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Maps

The goal of this project is to provide high quality locator and regular maps. Locator maps are the black outlines with the red shading.

Contributors Feel free to add yourself to the list. User:Dr ishmael (inactive) User:Chieftain Alex To-do /Core zones - 1 Completed by dr ishmael. /LWS1 - 1 /WvW - 1 Update of Edge of the Mists. Rest completed by Chieftain Alex /Cities - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex (API sectors made this possible). /Dungeons - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex (best effort) /Heart of Thorns - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex and Doodleplex /LWS3 - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex /Path of Fire - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex /LWS4 - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex /LWS5 (The Icebrood Saga) - 1 Completed by Chieftain Alex /End of Dragons - 1 Original maps completed by Chieftain Alex, others ongoing Instructions Take high quality ingame screenshots of the world map (settings on max), -bmp command line. Stitch the files together in software like GIMP. [A] Tips: Standing in another zone will prevent event circles/commander+mentor tags etc. Make sure you stand in one with a matching set of map completion objectives (e.g. don't stand in a GH if you're taking a screenshot of a zone with Vistas) You can take a screenshot, then click in a corner of the screen and drag to another corner - this way they tile perfectly when you paste them. You can hide the UI using CTRL+H, then open the world map. Use Widget:Zone map v3 to get a screenshot of the API map boundaries. Paste it into GIMP. Scale image to 117% to match the ingame screenshot size (API render it at 83%). [B] Use the developer tools in firefox to expand the map element size to fit the entire zone/city/etc. Use the screenshot right click tool in firefox to take a screenshot of the entire page, including beyond the visible screen. Put [A] and [B] on the different layers of the same image, align them carefully using layer blend mode "Difference", then crop the canvas. Export the API image [C] and ingame image [D] in PNG format. Open Inkscape, confirm preference settings for DPI image import, export and create are all 96 DPI to avoid blurring images. Create a new file in Inkscape. Drag the [C] API image into Inkscape. Do CTRL+LEFT_SHIFT+D and select fit canvas to drawing. Create a new layer and draw the borders on with the Straight Line tool. You want a 7 px wide white line with round joints. Use the snapping options to join your shapes together neatly. When done, save the SVG [D]. Export the SVG [D] with all layers showing to a PNG file with borders on [E]. Tidy up the image in GIMP if required (e.g. shapes/text overlapping with the sector boundaries). You can then cut this up in other software, e.g. PAINT.NET, to create area maps. Back in Inkscape, hide the base map layer, select all lines, and colour them black. Make a copy of the SVG [E]. In the copy, delete the hidden layers - the SVG should now be a really tiny file. For each area, double the width of the line and fill the shape in red, then save it as a new locator SVG. Upload the results with Widget:Editing robot. Notes ...