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The aim of this tutorial is to create a 2k x 2k map with a 2k Border based on a 30m SRTM downloaded from opendem.info using a blank map based on the Ravenport (mapUS) . It requires a working knowledge of Google Earth, Giants Editor, Image Editors and Blender First a list of things that are required, Google Earth Image editor (Photoshop, Gimp etc) --- Paint.net not recommended as it doesn't appear to save in 8bit greyscale format only index or rgb. Giants Editor Giants DEM Converter (modified version contained in attached Items.zip. If using original you will have to rename the image to D05_DEM.png) Snipping Tool (Windows, All programs, Accessories) Blank 2K Starter map of your choice –If using a larger map ensure the files you create are the correct size i.e. 4k map dem 2048 x 2048 weight files 4096 x 4096 Blender (Only Necessary if creating DEM Border) MicroDem (Only necessary if multiple SRTM’s required or max height difference greater than 255m) Download the Items.zip attached to the end of this tutorial which contains the Area.png and Overlay.i3d Create a new folder on the desktop and place the Items.zip file in it and unzip. NOTE:If using Felsbrunn (mapDE) as a base rename the following files upon completion of the tutorial mapUS_dem.png to mapDE_dem.png, sand04_weight.png to beachSandWet04.png If you do not want the border just ignore any reference to it in the tutorial. There are several places you can obtain SRTM’s and they range in accuracy from 90m (3 arc Second) down to 10m (1/3rd arc Second), a list of sites is below http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/--- Requires registration to download -- has the latest files and are of a better quality https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/-- USA only No log in required http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/Coverage%20map%20viewfinderpanoramas_org1.htm-- No log in required http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/Coverage%20map%20viewfinderpanoramas_org3.htm-- No log in required DOWNLOADING the SRTM OpenDem.info uses data from Copernicus and also has a list of other free DEM sites. https://opendem.info/link_dem.html No log in required To Download Select -- OpenDemEurope ---Download 1 arc-second tiles EPSG:4258 Select the OSM-WMS checkbox Zoom into the proposed area of your Farm click and drag to move the map Press and hold Control --- right click drag to form rectangle A download pop up will appear on release of mouse button Select dataset(s) (in blue text) and download. Pic_1 MARKING OUT the FARM and BORDER AREAS Open Google Earth ensure that the Terrain exaggeration (Tools-- Options) is set to 0.01. Zoom to your preferred location and create a 2.1k horizontal and vertical line in the shape of a cross, saving each line (the extra length of .1k is to allow for better placement later). Select the Add Image Overlay icon and browse to the location of the Area.png (from the items.zip) and open. You will now see a red square with green markers, adjust the edge markers (T shape) to fit the horizontal and vertical lines previously made this will give you a 2.1k square which you can move over the location to finalise the area by means of the centre cross or rotate using the diamond (if you move any of the corner markers you will distort the square and have to reset the edges). Once you are happy with the position click OK, rename the Untitled Image Overlay in the Places Panel to 2K Marker. If you wish to move it again right click on the 2k Marker in the Places panel and select Properties. At this point mark and name the area using the Add Placement tool as when adding the SRTM Google Earth zooms right out so the Markers may not be visible for you to centre the cursor on to crop the SRTM. Pic_2 BORDER To mark out the border all that is required is a line of 2k in length (using the Ruler Tool) leading away from each of the 2k Marker’s sides (4 in total ). Right click on the 2k Marker in the Places Panel and select copy then paste rename this to 6k Marker and adjust each side to the ends of the 4 lines as before for the 2.1k area Pic_3 CREATING the DEM’s and OVERLAY IMAGES If more than 1 SRTM is needed to cover your selected area or the min/max height difference of your area is greater than 255m you may need to use Microdem to either merge them together to ensure correct shading between SRTM’s or readjust the max/ min figures to allow proper scaling in GE. To avoid confusion here I have covered this in a separate section at the end of the tutorial. Ensure your monitor is at its highest resolution Select the Save Image Icon in the top toolbar then Map Options and deselect all items in the dropdown box, (this will remove certain text items from the image) and in the Resolution dropdown select Maximum (4706 x4800 or whatever max your monitor allows) You will require 3 images for the Border DEM and 3 for the map DEM and overlays Check that all items in the Layers Panel of Google Earth are deselected Drag and drop your SRTM directly into Google Earth At the Google Earth prompt select Crop and centre the yellow cursor over your chosen area and in the New Image Overlay box select OK Pic_4 Deselect-Reselect the 6k Marker (or just the 2k marker if not doing a border). Google Earth to Full screen and zoom in till the area marker is as large as possible and the left hand edge is aligned to the X of the Save image box If you have rotated your selection away from North South to make things easier in the image editor I suggest using the frame edge of Google Earth as guide to align the top of the 2k or 6k marker. At this stage it is advisable to create a KML file to assist with any further edits in the future, once created it will automatically open Google Earth at your location with both the area markers and SRTM (s) shown. In the places Panel deselect all the Line Measures then right click on the Temporary Places entry select Save Place As - farm name.KML to your desktop Deselect the Placement marker you created ealier As Google Earth only saves in jpg format this is fine for the Border images as jpg artifacts will not cause much of a problem whereas the Snipping Tool is better for the map dem as it can save in png format so does not suffer from any artefacts. Throughout all the following steps ensure you DO NOT move the Google Earth Image after adjustment otherwise you will have problems with alignment in the image editor For the three Border images Google Earth to Full screen and zoom in till the 6k area marker is as large as possible and the left hand edge is aligned to the X of the Save image box. Make sure the Resolution is set to Maximum (4706 x4800 or whatever max your monitor allows) With the SRTM and 6k Marker visible select save image – save as 6k_BDEM.jpg to your desktop folder (if the SRTM is visible but the 6k marker isn’t just Deselect/Reselect the 6K Marker check box). Deselect the SRTM in the Places Panel and ensure that both the 2k and 6k Markers are visible Save image – 6k¬_BMarker.jpg Deselect the 2k Marker and Save Image -- 6k_BGE.jpg Map DEM and GE, Grass, Sand and Asphalt Overlays Re Select the SRTM and 2k Marker in the Places Panel Google Earth to Full screen and zoom in till the 2k area marker is as large as possible and the left hand edge is aligned to the X of the Save Image box Using the Snipping Tool in Mode -Window Snip select new and hover the cursor over the Google Earth window and left click then File – Save as DEM.png to your desktop folder In the Places panel deselect the SRTM Using the Snipping Tool as before this time saving as GE.png In the Layers Panel select Primary Database and Roads, select the Sun icon in the top toolbar and adjust the slider for maximum darkness and again using the Snipping Tool save image as Roads.png Pic_5 Open the Image Editor (Photoshop in this case) and import all three images into it Select the DEM.png and copy/paste it into the Roads.png then do the same for the GE.png So you have an image comprising of three layers with the GE image uppermost Ensure the rulers are set to Pixels and zoom in to the left hand edge of the Area marker note the reading, do the same for the right hand edge then subtract one from the other and create a new image of that size. Copy paste this new image into the image consisting of the three layers and adjust it so that it fits inside the red area marker of the GE layer. Pic_6 Select this new layer with the Magic Wand tool and then Image –Crop The new layer can now be deleted With only the DEM layer selected Edit – Copy, File- Create New and paste the DEM image into the new image. Flatten and Resize this image to 1024 x 1024 and save it as mapUS_dem.png in your desktop folder (the DEM is resized by GE to 1025 x 1025 after saving in GE) Overlays Asphalt Returning to the original 3 layer image, the DEM layer can now be deleted. Resize the remaining image to 2048 x 2048 With only the GE layer selected Edit – Copy, File- Create New and paste the GE image into the new image Layer –Flatten Image and save as 2k_GE.png Do the same for the Roads layer and save as 2k_Roads Open the new 2k_Roads.png and select Image – Mode –Greyscale, Image –Adjustments-- Brightness/Contrast –Brightness slider full left Contrast slider full right which should leave just the road layout visible. Save this as asphalt04_weight.png Grass and Sand Open 2k_GE.png in the image editor Image --- Mode --Greyscale Filter --- Stylize -- Find Edges Image – Adjustment Brightness/Contrast adjust Contrast to a higher level (approx +50) to further enhance the edges. Image --- Adjustments --- Curves --Move both adjustments towards the centre line (Input 27 Output 0 in this case)—detail can be increased/decreased by adjusting the two points accordingly Save as sand04_weight.png Image --Adjustments -- Invert Save as grass04_weight.png Pic_7 To get the Roads to stand out more open the asphalt04_weight.png in the image editor Select Color Range and select the black area Select --Inverse Selection – and Copy Paste into grass04_weight, then (only new layer) -- Image-- Adjustments --Invert Flatten Image and resave as grass04_weight.png Do the same for the sand04_weight Pic_8 You can now try the files out by copy/pasting them into the mapUS folder and opening the map in GE then import the Overlay i3d, adjusting the Y translation of the Overlay transform group as necessary (providing you have saved the GE image as 2k_GE you should not need to alter image name/location in notepad ++). The terrain will look like a staircase and can be smoothed by using the terrain brush but a better way is to convert the mapUS_dem from 8 bit RGB to 16bit Greyscale. I have altered the cmd scripts in the DEM converter so they work on just drag and drop and not specific names like before. Copy paste the mapUS_dem into the GIANTS_DEM_Converter folder and drag/drop onto the convertTo16bitChannel.cmd file a mapUS_dem-16Bit.png will be produced. Open the new mapUS_dem-16Bit.png in the Image Editor and select Filter –Blur –Gaussian Blur –Radius 5.0 pixels and save to the mapUS folder as mapUS_dem.png. Open the map in GE and the terrain should be perfectly smooth with the height levels within 5m of what they should be when compared with Google Earth Pic_9 Pic_10 CREATING the BORDER Using the three images created earlier and applying the same method as for the Map DEM and GE. Open the Image Editor (Photoshop in this case) and import the 6k_BGE, 6k_BMarker and 6k_BDEM images into it Copy/Paste the 6k_BGE.jpg and 6k_BMarker into the 6k_BDEM image creating a three layer image See ---Pic_5 Above Ensure the rulers are set to Pixels and zoom in to the left hand edge of the Area marker note the reading do the same for the right hand edge then subtract one from the other and create a new image of that size. See Pic_6 Above Copy paste this new image into the image consisting of three layers and adjust it so that it fits inside the red area marker of the 6k_GE layer. Select this new layer and Image –Crop then delete new layer Resize image to 4096 x 4096 With just the DEM layer selected Select All – Copy –Create New—Paste –Flatten Image—Save as - 6k_DEM.png Do the same for the 6k_BMarker and 6k_BGE layers saving as 6k_Marker and 6k_GE respectively Blender Open Blender delete the cube ensure that the units are set to metric. Then do the following In Object mode- Add - Mesh –Planes (can also be done by adding Images as Planes but will lead to distortion and problems with scaling) Edit Mode -- Subdivide –Number of cuts 10 Add Texture – 6k_Marker.png Image Mapping --Extension --Clip U/V Unwrap Plane and assign Texture Pic_11 Object mode – Add New Texture ----add the 6k_DEM.png to the next slot with the following settings Image--Color Space to --Linear Image Mapping --Extension --Clip Mapping-- Coordinates --Generated Influence --Deselct Color Select –Intensity Pic_12 Add Modifier - Subdivision Surface -Simple - Subdivisions - View 3 Add Modifier - Displace – Texture - dropdown box select 6k_DEM texture Texture Coordinates – UV Strength – 0.1 --- set to 0.1 to allow fine adjustment when opened and aligned in Giants Editor Pic_13 Apply Subdivision Surface Modifier then Displace Modifier Add Modifier –Edge Split and apply Do not apply location or scale Export as Giants i3d as Border_1 to your desktop folder Open in Notepad++ and correct image file path. Don’t close Blender as further adjustments will be necessary Open map in GE and import the border_1.i3d Scale X =3000, Scale Z =3000 (plane 2m square border 6000m square) Y Scale this is dependant on the max height of your terrain over the whole border area (obtained from Google Earth) in this case its 281m so Y Scale equals 281 x 10 =2810 if max height below 100m then x 100 Adjust Y translation to raise lower border to fit map (may require slight adjustment to Y scale to match perfectly) Pic_14 Note where the 2k Marker is in relation to the map edges Back into Blender to delete the centre area to allow a closer match with map edges without encroaching on main map area. Edit Mode Border select –“B” and click drag to select an area 2 squares Inside the 2k Marker then ”X” to delete faces Select Edge mode Shift Alt and select one of the internal edges then lower (“G”- “Z”) by approx 2m Pic_15 Export as Giants i3d -- this time as Border.i3d Open in Notepad++ and correct image file path. Open map in GE and import the border.i3d Scale and translate as before, there should now be no incursion of the border into the main part of the map making it easier to match the edges Finally replace the 6k_Marker .png with the 6k_GE.png using the Materials Editing panel in GE To remove the shiny effect adjust the Smoothness and Metal in the Materials Editing window to 0. Finished border and DEM Pic_16 Google Earth colours obviously do not match the FS colours so a suggestion for matching the colours of the fields is to use the Distance Textures from your map files and modifying the 6k_GE.png You can also create normal and specular maps to add to the Border if you wish to make things stand out The poly count of the complete border is 15,488 in comparison the US map border/boundary has 45,836 (and only covers three sides) . MICRODEM Microdem is a freeware mapping program available from here https://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem/microdem.htm Ensure that all the SRTM’s you wish to merge are contained in one separate folder. If merging using Earth Explorer files ensure you have the .dt2 files i.e. n51_w003_1arc_v3.dt2 as using the normal GeoTiff.tiff file causes projection problems between Microdem and Google Earth. Open Microdem File –Open and merge DEM’s Navigate to the relevant folder select all DEM’s and open Once merged DEM’s are displayed Select – Modify –– Display Parameter -- Elevation Select zRange -- If the min/max height difference is 255m or less and max height less than or equal to 255 then the Zrange can be left as it is, for other values see Note 2 at the bottom of this section Under Display colours select Gray scale (monochrome) and click OK Pic_17 File – Save map as image – Quick map Export to Google Earth This will then open up your merged and adjusted DEM in Google Earth at the correct location. Right Click the Microdem entry in the Places Panel of Google Earth – Select – Properties and adjust the Transparency slider to Opaque and continue with the tutorial. Note: Some SRTM’a display a completely white images in Google Earth, if this happens open the SRTM in Microdem and follow the above steps to modify the Display Parameters. Note 2 Zrange Values If the difference in min/max height values is greater than 255m i.e 37 to 560m = 523m to keep the same ratio between the min and max heights and stay within the 255 limit required by GE it’s just a case of bit of maths i.e. min 37 max 560 – ratio 560/37 = 15.13 max hgt in GE 255/15.13 = 17 so new Zrange will be min 17m, max 255m For min values of 10m or below with a max height above 255 the only option is to reduce the max height to 255m. 10m figure is only a guide as GE does not allow any terraforming below 0m so no rivers or holes can be dug After adjusting the Zrange in Microdem you may find that when you check the various heights against Google Earth in GE there will be a discrepancy in the readings this is due to the restriction in GE of a max height of 255 metres (255 shades) but the difference between two points should be approximately the same i.e. Google Earth point 1. 325m, point 2. 150, GE point.1 250, point2. 75m diff between points 1 and 2= 175m. As always the final result is dependent on the quality of the original data, below is an image which shows two unedited 30m SRTM’s of this particular region. Pic_18 You can see that the Shuttle data is a lot smoother and more defined which means that it might only require converting to 16bit and not adding any Gaussian Blur factor to create a smooth terrain. Further Notes Some people have been having problems in using this tutorial so here are some helpful hints Read the tutorial carefully It requires a working knowledge of Google Earth, Giants Editor, Image Editors and Blender, there are several tutorials available on the web on these programmes if needed. Also it is based on a blank 2k map using the Ravenport (mapUS) map If using map based on the Felsbrunn (mapDE) rename the following files upon completion of the tutorial mapUS_dem.png to mapDE_dem.png, sand04_weight.png to beachSandWet04.png or beachSandRough04.png. To ensure the new weight files you create display correctly, check that all the other weight.png's in the map folder are black i.e. no texture, (white area texture created, black area no texture created). Obviously if you are using a 4k or even 16k map the Map DEM and GE, Grass, Sand and Asphalt Overlays image sizes will have to be increased by a factor of 2 i.e. 4k map 2048 x 2048 DEM, 4096 x 4096 overlays. Items.zip

Don’t worry about glitch. It was a stupid mod that was active automatically when I brought the tractor. It did same thing on the hulk tipper.

New to this site. You can thank nick the hick. For putting me on to you. Well done on the mod thanks. One minor glitch. You can’t tab into this tractor. I’m not sure it’s a mod conflict, a glitch or the way you have intended it to be Other then that, very well done! And thank you for adding dual narrows. Is there a file for the hp torque chart? thanks again to the team here . I do appreciate it

Sorry Issa I adjusted the fuel trigger on the fuel fermenter, it should work now.

HI I can't seem to unload pig food at the pigs? Great map btw 🙂 Thanks

Are you sure you have the last version of the map?

View File Holmer Hr 12 Trailer Hello, Thanx to Kw4life for the idea i added a back hitch to the Holmer Hr 12 Trailer, now u can transport more headers at once, body and rims are colorable, longer wear duration added. Submitter CHRIS__82 Submitted 04/21/2019 Category FS19 Trailers CREDITS Giants, CHRIS__82, Kw4life for the idea