Jena (Thuringia, Germany) by MB
A map of the city and surrounding landscape around Jena, Germany. Made with much love and with the help of a real orthophoto for exact placement.
The map may be used for a normal game (no mods required!) or may serve as a base for re-creating the real city of Jena. When using the map in an unmodded game, please note that the Saale is a rather small river (for the sake of this game), so it has only a limited waste water disposal capacity.
Map information:
- Area 20x20km, in game ~17x17km, so slightly smaller than reality. This compromise was chosen in order to have the whole city from Lobeda to Löbstedt fit into the inner 25 tile area, playable by default.
- Detailed "ASTER 30m" elevation model with artefacts manually corrected where necessary.
- Accurately placed highway "A4" including tunnels, major bridges/overpasses and both junctions (Göschwitz + Lobeda). Only vanilla road pieces have been used in order to avoid dependencies to DLCs and/or mods.
- Both train lines (east-west and along the Saale river valley) are accurately placed including bridges, overpasses and dams. Again, only standard train tracks have been used.
- The Saale is the only river on the map,accurately placed and with flowing water, of course. Concerning wastewater disposal a bit of creativity is needed when not using mods. Of course the "Schleichersee" lake is there as well.
- Forests with correct distribution of deciduous vs. needle leaf areas have been re-created from real orthophoto data using a handful of standard trees (mostly needle leaf and beeches). Around 210.000 trees were hand-planted. Well, partly 😉 Outside the 25 tile zone the tree density has been reduced towards the map border.
- Fertile areas are available where they are in reality. No oil, no minerals as in reality.
- An airplane route is available, note however that the real "Schöngleina" airfield is located outside the 25 tile zone.
- Base theme: "European".
This map would have been impossible without the help of following mods:
– OverLayer – by "princekolt"
– Map Editor Tunnels Enabler – by "Bloody Penguin"
– More Network Stuff – by "Bloody Penguin"
– No Tree Brush Slope Limit – by "Bloody Penguin"
– Prefab Hook – by "boformer"
A huge thank you to these programmers.
