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Re:We built the city of Colombo in Cities:Skylines by icaruswept on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @12:08AM (#41441811)
Sadly, that happens. We use image overlay and exports off ESPG 4326 and tweaked the hell out of the coords until it worked. Even then there are still issues - which is why we're about 100m shorter than the real city. The overlays match perfectly, but in reality distances are always a few meters off across a large stretch. OSM imports broke completely, so I just ended up doing all the roads by hand with the maps on a second monitor.
Re:We built the city of Colombo in Cities:Skylines by hebocon on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @01:00AM (#41442064)
There's always a point where you look at the automated solution and think "Okay but... how long would it take to just to do manually?"

I enjoyed your comprehensive write-up. I really like how you didn't get too lost in the details when the technical limitations cropped up and kept the focus on the interactivity and public awareness. Very fun project :)

Re:We built the city of Colombo in Cities:Skylines by icaruswept on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @01:36AM (#41442230)
Thanks!