Airfield Orientations? World Maps?

[guttboy]

Hi folks,

I have a bunch of maps from my squaddies that they have compiled over the past year that do a really good job of detailing the targets on the ground.

What I am having an issue with is the airfield orientations within the various maps.  I will use a small field as an example:

The runway orientation in the clipboard is SouthWest to Northeast with the lone fighter hangar on the very south of the field. 

However, In the game It appears (I may be missing something) that the fields are not oriented like the clipboard map (I am using North Up in the Clipboard maps for reference in this discussion).

Is there a logical way that the fields are oriented within the different "world maps" or is it just based upon the base and terrain within that map?

If the field orientations are based solely on the map being flown, does anyone have a large world map that details the main runway headings?  I would love to be able to know this prior to making an attack run on a base in either a bomber or attack aircraft.

Finally, I used to have maps of the different worlds on the old PC but for the life of me I cannot find them.  I like printing them off in large scale and hanging them on the wall in the room.

Appreciate any assistance!

TG12 

[Rolex]

The orientation depends on the map. There aren't that many. Some vehicle fields are also rotated on some large maps. I can't recall ever seeing a medium or large field rotated. North is at the top of the small clipboard maps.

There is no way to know if a small or vehicle field is rotated by looking at the large map on the clipboard. Perhaps someone has made a list of all the rotated fields from experience and will offer it up.

[guttboy]

Thanks Rolex....

I really hope that someone has already gone over this and has taken the time to create something like this.  I would really love to have this "intel"

If not, then I will start trying to compile something of the sort and although I don't know about graphic design, I can try my hand at Paint.net or good ole' MSPaint to work something up.

You wouldn't happen to know if there are blow up maps of the world with the base location and numbers located at them do you?  I looked in the maps folder but cannot find anything.  It may be just part of the programming because the normal world maps are "zoomable" with the various layers the user can select on the clipboard.

Cheers

[Dichotomy]

A lot of guys use GIMP a freeware photo editor that's supposed to be easy to use.  Don't know much about it as I use Photoshop.  That said any assistance you need that I can provide feel free to pm me. 

[guttboy]

I will Dichotomy!

I still have to get the maps in a large format though.  I used to have really big maps of the fields that could be printed on multiple sheets of 8.5x11" paper for the strats at bases and also had a huge map of the various "worlds" that had the base numbers/spawns etc on them but in the past 3/4 years of not flying and multiple PCS moves....they are gone.

That is my start point.....the big world maps with fields on them.  Then I can start creating the big maps with orientations etc on them.

[Dichotomy]