Hidden In-Game Armaverse Europe/Middle East map

[shifty_ginosaji 10]

I was taking cover behind a newsstand when I realized what i was looking at, the first world map in ArmA.

The visible portion of the map stretches from Spain to Japan and does not contain the Green Sea, I understand it is probably just a geosat image but this is the first ever map that details any significant portion of the world.

Any thoughts about where Chernarus ran off too?

http://i.imgur.com/cfIouhr.jpg (234 kB)

http://i.imgur.com/woZk3z4.jpg (152 kB)

http://i.imgur.com/T7SJxAO.jpg (142 kB)

[CyclonicTuna 87]

As far as I know all previous Arma maps were fictional and weren't based on any real place more so, that they were based on a collective tone of voice of a place. Arma 3 is the first map I believe, that they actually based on an excisting place. So I don't think you can actually find Chernarus on the world map.

[Harzach 2508]

It's just the AAN backdrop. "Our World, Your News".

[Bravo_Two_Zeroq 10]

As far as I know all previous Arma maps were fictional and weren't based on any real place more so, that they were based on a collective tone of voice of a place. Arma 3 is the first map I believe, that they actually based on an excisting place. So I don't think you can actually find Chernarus on the world map.

To update your knowledge, that is in fact incorrect.

• Chernarus was largely inspired (read:95%) on a province in the Czech Repulibic while the names are from Yugoslavia I believe, check for example this area and see if you can find Chernagorsk and Elektro. This is the actual area in 3D, forget about anything to the south or east of the river and you have Chernarus including all hills, towns, castles and vegetation:
  
  Or a perspective from Chernagorsk facing Elektro in Google Earth:
  https://www.google.com/maps/place/3D+spol.+s+r.+o./@50.6666121,14.0574934,525a,35y,90h,78.26t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47099cc2c32da209:0xc616e408d32802de
  
• Utes is still unknown, probably this is one of the few imaginary islands in Arma.
  
• Takistan is, unsurprisingly, in the middle of Afghanistan, South-West of the Yakawlang district, North of Helmud. An overlay of the Arma map and the region is here: http://s10.postimg.org/j2auixma1/takistan_map_GE.jpg (193 kB) .
  
• Zargabad is largely inspired on Samarkand city including terrain, roads and rivers (and of course layout of entire town from mosque to airport) click here for Google maps.
  

Although BIS doesn't like to put the proper names on the actual places for obvious reasons, it is apperantly much easier to reuse existing terrain with satellite data and get the realism of real-world terrain then to try to mimic an actual location.

Edited May 26, 2014 by Bravo_Two_Zeroq

[CyclonicTuna 87]

Well... the more you know.

[jakerod 254]

Additionally, most the terrains from OFP were based on real places:

Malden (Lefkas)

Desert Island (Meganisi)

Everon (Krk)

Kolgujev (Tenerife)

Nogova has several places inspired my real locations but to the best of anyone's knowledge is not based on a real island. I don't believe anyone was able to figure out what Porto or Sahrani were based on either.

[Armadura 10]

To update your knowledge, that is in fact incorrect.

• Chernarus was largely inspired (read:95%) on a province in the Czech Repulibic while the names are from Yugoslavia I believe, check for example this area and see if you can find Chernagorsk and Elektro. This is the actual area in 3D, forget about anything to the south or east of the river and you have Chernarus including all hills, towns, castles and vegetation:
  http://i.imgur.com/pPepz.jpg
  Or a perspective from Chernagorsk facing Elektro in Google Earth:
  https://www.google.com/maps/place/3D+spol.+s+r.+o./@50.6666121,14.0574934,525a,35y,90h,78.26t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47099cc2c32da209:0xc616e408d32802de
  
• Utes is still unknown, probably this is one of the few imaginary islands in Arma.
  
• Takistan is, unsurprisingly, in the middle of Afghanistan, South-West of the Yakawlang district, North of Helmud. An overlay of the Arma map and the region is here: http://s10.postimg.org/j2auixma1/takistan_map_GE.jpg (193 kB) .
  
• Zargabad is largely inspired on Samarkand city including terrain, roads and rivers (and of course layout of entire town from mosque to airport) click here for Google maps.
  

Although BIS doesn't like to put the proper names on the actual places for obvious reasons, it is apperantly much easier to reuse existing terrain with satellite data and get the realism of real-world terrain then to try to mimic an actual location.

Interesting. Indeed to create believable worlds you would have to spend a good amount of time studying geology or whatever science about mountains, vegetation and so on so you wouldn't end up with a desert next to a swamp or something such.

Snatching something from the wet world is easier.