Very informative - Thank you so much. I use the Google Earth 'Marker pins' in each 4 corners, then it is easy to capture the next shot when you have a marker to pin point accuracy.
Thanks for this tutorial. Just completed 25 Basemapz of Sacramento port area. No problems; need to very careful that the saved images are the same size. I used images with 400 feet scale showing in lower right. Saved per your instructions, then moved Google image for small overlap, saved again (new folder), etc. In Trainz (TANE), laid them all out with the overlaps matched. It was helpful to do the entire Basemapz session at the same time. Makes overlapping much easier. My Basemapz overhang the underlying Trainz grid, OK with me. Can add the Trainz grid later if desired. Great job, thanks!
You are one hell of a tutor ! I only had one hiccup at 7.58 when it flashed up "unhandled exception". The only thing I did different was to save the GE image in 4K resolution and look up how to ramp all GE settings up to max.
Wow! I know this is 3 years old, but it works like a charm still in 2022! So if anyone happens on this video and wonders if it works currently with 2022, it totally does! I figured SOMETHING would snag me up, but thanks to this video, I imported and set up my first surveyor map in about the time it takes to watch this video. I'm almost curious to see this other video he keeps apologizing for lol. Don't be so hard on yourself! I never saw that one, but this one worked so great! If I had known I could do this, I would have gotten back to trainz years ago. The only thing is the link to google earth pro is dead, but I was able to find it easy. Thanks again @Flamerailzzz !
Hey bro it's hard to get audio right recording no worries ty for the tutorial. Having reference easiely accessable is key to creating anything this tutorial is a gem thank you.
is there a way to setup Google Earth to have sections of the map with the dimensions you need for each basemap. Say I need like 20 basemaps, and I want to be accurate. How exactly would I go about doing that?
If I’m understanding you correctly, You can change the size or shape of the image ( when selecting image resolution) and Resize it appropriately in Basemapz. There’s no way to have preset Dimensions for Google earth pro. You’ll still need to do each one 1 at a time and place them as such. Reason being Basemapz can only create 1 at a time and Google Earth Pro doesn’t have a function for Making multiple sections around the relative area you’ll need. In addition, Since these are screenshots you’ll still need to move around on the map 🗺 and keep screenshotting every part of it. And just lay them down. The method for laying them down overlapping each other is in my older Tutorial for this. Search the Title for this video in the search bar without “ NEW “ in it and take a look.
The area I'm using I'm not even gonna use the compass. I'm so familiar with the area I can figure out which way is North, South, East, and West by the track Layout
When I added my base map to my layout, the tracks on the map are so fuzzy I can hardly see them to trace them with the track. I think it is because my google earth image is fuzzy. Is there a way to make it more clear like yours is?
It’s in the video, pay close attention to When you’ve taken the screenshot and are about to remove the extra logos and information and look for resolution
@@Flamerailzzz All right. Well, i don't have that, but i do have the allowance...will see to that as soon as i can. Murphy Branch plans still aren't out of the question.
Carolina Luxray Good sir. Also You’ll most likely need to also get The Basemaps or (UTM) files from TransDEM as well as it offers A way to lay Basemapz across your route fully. It’s a tool in the Program. The Overall Program is going to be quite complicated to use but it’s very Useful.
@@Flamerailzzz Good to know. I guess for now, though, i'll try out some little town in either Kansas or Nebraska, where it's real flat and won't have to be concerned about terrain.
I see one problem: BaseMapz crams the entire rectangular image into a square format. So if somebody wants to accurately recreate a route, this method won't be helpful.
Not quite sure about that "eye altitude" bit. I am building the rail yard in Whitefish, MT. When I set my eye alt to 3250, everything is so damn close it is useless
I recently tried to build a 12.5 mile route and it turned out to be about 24.5 miles. I used all of the dimensions you had and lined all of the basemaps up accordingly. How would I go about building an actual map with accurate mileage?
YES! I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this. It's somehow stretching out the route. I am doing a real world route between Seattle and Everett running along Puget Sound. The main BNSF rail yard is about 3 times longer than it is in real life. The fun thing about the route is all the curves as it hugs the shoreline but because the stretching issue, all the curves are also stretched out and not as pronounced.
if I need to make a hill or trench or something will the basemap adjust to that? I am going to recreate the Rutland Railroad's Island Line and it has a lot of causeways over the lake and trenches through parts of the Islands
Island Line Rail Productions Nah , The hills and Trenches will go through the Basemaps. You’ll have to work with it as long as you know where everything is.
Very good guidance ... So if I want to create a real scale map (1000meters in real = 1000meters in TRS), I need GE to zoom altitude 720m and set basemapz both Xscale and Yscale = 1 Am I in correct number? How about track elevation? GE no have information about it.
Dylan Forrest for a DEM, this method would not be as effective or affective at all because of the terrain and because of the image being an object your base maps would be floating up one above another, below one another and it would be very difficult for you to build above and under that onto the terrain. So for that the more ideal method would be The transDEM method.
I don't mind the gray border, in Basmapz what do I do so that a 3840×2160 fits into a 1:1 ratio without squashing obviously? Once again the grey borders can extend as far as they want as long as I get my 1:1?
I am just curious to ask would this strategy work for “fallen flags” or extinct railroads? I want to recreate one that had traversed through my hometown.
@@dghcpumpernickeldeluxe7391 hmmmm you can zoom in a bit more if necessary. Also double check to make sure the game is set to real scale and not any other scale
Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question. Do you know why, the base maps keep saying their faulty? It says that “The asset has an invalid KUID user Id”.
Is it possible to use Google Earth to map out "fallen flags" railroads, as in lines that have been either abandoned or ripped up? I am currently working with the mobile Trainz Driver 2 version and recreating the former regional corridor of the Oil Creek Railroad from Corry, PA to Titusville,PA. Also I would like ask if anyone wants some old historical rail routes, I happened to know quite a large number of them within my state of Pennsylvania!
Google earth will only show what exists as far back as the 80s or 90s I believe with satellite imagery. Anything older than that will require a legit map for that railroad during that time period. I’m which case, basemapz will still import it as long as it’s a supported image file.
Is the Image a jpg ? Or maybe the X & Y dimensions are incorrect? I’m not sure. The way I did it in the vid is the way I was informed it was supposed to go.
Hmmmm I’m not sure. If it’s damaged just try again . If it’s not found empty or a unknown, look for The file on your computer and repeat the process. Also try resetting it the program base map settings to default
@@Flamerailzzz it is faulty, VE76 is the faulty.... I change the kuid number everytime, like i said, first one did just fine, every attempt since not and I get this error message
My screen shot on Google Earth wont save to a file. I press save and nothing happens. What do I do? Is there some kind of program to download Google Pro files? I used Infranview for Basemapz. Thanks Rob
Rob Jay Try to save it on the desktop or an open location to see if it exports and be sure the file extension is correct. I am not sure if there is an alternate program for exporting google earth files.
Thanks I'll keep at it and try different things. I have a rebuilt computer that only had windows picture viewer. I added Irfanviewer to use in base mapz. It worked for track plans from my own jpg files. Nice video I might add. I appreciate all you guys that go and do it and show us all how to do it. Thanks.
Adjust the size of the screenshot in basemapz, as long as it doesn’t go beyond the boundaries and it doesn’t has too wide of a resolution and your in game map size is wet to real scale, it should fit
