posted by admin on Jan 10
Free GIS Software AutoREALMÂ
AutoREALM is a Free GNU mapping software (a “cartographer”) that can design maps of castles, cities, dungeons and more. AutoREALM is generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people. If you are a Role-Playing gamer or else, you are cordially invited to join the AutoREALM community: fellows gathered around a free hobbyist map tool. Originally made by Andrew Gryc (say “grits”), AutoREALM is now Open Source, creating a unique opportunity for the RPG world to mix graphics and computer programming.
Developed with Delphi Personal Edition™ (from Borland Inc.) and based on the simple and natural TurboPascal™ language, AutoREALM could be coded as well with Kylix Open Edition™ to run on LINUX platforms. For now, enjoy this free tool designed to “Automatically create your own REALM!”
AutoREALM is an open source program designed to draw maps for role-playing games, mainly in fantasy settings. The program is similar to the commercial Campaign Cartographer.
AutoREALM, in its 2.x series, is primarily written in Delphi and only works in Windows and WINE. Work is underway to recode the GUI to use wxWidgets and extending the support to Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
The program is a vector art program that supports various graphics layers. The program supports various kinds of grids and measurement methods. It supports drawing vector objects with both straight and fractal lines, and has various line styles. It also supports grouping of objects into map symbols that are arranged in a symbol library. The library shipping with the program includes various symbols from contributors.
The program also has some other modules, such as AutoNAME, a name generator based on context-free grammars.
