I think the best way to show this would be to have the colour and subdivisions be visible where land is usable, and keep the empty background colour with just an outline
The NextGen OTL Worlda Series
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Thanks, I'll fix that later today; I had to fix another area the other day and I'm confused how so many for missed given the way to went about doing it*.
*Manually coloring all the borders purple, removing everything but the borders then using a program to color all of them to the off-black.
I would absolutely use this over the present worlda, for the record, although I don't actually use the worlda that much anyways because of how small it is.
While it's useful for showing population and to an extent, "usable territory", I don't think it represents actual control. Actual control should be determined by the capability of the state to intervene in any sort of problem in an area. So, basically, what I am saying is that actual control should be mapped using roads, the state's capability to establish routine and strict control via air or sea if roads aren't available.
well "usable" is maybe not the best word for what I mean. obviously a peopleless territory can be fully controlled by a state or even used for recorce extraction or things like that. iths just that there's basically *nothing* there. So it makes sense to make a distinction between for example land in canada (whitch is a large nation, but most of its territory is bearly usefull) ad for exampe german ( whitch was and is a strong nation, despite its comparatively small size) also the further you go back in time the more state controll gets limited to human settlements, to the point where there essentialy stops being a distinction. And another thing, the map essentialy shows areas that are less than hospitable, or rather suitable for agrarian settlement, so it could be used for mapping colonial ventures and such
Looks fine to me. I also just patched the Swahili Coast based on the R-QBAM:
Quick edit after a couple minutes: changed the upper Kenyan coast and slightly fixed Mafia Island + adjacent coast
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For the record the reason they were originally like that was for aesthetic reasons, however I'm gradually reducing the size for the Worlda.
Aside from putting Lake Nicaragua on the wrong side of the Continental Divide (it drains east, not west) that's some solid work. I'm excited for what comes after.
Also, are you planning to make a full world map of river basins?
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Wasn't planning on it no, I made the map as a reference for a project centered on north america, so i had no need of the other continets. *Maaaybe* I'll do something in that direction someday? not making any promises though.
Is this better? I think it's better.
also that'd be cool, but most of the second level divisions are to tiny to represent on this scale and I don't really want to represent some and live others out (you could argue thats what I'm doing with the autonomous prefectures but at least they have a distinct legal status)
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If you're showing them as different I'd suggest only using a different internal border colors while using a single national color as their autonomy is a legal fiction that never has and never will be real.
Fixed. Also added the Nine-dash line instead of the south china sea island box.
Does an urbanization map exist? One that shows the actual physicas space occupied by cities?
I too would be very interested and grateful for the opportunity to see maps like this.
Ethopian 2nd level subdivisions.
Notes:
1. I used the Q-BAM as a reference.
2. I moved Lake Tana 1 pixel higher because it was more accurate that way.
3. I couldn't fit some of the smaller subdivisions, but this map still contains most of the subdivisions.
Notes:
1. I used the Q-BAM as a reference.
2. I moved Lake Tana 1 pixel higher because it was more accurate that way.
3. I couldn't fit some of the smaller subdivisions, but this map still contains most of the subdivisions.