Physical Map Project

[Imimoya]

What is Physical Map Project?
The international physical map project is what the name itself says. A project born from the madness of two users of the forum for the creation of a single global map that includes water courses, mountain ranges, plains, deserts etc ...

Are you a staff member?
No, in the case of an individual member, yes, but that doesn't make it a moderation project. The project is independent from the staff. The map that is the real representation of the state of the facts is the political one created by the official mapmaker.

What is the purpose of this project?
The creation and promotion of a single physical map in order to create a fixed standard for the whole community that can then be used in the forum RP.

Can I suggest changes to the map?
All suggestions are welcome, while their implementation is not guaranteed as the last word will be of the people who use their personal time for this project. That said, the map craftsmen will take into account the physical maps (already existing) of the individual players where possible.

Do you want to add more information to the map?
Our project is experimental, so it is normal that we would try to add more information, perhaps new resources to see how their distribution could affect the game etc.

Can I use your map to create my own?
Yes you can.

-The project is currently working on a blank version of the map to use as a base.
04/07/2023; The map currently represents the Toyou and Himyar.

The crazy people in the project:
@Nitra @Tianlong

Link of the map WIP;

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Spoiler: Map

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Spoiler: Font

Info for mapmaker (our self)
FONT:
Franklin Gothic Medium is the font
30 for regional capitals
36 with bold and italic for national capitals
24 for major cities
and 18 for small towns

 

[Imimoya]

Ps: It is a community project and therefore the staff have no power here

 

[Dravania]

This sounds great. You guys do it how you want; I know I'd start with the fundamental likes where tectonic plates are, where they move, and let that inform where major mountain chains and volcanoes should be, you can also extrapolate where different metals and hydrocarbons appear based off that. Artifexian has some fun videos...

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Not that there should be craploads of resources on a map or anything. Mostly I think people could benefit watching the video (especially the second) to get an idea of what's probably in the country, and get to thinking about the natural part of a nation rather than just the economics and military sides.

 

[Imimoya]

This sounds great. You guys do it how you want; I know I'd start with the fundamental likes where tectonic plates are, where they move, and let that inform where major mountain chains and volcanoes should be, you can also extrapolate where different metals and hydrocarbons appear based off that. Artifexian has some fun videos...

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Not that there should be craploads of resources on a map or anything. Mostly I think people could benefit watching the video (especially the second) to get an idea of what's probably in the country, and get to thinking about the natural part of a nation rather than just the economics and military sides.

I see we have the same sources

Edit: However, we could not start if not from an existing map, trying to make it, to the best of our skills, as real as possible.

 

[Dravania]

Artifexian is great. I don't think a new map needs to be made, but we could probably deduce from what exists now, what could have been used to create those shapes. The current map is obviously inspired by real world material so the real world could be used as a basis (players probably use the real world comparison to infer climate and landforms anyways, this would just be formalizing that).

Personally I like the idea of picking an area on the fictional planet and the geography is already decided. It lets you fit into a region easier, takes away certain design decisions you might not be informed on or which might not mesh well with neighbors, and builds more regional themes that aren't solely player determined (although, the forum has already determined those themes through time)

 

[Imimoya]

if the staff give us the blank map, only with the boundaries of the land, it would be a welcome gift to resume the project.

 

[Thaumantica]

if the staff give us the blank map, only with the boundaries of the land, it would be a welcome gift to resume the project.

Coro would be the one to ask or @mention for that, considering he makes the map and would have current file versions. I'd suggest posting that request in his map thread or even reaching out directly on discord considering I think he's told us he is traveling. Good luck!

 

[Imimoya]

Coro would be the one to ask or @mention for that, considering he makes the map and would have current file versions. I'd suggest posting that request in his map thread or even reaching out directly on discord considering I think he's told us he is traveling. Good luck!

we found it

 

[Imimoya]

Updated front page with work in progress

 

[Remuria]

That's nice so far!

As I currently sit on Remurian pixels and I do not really care that much to draw a map myself, you have full artistic creative license for Remurian pixels.

 

[Josepania]

Updated front page with work in progress

Outstanding work so far

 

[Ebria]

New updated Version
Physical Map v0.9 (Julio Caliente)

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To do list:​

1. Wait for updated Coro map to see borders of Caria, Pelasgia, HFE (if it is to be replaced by a Slovak nation);​
2. Draw the borders;​
3. Add cities and country names;​
4. Add rest of the resources, maybe add even more (I'd go for gold and phosphate);​
5. Add names for seas and physical landmarks;​
6. Add volcanoes;​

 

[Remuria]

I'll personally go with that.

Eastern Remuria needs a bit more rivers, though, looks very empty right now.

 

[Salen]

Noice, REALLY noice. Can the small bit in Salen be a little bit altered to fit my physical map:

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EDIT: also, really loving it how you did Karzask's geography. Kudos!

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[Imimoya]

-new version of the map in development

 

[Rheinbund]

As it looks now, it looks very good. Thank you for your work I know that a new map is in development, but I would like to request a few modifications. I will draw something this weekend.

 

[Rheinbund]

I put the border of the Rheinbund over the latest version of the physical map. This is how my country looks like at present:

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I would like to ask for some modifications. First of all, the Rhein needs to be there as a majesticly long rive Apart from that, I would like to see some mountains move. Please see below for a rough sketch. Would this be feasible?

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I did not really make it beautiful; this is roughly how I would like to have it. For the rivers, could you please stay as close to it as possible? For the changes in the mountains, feel free to make things more beautiful.

 

[Pelasgia]

Sorry if my own map doesn't match this, but I have always done my own thing with my map, as is well known.

And I put way too much work into it as is. Anyway, looking good so far, but I'll still RP based on my own map, which has been thoroughly RPed for several years now.

 

[Rheinbund]

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Maybe good to mention: That river that I drew through that yellow area is intended to flow through a canyon, or better said a

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