World Machine 2

One of my many interests is cartography; I love maps. An offshoot of this is an interest in “designing” my own terrain from small valleys all the way up to entire worlds. I guess you could say I like playing god (okay, so I’m a megalomaniac).

There are many software packages out there that aid this design. One such program is called World Machine. This program uses complex algorithms to produce realistic terrain features. The author of this software is about to release his second version of it with greatly expanded features. I am excited to test this out since it looks like I’ll be able to more easily design multiple landscapes to the detail that my anal retentiveness requires and seamlessly combine them to make a realistic continent and even world.

I’ve been watching his progress for over a year and now the end is almost here. July 4th is his release date; this is going to be fantastic!