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Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by lifeisstillgood on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:49AM (#26777612)
Am I the only one who was thinking "wow a bit of edge finding, a tolkien font and I have a business"

Maybe not.

Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by dagw on Monday April 12, 2021 @08:05AM (#26778426)
There was a site posted here a couple of years ago where you could select an area in OpenStreetMaps and it be would stylize and carve it into a piece of wood using a CNC machine and send to you.
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by jrimbault on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:32AM (#26777882)
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by rytis on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:28AM (#26777853)
Why not use vector data from OSM?
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by cstuder on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:00AM (#26777692)
Or use a pre-rendered map tiles and "just" replace the font: http://maps.stamen.com/toner-lite
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by ragebol on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:17AM (#26777799)
- Do some edge detection, extract vector paths from those instead of just a bitmap, have a plotter with ink pen, plot! - ???, - profit?
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by Cthulhu_ on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:58AM (#26777673)
Nope; Google Maps has had april fools' projects a few times where they do something similar, like their 8 bit version: https://youtu.be/rznYifPHxDg
Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by samatman on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:52PM (#26786580)
The difference between doing it and doing it well is huge, but not unsurmountable.

It's worth a shot!

Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by dcminter on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:53AM (#26777639)
Sounds viable to me!