Vedexent Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 I was wondering if anyone was aware of any good printable mapping software. What I'd like to be able to do is print out a regional mission map - ideally with the ability to mark concentric raging rings around the bullseye location(s) - and then be able to jot down allied aircraft report of enemy units. Sort of the old "grease pencil on the canopy" notes tactic - only there's no real writable canopy here Or ... is there a way - or a mod - to do this with the in-game kneeboard? Thanks,
Milli Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 Ummm.... not sure what exactly you are after but would these ideas be any good? 1. Search for Georgia in google maps, save a few images so you can quickly print one out and draw/write on it for each mission. Using a real kneeboard. 2. Download some more detailed maps from here:http://mapstor.com/map-sets/country-maps/georgia.html They're quite cheap and you'll be able to print them out at will. Hope it helps somewhat. Regards, Milli
Vedexent Posted October 12, 2013 Author Posted October 12, 2013 OK, I'm flying CAS with an Su-25A, in a large, multiple unit, moving front engagement, in a summer thunderstorm, in mountainous terrain north-west of Tbilisi. For some reason the Americans really want Tbilisi bad; don't ask me why, it' a randomly generated mission base. As the Su-25A's targeting computer is pretty much the Mark I eyeball, I am having a hell of a time in the rain picking out advancing American light armor units rolling through the wide mountain valleys (at least until I fly too far down the valley, and the Vulcan AAA units lock radar on me and hose me out of the sky; oh, there they are :P). However, I'm getting allied unit radio chatter - "AAA at Bulls 285 for 12". I can't see the AAA, but I know that the bullseye is just north of Tbilisi (and I may even have it overlaid on my map), so it's pretty simple to make a quick mark on the map to indicate there's AAA there. That's what I'm doing, and the rationale behind my "ask". ----- I actually was looking at option #1 - perhaps even keeping it as a digital file and using my tablet as a kneeboard (you can get kneeboard tablet cases for about the same price as a traditional kneeboard). I hadn't known about option #2 - which would work even better with the tablet idea. If I can slap those in some drawing program and put a bulleye navigation overlay, it would work very well. Thank you.
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