ODS Regions/Tilesets etc

[Widowmaker]

Question:
In Iran the mountains are quite high,
at wich altitudes do these mountains have snow, and does it differ much in seasons?

any images of it?

thnx in advance

Widmak

[T Bone]

Well what we actually have right now is a pretty innaccurate representation at snow being at above 10k, in real life it would be more about 5-7k altitude. In fact, seasonally it doesnt really vary from what I hear as Iran's climate is not sweltering hot. Of course our ODS representation is based on preconcieved notions brought over from Janes F-15. But overall it is still an alright representation IMHO at this time... GolabP has some images.

T-Bone

[Golabp]

Check this page out, provides climates for all provinces nicely categorized into sections. Should give you an idea of where there is snow and so on. Pics if you want them I can grab em.

[Golabp]

Forgot the link
http://www.itto.org/weather/index.asp

[Widowmaker]

"Climate in Hamedan

Most towns of this province are located on heights, so they have long, cold winters with lasting frost. Hamadan is one of the coldest provinces of Iran. Precipitation there varies between 200 and 500 millimeters a year. The temperature ranges between -4 and -33 degrees centigrade in the cold months."


nice site Golab

anyways it seems they have seasons up there

Tbone:
could you please redo your Snowcaps/mountain transitiontilesset so it
using the normal Korea snowcap progression?

Widmak

[T Bone]

Korean progression? sorry I don't understand. You mean you want me to use squarish transitions? ick...

T-Bone

[Widowmaker]

quote:Originally posted by T Bone:
Korean progression? sorry I don't understand. You mean you want me to use squarish transitions? ick...

T-Bone

yup, you understood perectly well..

Widmak

[krazyscotsman]

I don't live in Iran, but I do live in the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base and the San Gabriel Mountains. So...I can at least give you the elevation info around me as to snow etc. Again, this is in Southern California. Around 3500 ft., the desert plant life starts to change to VERY small ever green plants. Most of these plants are only 3 to 5 ft tall max. However they are fairly dense. As the elevation increases to 4000+ ft., the small ever green plants start to fade to true ever green trees. The trees are less dense than the ever green bushes. However at or around 4500+ ft, the trees begin to become dense until you have a true ever green forest. I don't know the climate of Iran, but I know at 9000 ft in Southern California desert, we have NO snow left on the mountains. Normally at or around late May/early June all the snow has melted off the peaks, BUT I have seen snow staying on the 9000+ peaks all year around depending on how hot it was that year. But even on the cool years snow won't be found below 8000 ft for sure. Again, take it for what it is, I live in S. California, not Iran.
Scotsman

[T Bone]

I don't think I want to deliver :p

Seriously, I see no advantages to using square transitions. The current diagonal transitions are far superior as they can mask repetition at high altitudes better and are easier to tile with. Using the square transitions would be an atavism to something that does not look as natural. What advantages do you see? CATE? It would not be difficult to program algorithms that allow for diagonal transitions if that is the case.

T-Bone

[Golabp]

If you wanna see some mountain ranges and plateaus check this site out. Click which ever one of the events and you will see some pics, not the best but you might get an idea of what to expect.
http://www.araz.org/gallery.htm