seanjo 202 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 As the title ask's...I've tried google and even asked in game, no definitive answer so far. So please, what does one square on the map represent in kilometres? Link to post Share on other sites
Rychu Karas 353 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 The battle grid is around 500m, because control works up to 750m and in general it's around one and a half grid square. The Global map IDK. But its easy to measure Link to post Share on other sites
admin 51,452 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 length of cuba is 1250km Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I'm getting 70km per side or 490km square. Does anyone want to check my dodgy calculations? Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Nah that's rubbish, half that maybe... Link to post Share on other sites
Smithy 136 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 find port that is on the map line, sail i block away and check trader tool distance to that port i guesstimate 30km Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 make calculations according to degrees of latitude/longitude Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometers) Longitude works different, each degree can be wider or tighter depending on latitude away from the equator Hence why 2D maps always show warped land on the grid. In game I fear it is the 60x60 miles ? Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 36 minutes ago, Smithy said: find port that is on the map line, sail i block away and check trader tool distance to that port i guesstimate 30km How do you know when you've sailed a block away?????? Link to post Share on other sites
Smithy 136 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 you take out your smart phone and check google maps Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Is this some sort of big secret? Surely a Dev/Mod knows the dimensions of a square on the map?? Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 what square ? Post a picture please. If it is in battle is 500m Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk nChance 1,203 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 if I answer this how am I going to sell my delivery BOT for Naval Action... Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 44 minutes ago, The Red Duke said: what square ? Post a picture please. If it is in battle is 500m There ya go... Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 35km Link to post Share on other sites
Smithy 136 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 my guess was close! Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Smithy said: my guess was close! can be 36km Link to post Share on other sites
Remus 622 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Well, well. 1 km in game must be very different from 1 km on land then. Unless the grid has changed, squares were labelled in half-degrees which is 30 nautical miles in the north-south direction and about 28 east-west at Caribbean latitudes. 30 nautical miles is 56 km, not 36. Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Thank you. Maybe google maps ruler might be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Prater 5,333 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Naval Action has its own projection and its own measurements of distance. Give me a bit and I will tell you the distance. Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, Prater said: Naval Action has its own projection and its own measurements of distance. Give me a bit and I will tell you the distance. Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Prater 5,333 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Ok, so let me explain something first. As I said, Naval Action has its own projection that does not line up with any map I know of. The units of distance of the real world do not match up. In Naval Action we have two things: knots, and coordinates. We used to have latitude and longitude, but those corresponded to a certain distance of f11 coordinates and didn't correspond to actual latitude or longitude. About 400 coordinate units is about how far you travel per unit of knot per minute of real time. Let's call 400 coordinate units 1 Naval Action Nautical Mile (NANM). So if you are going 20 knots, you will travel 8000 coordinate units per minute, or 20 NA Nautical Miles per minute. Edited: The larger squares are 255 NANM (102,000 coordinate units) and the smaller squares are 63.75 NANM (25,500 coordinate units). Here is my map in game with the game grid. Notice the old latitude longitude coordinates, this is 0.5 degrees of longitude, which is about how accurately you could calculate longitude in real life at this time. The distance between the last i in Bimini and the main mast of the brig is 63.75 NANM. Traveling 20 knots, it should only take about 3 minutes to travel this distance. Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 What a fuss, right I've done a measurement with landmarks and ports using the trader tool, and I guesstimate that one square is roughly 30k a side. Now! what is the big secret, why no definitive answer from Game-Labs? Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Ooops didn't see the Mod post above, so 35k's...thankyou. Link to post Share on other sites
seanjo 202 Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 OR IS IT.......DANG DANG DAAAAAAAANG... Link to post Share on other sites
Hethwill 12,684 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 longitude degree distance separation is not the same at all latitudes ( which is the same being parallel lines) So we don't really have squares ( we do but we warp the maps ) I think Prater answer is the most perfect to what we have in game. Link to post Share on other sites
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