My first attemp at ATS mapping

[uberuser]

hi. so yesterday i was thinking of trying to make an extension(let's call it Utah dlc)of the vanilla ast map. did this in google maps: Utah mapping(wip)
extracted the base.scs file and def.scs so that i can glue it to the vanilla.
here is the confusing part which i did not find my answer searching google: i made the contour as you can see and put so cities and a couple of "roads". how can i put that in the map editor so that i can see more easily where i have to put the roads, cities, etc. while searching google i found something about importing the .kml file to some 3d software(??)and then edit it there and i'm lost.
thank you.

[Shiva]

uberuser, couldn't you just use the ATS Editor's ingame usa map as a base?

[realdeal350]

I personally don't think this is a good idea as SCS will develop this area sooner or later.

[uberuser]

i understand that, i'm just trying to get a grasp at this, understand how things work. trying to see what i can do at current level i am.maybe try to do Canada...(maybe not promods level but to see how far i can go).
that's why i asked this and show you what i did so that i can see where i'm doing wrong or not enough, in the end to improve.

[RobertKNL]

SCS is now focusing on Arizona. By the time SCS has completed Utah, I think some modders will have already reached Texas xD. I'd say: Just do it. Of course, one day SCS will also include Utah, and it will probably look good, but that's gonna take a while.

[seal0027]

If you press twice a in the map editor you can see that after Arizona they'll do Utah, at least planing to make utah