Hexmap alignment

[ThunderAeroI]

Hello,

Time for another totally self-serving contest where you the contest try to solve a problem I am having.

Given the following: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/airportphantom/rotate_zps073ea02c.png

You will see that the Hex shapes are not aligned properly. They are perfectly aligned along the Y axis; however, not in the correct position.

You will see that each line needs to be moved over an additional 1/2 of the hex for each X. And moved up a few pixels.

I'm having one hell of a hard time getting the formula right to do this.

Any ideas?

 

[publiusr]

Maybe this will help
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...225F03C0790B8A77E9306778A5C09CF&FORM=IQFRBA#a

Problem with hyperbolic paper? There are some patterns that cannot lay flat.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

This probably offers as much detail as you'd want on how to do hex grids, including how to calculate their positions for drawing a map.