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Ombeys EVE Maps
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McBarnacle
Project.Nova
The Initiative.
#1 - 2015-08-17 16:28:03 UTC
Hi all,

Has Ombey stopped doing his 2D maps of EVE. The latest version I can find online is from 2010. Shocked

McB
Paranoid Loyd
#2 - 2015-08-17 16:31:02 UTC
http://evemaps.dotlan.net/universe

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#3 - 2015-08-17 20:19:05 UTC
I still had a couple of ombey map sets kicking around. Were SO helpful early on. But threw them out as dotlan is online and so much easier to use. I used to look through them from time to time, all the little notes Id made on them and seeing the changes.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#4 - 2015-08-17 20:32:23 UTC
Ombey said goodbye to EVE Cry

I still use his maps though.

v3.65
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/TauCabalander/Eve_Regions.zip
Centar Tivianne
Doomheim
#5 - 2015-08-17 21:39:04 UTC
I still use his old maps (ver 3.65) as I find when printed on A4 and laminated they are easy to read and can be stood up under the monitor.

The dotlan maps are good for getting on the spot information but if you download one as a pdf and print it on A4 the text is so small it is very (almost impossible) to read.

I often think it would be nice if someone with Adobe software could open the file and bring them up to date, it would be a lot of work and I have no idea how he did it in the first place, but it would be a tribute to Ombey.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#6 - 2015-08-17 21:48:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Centar Tivianne wrote:
I often think it would be nice if someone with Adobe software could open the file and bring them up to date, it would be a lot of work and I have no idea how he did it in the first place, but it would be a tribute to Ombey.

There isn't a lot to update.

I think the biggest task is updating outposts, but DOTLAN handles those so much better. Seems pointless to do it for static maps.

I think Ombey's maps are missing the last map change... but I can't remember what it was (suspect gates added).

EDIT: FOUND IT!

Patch Notes for Retribution 1.0, Released Tuesday, December 4, 2012 wrote:
World Shaping

* A jump connection between Kurniainen (Bleak Lands) and Isbrabata (Metropolis) has been added
* A jump connection between Siseide (Heimatar) to Eszur (Metropolis) has been added
* A jump connection between Gulmorogod (Heimatar) to Egmar (Metropolis) has been added
witchking42
Doomheim
#7 - 2015-08-18 09:36:39 UTC
There are enough free PDF editors out there to allow you to edit pages you need to add connections to the existing maps.

Yes, the original may be password protected to prevent editing, but I'll let you Google that one!

An email to Ombey might be worth a shot, just for his OK to make an update, you never know....

But as others have said, they are a great resource, and are a great addition to using DOTLAN.

I bought the EON Magazine's "Eve Strategic Maps" many years ago, but again these are now out of print, petty the authors couldn't have put a PDF version out there in the public domain once they stopped publication.

WK.
McBarnacle
Project.Nova
The Initiative.
#8 - 2015-08-18 17:04:41 UTC  |  Edited by: McBarnacle
That's a shame about Ombey. I am aware of dotlan and have used it in the past, I just like Ombey's maps because they are so well designed and set out.

I have the last/latest version printed out in a folder on some bookshelves by my PC desk for quick reference. Big smile

Anyway, thanks for the update all,

McB