 7:46 am
Level 32 : Artisan Toast
This looks beautiful
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