Topography map

[rcizik5519]

Would it be possible to get a Topological map that we could zoom into and add route sketches? IRL the land would have been surveyed before the first tie went into making a route, and in the local field office they would use the survey to plan the route to minimize cost, As it stands it is near impossible to do a good, low incline path in less than 5 cleanups. Whereas if we had a topo map, we could plan better, especially if we could sketch a route om the map and have it appear as a grey line io the ground.

Also please add a Dot to the map for each location, to make it easier to find a company, after all the logging camp only occupies the space of approx 2 letters out of the 12 on the map.

[Kitsune Dawn]

There's one problem... well two technically.

Topographical mapping started on the east coast in 1884, but it wasn't until around 1910 they started being widely accepted.

They were far from accurate, with major deviations creating no end of problems for railroad builders. I remember reading one such case where, during a realignment of the Union Pacific in the 20's, the map they were given showed a small hill which the railroad would need to put a cut through. That small hill turned out to be a massive granite outcropping that ended up needing a tunnel blasted through.

[Skorj]

Originally posted by rcizik5519:

Would it be possible to get a Topological map that we could zoom into and add route sketches? IRL the land would have been surveyed before the first tie went into making a route, and in the local field office they would use the survey to plan the route to minimize cost, As it stands it is near impossible to do a good, low incline path in less than 5 cleanups. Whereas if we had a topo map, we could plan better, especially if we could sketch a route om the map and have it appear as a grey line io the ground.

Also please add a Dot to the map for each location, to make it easier to find a company, after all the logging camp only occupies the space of approx 2 letters out of the 12 on the map.

Railroad Studio[railroad.studio] to study your map offline, including rails topography, and industries.

RRO Extended[tom-90.github.io] to see the same while you play.

Hope that helps. Made all the difference for me.

[solarus the iron horsemon]

these tipe of swiches are called [uzzle swiceses

[rcizik5519]

The Topos im talking about would have been created by a survey team sent out by the railroad upto a year before the route was to be constructed. Errors were part of the accepted norm, because people were shooting the grades at chain length distances, through heavy forests, and over rivers in the Rockies. A Surveyor's chain is 66 feet, and IIRC they would try to shoot in 10 to 20 chain increments (660 to 1320 feet). To make it worse, if the Surveyor's Transit was 1/4 of a degree off level, then the height measurement would be off almost 3 feet for every 10 chains, let alone if the compass was off by a degree or less when plotting the survey line. Now say the crew did (30) 20 chain measurements in straight line that day, they could be off by up to 172 feet for that 39,600 foot (7.5 mile) survey, if they even progressed in a straight line the whole way..... So when they Cartographers compiled the surveys into a topo, back at the field or local office, some adjustments were made to average the disagreements, if not require a new survey for a feature.

Originally posted by KibuFox:

There's one problem... well two technically.

Topographical mapping started on the east coast in 1884, but it wasn't until around 1910 they started being widely accepted.

They were far from accurate, with major deviations creating no end of problems for railroad builders. I remember reading one such case where, during a realignment of the Union Pacific in the 20's, the map they were given showed a small hill which the railroad would need to put a cut through. That small hill turned out to be a massive granite outcropping that ended up needing a tunnel blasted through.

[rcizik5519]

Is there any way to capture/download the RR Studio map image into a jpg or pdf to view or print? Screen print will be too low resolution.
Thanks,

Originally posted by Skorj:

...

Railroad Studio[railroad.studio] to study your map offline, including rails topography, and industries.

RRO Extended[tom-90.github.io] to see the same while you play.

Hope that helps. Made all the difference for me.

[Skorj]

Originally posted by rcizik5519:

Is there any way to capture/download the RR Studio map image into a jpg or pdf to view or print? Screen print will be too low resolution.
Thanks,

Not with your tracks, but the base map yes. Just right-click on the Railroads.Studio map and "Save image as" or your browser's equivalent thereof. It will give you a very large image. I used it to plan my grades.