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Gad's Geo Map Making
Topic Started: 31st July 2015 - 03:18 AM (484 Views)
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You wanna map like this?:

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or perhaps an epic shot from space?

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Just ask, tell about the geography of your nation and I'll get down to it.

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Wow, those look really good!

If you've got enough yellow, could you do one for me?

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Yellow? sure!

I'm guessing desert/mountainous? Specifics?
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OOOOOOH OOOOOOH MEEEEEEEEE!!!1111!!!!!!1!!1!

Pretty much desert especially the two right-most provinces. There's a tropical jungle sort of thing in the third from right and in third from left it's pretty mountainous. The bottom-left province is grassy at the bottom. But yeah like Dijel mostly yellow ^^
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Okay Jez, there yah go!

Now I was a little confused by your description but I did me best....

I will have an out space one if you want it, but me tired now so later :P
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Wow. Are you still doing this Gad? I'd love something like this but I have no idea how to do it myself.
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Ye. I can do one, preferences?
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Hey Gad, mind if you could make me one too?
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sure, but one at time kids ;)
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Gad after these two could you make me one please? Also how are you making this?
Edited by Socialist Capitslists, 8th September 2015 - 07:58 AM.
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Sure.

Well, I take images from google earth or other satellite images and take their textures, while also tweaking them and making my own. Through experimenting and moving to a new image editor They can come out looking smoother so I'll re-do Jez's. It's not a typically lengthy process, unless I'm staring things from scratch but it just takes a ton of layering and melding and tedious shaping.

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8th September 2015 - 12:27 AM
Ye. I can do one, preferences?
Wonderful. Although, since my position on the map will change ever so slightly eastwards two provinces while losing the two westernmost ones, with Achkaerin's approval, my geo map can probably wait until the next map update for ease.

When that happens, the immediate Nueva Ardian border region should reflect the conditions of your westernmost provinces in your own map, gradually turning into jungle moving west over W99 (I'm using the plots of land from the template map). Aside from a strip of deforested land along the coast, W98 and W99 should be jungle.

Moving east along the coast, the jungle fades off into a plateau which spans across much of W97 and W95. The westernmost areas of W95 begin to become mountainous; mountains which rise gradually all the way to the western border up to an average of around 12,000f/3,658m elevation. Anything in the ballpark is fine.

W96 should join onto all of this as smoothly as possible. Immediately south of the jungle regions of the northeast should be a small strip of savanna, but the rest of W96 is dominated by flat grasslands.

Hopefully this isn't too complicated.

EDIT: Oh, and if possible I'll add something I forgot. A major, Ganges-esque river runs down from the top of the western mountains and travels through W94, W95, W97, W98 before hooking north and meeting the sea in W99.
Edited by Samsarah, 13th September 2015 - 01:56 PM.
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No it's a perfect request.

I will be busy though, as in the coming months I may be moving, for the better :P
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These look really nice Gad

http://independentorder.net/single/?p=8329425&t=11310401 - Sorry, just link to fact book, it has all the necessary details I think
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will do
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8th September 2015 - 12:27 AM
Ye. I can do one, preferences?
Wonderful. Although, since my position on the map will change ever so slightly eastwards two provinces while losing the two westernmost ones, with Achkaerin's approval, my geo map can probably wait until the next map update for ease.

When that happens, the immediate Nueva Ardian border region should reflect the conditions of your westernmost provinces in your own map, gradually turning into jungle moving west over W99 (I'm using the plots of land from the template map). Aside from a strip of deforested land along the coast, W98 and W99 should be jungle.

Moving east along the coast, the jungle fades off into a plateau which spans across much of W97 and W95. The westernmost areas of W95 begin to become mountainous; mountains which rise gradually all the way to the western border up to an average of around 12,000f/3,658m elevation. Anything in the ballpark is fine.

W96 should join onto all of this as smoothly as possible. Immediately south of the jungle regions of the northeast should be a small strip of savanna, but the rest of W96 is dominated by flat grasslands.

Hopefully this isn't too complicated.
Oh, and if possible I'll add something I forgot. A major, Ganges-esque river runs down from the top of the western mountains and travels through W94, W95, W97, W98 before hooking north and meeting the sea in W99.
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