PROJECT: Mapping the Past

REVIEW: MAP 02 I - 1815.07.04
Balance of Power is Restored.


Criticisms are always accepted. The minor states of Germany and Italy are not colored, for ease of production. They always can be colored in, though.
 
REVIEW: MAP 21 I - 1914.07.27
Ecuador looks kinda gross. I was under the impression that the border there was a good deal closer to that in the completed map for the Meade at Gettysburg timeline, though due to separation from my sources for most of the rest of today I can't confirm. Paraguay is probably right, though.
There are probably several errors in this. If you could point them out for editing, that would be appreciated.

Some 'problem areas' that I was unsure about: whether Denmark-Norway still existed, whether Finland is part of Sweden or Russia, the US - Canada border, and certain parts of Asia. I think the Spanish Empire was still united under King Joseph, though I am not sure.
Saxony doesn't control Silesia. Prussia lost Posen. The eastern border of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw is kinda wonky, as is Ottoman Moldavia and Bessarabia. You have correctly identified Finland as Russian (though the border in Karelia probably should be erased :p) and Denmark-Norway as still united. French-controlled Latium and Tuscany oughn't be connected with the Empire proper yet. It would be advisable to denote some approximation of the current positions in the Peninsular War, and I would recommend French occupying color for Spain. Sumatra is wayyyy not wholly Dutch, and nor is Java, and altogether European advancement in Indonesia is highly overestimated (not to mention British involvement), and Brunei ought to be represented in some form (don't know if you want to denote the Sulu-controlled territory either). Mocambique/Portuguese East Africa looks kind of top-heavy, and IIRC that and Angola should be colored purple (but I'm not sure about that). Northern Maine should probably just be colored British, since this is before the Aroostook 'War' and everything. Oman control in the Arabian Peninsula seems a bit big, and I'm not sure if they should have Caluula either (need to check sources for that). You're probably going to want to have some kind of way to denote the relative lack of control that the Ottomans have over the Barbary states. Russian control in Alaska is a bit exaggerated, I think. The Caribbean islands probably should be awarded to their proper owners (UK grabbed a lot of them after all). The Cape Colony was occupied by the UK in 1806. I am extremely leery of the Sino-Burmese border.
REVIEW: MAP 02 I - 1815.07.04
Balance of Power is Restored.


Criticisms are always accepted. The minor states of Germany and Italy are not colored, for ease of production. They always can be colored in, though.
Previous comments about colonial stuff still stand in Indonesia, Cape Colony, Mocambique, and South America. The Caucasus is just wrong. You're missing Württemberg and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Hannover looks awfully powerful (they oughtn't be so big, for example they shouldn't have control of the Mecklenburgs). Luxemburg looks awfully big. Southeastern France looks kinda weird. Saxony is too small. It's hard to tell what German states are what because of weird coloration. All in all many borders are also too straight or smooth. You could have used the 1914 map as a base, you know. :p
 
Retroactive deletion.
 
I did a conversion from a game map to a historical map in the 10 minutes I had this morning. As such, both are not to historical standards. Over the week, though, I will try to work on them. I understand you will not accept them until they are up to your standards - after all, this is your thread.
 
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other than the wrong ownership of Bornholm in both (which no one has noticed, and which is present on all maps to date), and the German corrections in the latter
:p Some people...

By the way, while doing the German Confederation on the 1815 map, I'd like to know how small a microstate has to be before we just ignore it entirely. There are many of these.
 
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With the German thing, I think we reasonably conclude certain states (Bavaria, Saxony, Wurttemburg, Prussia) are considered necessary states. Same goes with Italy at certain time periods (Venetia, Milan, Piedmont, Tuscany, the Papacy, and the Two Sicilies seem the most important).
 
With the German thing, I think we reasonably conclude certain states (Bavaria, Saxony, Wurttemburg, Prussia) are considered necessary states. Same goes with Italy at certain time periods (Venetia, Milan, Piedmont, Tuscany, the Papacy, and the Two Sicilies seem the most important).
I've already finished Italy, and all states are included. (Modena, Parma, hell, even Tuscany-owned Stato dei Presidi, etc.) Milan and Venetia aren't ever separate entities during the period we're doing for Mapping the Past (though they eventually will be, I assume), and so are irrelevant.

EDIT: Thuringia is a friggin' mess.
 
first map looks pretty good.
 
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With the understanding that the Shanghai International Settlement, Monaco, and the other microstates of the era would be added upon receipt of appropriate city data...the 1914 map looks right.
 
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On the 1914 map, the Bolivia-Paraguay border should be along the Paraguay River the whole way. Paraguay didn't control any territory across the Paraguay River until after the Chaco War (1932-5).
 
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