Sillavengo Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Here is a great website for scenario creators: it contains all topographic maps of Italy, down to 1:25.000 scale (and to 1:10.000 orthophotos). Unfortunately it's all in italian: follow these steps to enter and use it. 1) go to www.atlanteitaliano.it 2) click on "Cartografia" (upper menu bar) 3) click on "Accesso" below "Accesso libero" (free access) 4) click ok to read the policy 5) click on "Accetto" (footpage) *) if it asks for an userid/pw just leave blank and press Ok 6) choose "Installazione automatica" (or manual, as you wish. you're going to install an ECW viewer to see the map through your browser) 7) after installing, you should see an ECW logo on the left side. look right and click on the blue "QUI" (here) to go to the maps *) if it asks for an userid/pw just leave blank and press Ok 8) here you are. select the region you want to see from the left map menu, and choose the type of map from the right frame. "Ortofoto B-n" are B&W orthophotos. IGM (Istituto Geografico Militare) are the topographic maps used by the italian army, ranging from 1:500.000 to 1:25.000 for each region. If you need help, translations or anything you can mail me! ciao massimiliano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Massimiliano, Grazie mille! What a fantastic resource. One note for others - it requires MS IE as a browser. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I think it would be a great source - unfortunately where I live the security proxy won't allow the image to come thru....dang 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Absolutely stunning resolution at 1:25000, and aerial overlays to boot. This is an awesome resource for map makers. However... no comprendo el printo le hardcopyissimo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Hmmmmm is the map image downloadable? ie can I get some lovely soul to down load a map of the Monte Lugo area? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sillavengo Posted January 29, 2005 Author Share Posted January 29, 2005 Sorry Hans, they're not downloadable. There are some useful tools for viewing:if you click on the "Immagini affiancate" icon (2nd from left, top left corner), you can get a twin view of orthophoto & 1:25.000, or B/W orthophoto & colour orthophotos, as you wish. Moreover, clicking on the "Immagini sovrapposte" icon (3rd from left, top left corner) you will get an overlay view. It's very useful to overlay orthophotos with IGM maps, so you can see the name of the places on the photos! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Best of all the IGm 1:25000 seem to be WW2 era! Thanks so much for this excellent resource. A bit of clever screen capturing will enable you to save these maps. I am using screenprint32 v3.5 and it saves it pretty good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTF Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Sounds cool, but apparently it only works with Windows. :mad: Edited to add: if someone wants to procure and send me a 1:25000 map showing the San Vittore del Lazio and surrounding areas they'd be my extra-special best friend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 AndrewTF I got screen captured bitmaps of San Vittore del Lazio. email me and I can attach them and send them off. cheers. btw - I grew up in Ross :cool: and went to grade school in San Anselmo... small world! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Originally posted by Hoolaman: Best of all the IGm 1:25000 seem to be WW2 era!This is not correct. Thanks so much for this excellent resource.This is. A bit of clever screen capturing will enable you to save these maps.As is this. FWIW, 1:15,000 seems to be a good scale at which to be able to read the detail on the "IGM 1:25,000" maps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Originally posted by JonS: This is not correct. JonS, Do you know what era these maps are from? The cartographic quality and the fonts sure do appear to be from the 30's and '40s. There is something in the information page about April 1941 blah blah 1999. translation anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTF Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Originally posted by simovitch: AndrewTF I got screen captured bitmaps of San Vittore del Lazio. email me and I can attach them and send them off. cheers. btw - I grew up in Ross :cool: and went to grade school in San Anselmo... small world! Ross... wow! Ritzy. I grew up in Novato and find myself living there yet again. Check your e-mail, and thanks! I'll use the maps to complete the world's longest scenario-in-progress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Originally posted by JonS: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Hoolaman: Best of all the IGm 1:25000 seem to be WW2 era!This is not correct. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simovitch Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I have to side with Hoolaman here. For the 1:25000 topo's: based on the ortho/topo overlay comparison at San Pietro Infini, The topographic quality of the maps, and the annotation style, I would have to say that these are pretty close to the 1940's. This is one for the cartographic forensic files. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I have been looking at the ORSOGNA area (east coast, ARBRUZZO region, SW of ORTONA, roughly x=439432, y=4675656), and the size of the towns there is very different to 1940s. Also, there are sewerage ponds, and most tellingly a large number of new, major routes with 'clover leaf' on and off ramps. Maybe some parts are new, some are old. *shrug* I will remain sceptical that they are 1940s. [ February 06, 2005, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: JonS ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Actually, you are correct, checking out some of the other regions, including *parts* of Arbruzzo region, there are modern maps amongst them. The true test is to bring up the satellite overview and compare. However *most* of the maps, including the Lazio region and even all of Rome, are old. The Leonardo daVinci international airport is not even on them, and I am pretty sure construction began for it began in 1958. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 ah, ok. I stand partially corrected then While rummaging about there the other day, I noticed one of the overlays consists of the grid of maps, with dates for each map. Unfortunately I couldn't tell which map it related to. A bit more rummaging should be able to put two and two together (It crashed on me, and besides its hella slow on a 56k dialup ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I think this one deserves a *bump* Any scenario designer can find all of italy in 1:25000 topo. It is a gold mine. As we have established, *most* of the maps seem to be wartime era give or take a few years. So check it out!! As noted above a freeware program called screenprint32 v3.5 can be used to save or print a screengrab of the maps. If anyone is having trouble getting the maps, post your exact requirements including region and nearby towns, and I will see if I can find them and pass them on via email. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Originally posted by Hoolaman: If anyone is having trouble getting the maps, post your exact requirements including region and nearby towns, and I will see if I can find them and pass them on via email. I'm having trouble opening it. Could be because I am using Firefox as my browser. If possible, can you scan for me the area Villa Strada (not to be confused with the town of Strada) / Villa Bonazza? This is roughly 14 miles south of Florence, and just north of Tavarnelle (also known as Tavarnelle Val di Pesa). It is just west of route 2, the main N-S highway leading to Florence. E-mail me if you have any question. I do appreciate this. BTW, thanks to JonS for the reference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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