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Re:Ask HN: How to develop GIS program for fantasy maps? by matthewjames on Friday June 24, 2022 @08:39PM (#31871300)
What kind of features would this hypothetical product need from your community to be useful? To have a small paid tier such as a small fee per map/month/year?

I have done a lot of geospatial app development.

Re:Ask HN: How to develop GIS program for fantasy maps? by Otternonsenz on Saturday June 25, 2022 @02:09AM (#31872971)
Ideally: -Sketching/CAD tools for geographic features (I can imagine a 2D view for more cartographic top view, but being able to translate elevations to a simple 3d view to allow reference for myself and other concept artists in the group to build off of), could also imagine a way to buy prints of their maps and gain revenue from that.

-Ability to populate city level information (where the nearest inns are, closest blacksmith, etc ) from database

-Definitely a light paid tier, cause my ideal consumer profile is DMs like my friends and I who may pay for D&D Beyond, but aren’t trying to add another subscription to the roster. Everyone has access to the tooling, but maybe the paid tier is for storage and online sharing?

-Ability to print to PDF or take the files into other formats

All I could think of at the moment