Altered maps XI: Towards a New Decade!

[RedRalph]

Open Google Earth and look at Europe. Remove the political boundaries, forget about existing cities, imagine it's pre-human colonisation. Which locations strike you as cool for cities, speaking totally aesthetically? I would love to see major cities in Istria, The mouth of the Danube and on Rugen

 

[Save_Ferris]

Blue: Union
Grey: Confederacy
Red: Cascadia
Brown: Alaska
Yellow: Hawaii (dependency of Australia)

I think it would be more likely that Mexico takes over the southwest. Or they form their own nation.

Open Google Earth and look at Europe. Remove the political boundaries, forget about existing cities, imagine it's pre-human colonisation. Which locations strike you as cool for cities, speaking totally aesthetically? I would love to see major cities in Istria, The mouth of the Danube and on Rugen

It would be interesting to have a major city on Lake Superior or Huron.

 

[aronnax]

Open Google Earth and look at Europe. Remove the political boundaries, forget about existing cities, imagine it's pre-human colonisation. Which locations strike you as cool for cities, speaking totally aesthetically? I would love to see major cities in Istria, The mouth of the Danube and on Rugen

Thrace is just too good of an area not to settle. Between two continents and two seas, what with the freshwater estuary of the Golden Horn and all that.

 

[Winner]

Here's an aid to help you aswer Ralph's question

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[RedRalph]

It would be great if we could draw borders on Google Earth...

 

[aronnax]

It would be great if we could draw borders on Google Earth...

You mean like this?

 

[RedRalph]

Ooooooooooooooooo tell me how to do it!

 

[aronnax]

In the bar at the top, fourth one, a symbol of three dots linked together by dotted line labelled 'Add path'.

The default is a thin white line. Play with the setting to make it thick and any other colour.

 

[RedRalph]

In the bar at the top, fourth one, a symbol of three dots linked together by dotted line labelled 'Add path'.

The default is a thin white line. Play with the setting to make it thick and any other colour.

Up until this, I had been a deeply homphobic individiual. This is my "saved by a gay guy with a robot santa" moment. You should be put on a stamp beside Turing!

 

[aronnax]

Up until this, I had been a deeply homphobic individiual. This is my "saved by a gay guy with a robot santa" moment. You should be put on a stamp beside Turing!

Thanks... I think...

You can also make this.

 

[RedRalph]

Hahaha I'm only kidding man, you never seen that Simpsons episode?

 

[RedRalph]

I can't get this to work. It won't let me draw the actual line, it just grabs the image...

 

[Winner]

Meh, I don't like google maps. The map is patchy and ugly, and doesn't really show anything well. If you want photo realism, download a cleared-up satellite image.

Something like this:

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[uat2d]

Thanks... I think...

You can also make this.

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Berlin Wall Simulator?

 

[Kyriakos]

Berlin Wall Simulator?

I think that is the Hagia Sophia in the background, so it is Constantinople.

 

[aronnax]

I can't get this to work. It won't let me draw the actual line, it just grabs the image...

This is what it should look like.

I think that is the Hagia Sophia in the background, so it is Constantinople.

No, it's Istanbul and my wall was suppose to be the Theodosian Walls.

 

[uat2d]

Well, the image was called wallofconstantinople.png, so it's not like I was saying the city was Berlin, I was just talking about the wall itself

 

[choxorn]

Meh, I don't like google maps. The map is patchy and ugly, and doesn't really show anything well.

It's always kind of amusing to see strange geometric lines popping up where the camera stopped taking pictures, often near country borders in Africa and Central Asia.

 

[aronnax]

 

[AluminumKnight]

Who cares about central? It sounds like it is being settled via colonization, therefore the location of the mother country is far more important. Further, marshes and swaps tend to be terrible with insects and diseases, colonising the three rivers would likely turn out a lot like Louisiana, quite poorly for a long time.

The Islands you speak of would also have the potential of providing a defensive advantage protecting the mouth of the river (think Louisbourg).

While you site is good (and in Civ would likely be my first choice, depending on resources) for a first colony, there are different considerations.

First, sorry to resurrect this, but I love these kinds of excercises!

Ignoring Civ, and instead pretending I'm put in charge of colonization of the island IRL, Age of Discovery tech, this would be my strategy:

1. For a first colony site, I would choose the southeastern site with the small islands and major river system. The islands should provide protection and the river valley appears to be fertile and not marshy. This should encourage colonization inland.

2. I'd like an inland capital for logistical reasons (transportation, government, encouraging colonization of the entire archipelago). Unfortunately there are some pesky mountains running through the middle of the main island. Therefore my next choice for a colony site would be where the river meets the large eastern bay. From here the building of the capital will be staged. I also like this site because the 2 straits provide some protection

3. I would place the capital somewhere at the foothills of the central mountain range along the same river system as colony site 2. Hopefully the terrain of the foothills is forgiving and roads/railroads can be built hugging the curve of the mountain range so that in combination with the rivers, it will be relatively easy to get anywhere you want to go