The Overlay Maker

Extras

Tiled map production

These small utilities assist with the createion of tiled maps. Download, unzip and read the short readme file for usage information.

MetafileTiler

MetafileTiler will create a tiled mapset from emf and wmf file formats. Download the latest version here: MetafileTiler0.3.zip (11kb)

Read about integration with Virtual Battlefield Systems 2 here.

ImageTiler

ImageTiler will create a tiled mapset from image file formats such as png, jpg, tiff, bmp. Download here: ImageTiler.zip (6kb)

Icons

MILSTD 2525B Joint Icon set

This set contains over 4000 icons in 256x256 png format from Military Standard 2525B. To use these symbols unzip the file and put the 2525B directory in your 'icons' directory where you installed The Overlay Maker. Download here 2525B.zip (24 Mb)

Naval Tactical Data System Icon set

This set contains 43 icons in 256x256 png format from NATO STANAG 4420. To use these symbols unzip the file and put the NTDS directory in your 'icons' directory where you installed The Overlay Maker. Thanks to Fraser for creating this set. Download here ntds.zip (142 kb)