NES World/Regional Maps III

[Luckymoose]

Luxembourg look WAY too small.
Netherlands and Belgium look a little bit too big, especially the Netherlands/German border. Netherlands should be smaller on that border.
The Austria-Hungary/Germany border look kind of weird where that bump of Austria-Hungary is. I think that bump is supposed to be further east.
It's better is you use the modern NES map (NES World/Regional Maps Thread III) and base it around that.

You are completely wrong. They are to small and Luxembourg is to big and not to mention in the wrong location.

 

[carmen510]

I forgot to add that. Sorry, I must've mixed it up.

 

[Israelite9191]

Here is an edit to the Louisiana Bayou region on the standard map I made while working on a map for someone else. Here is the full map with the edit.

 

[North King]

Argh. Please, do not add small, isolated bits of blue water. Black is also water, and should be taken for coastal water; there should never be an isolated blue water pixel.

Other than that, good.

 

[Israelite9191]

That's Lake Pontchartrain. It has always been there on the map, and should be as it is a major brack water body that is completely seperate from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Thanks.

 

[North King]

No, no, you don't get it. I have a thorough aversion to isolated pixels of blue water. No justification makes a difference.

 

[Cuivienen]

Louisiana's size is greatly exaggerated on both versions of the map.

Some real problem areas that could use attention:

The Philippines. Very poorly done on the NES map. Should be highest priority for fixing.
Antarctica. It should either be removed entirely or done much better.
The islands of Canada. Mostly incorrect.
The Bahamas. Too few islands.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

@Cuiv

Additionally:

The lake in Russia with no black borders.

Lake Winnipeg- It's horribly misplaced, though the shape's great. There are also several long, snaky lakes around it, though I don't think they're necessary.

 

[North King]

Antarctica is a problem to fix, simply because it's so bloody distorted.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Yeah, it's fine as it is. You'd think I'd have changed it back in LINES, as I had four nations on it.

 

[North King]

Well, I had begun to try, but gave up when I realized that any decent map of Antarctica does not display it as a Robinson projection.

 

[Symphony D.]

The ArcGIS map has it pretty good and is a Robinson, as is that map I found with Lat/Long lines.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

Which would everyone rather see a Diplomap of?

Middle Earth
http://average-bear.com/img/METWpath_big.gif

North America
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/nanewzz.gif

Azeroth
http://www.worldofwar.net/cartography/worldmap/map.jpg

World
http://worldmapsonline.com/images/muralkids.jpg

Regular Europe
http://www.ewofs07.unisannio.it/img/europe.png

Kronus WH40k
http://www.wgpower.net/images/articles/dark-crusade/kronus.jpg

Warhammer Fantasy
http://www.variantbank.org/results/rules/w/warhammer1.gif

 

[Swissempire]

Warhammer Fantasy

 

[jeps]

40k or NA.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

The world maybe... possibly Azeroth. But I'm not voting for anything, I'm in enough diplogames as it is.

 

[human-slaughter]

NA or Warhammer Fantasy. Fantasy would be my fav.

 

[Symphony D.]

Those North America and 40K maps are awful. That's all I have to add.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

Well I'm not going to use those maps, silly! I just needed examples to show you what North America looks like.

 

[Israelite9191]

Louisiana's size is greatly exaggerated on both versions of the map.

I don't see what you are saying. Louisiana is slightly exagerated north of the Mississippi and the western portion of the state's coast. It may need some adustment (I just did work on the Mississippi River and its mouth), but it shouldn't be a priority by any means.

The Philippines. Very poorly done on the NES map. Should be highest priority for fixing.

Agreed, though possibly not the highest.

Antarctica. It should either be removed entirely or done much better.

Agreed, although it could be delayed until other, more important, areas have been fixed.

The islands of Canada. Mostly incorrect.

Same as above, though I would place them above Antarctica.

The Bahamas. Too few islands.

Most of the islands are far too small to be placed on the map. I spent a couple months trying to fix this after doing the main revision, but it is simply improbable on the scale of this map.

I would put the Nile first on the list. The Eastern Desert is much too large and the bend between app. Luxor and Beni Suef too far south. In Sudan the bend running from app. Abri to Abu Hammed needs to be tightened while that between app. Ed Debba and Ed Damer should be widened.

After that I would place Mesopotamia. The flow of the Tigris and Euphrates on the map has almost no relation to their actual flow from the source all the way to the mouth.

Besides those the Jordan River in Israel/POT/Trans-Jordan (small but very important), a couple of vital rivers (especially for city placement) in the Andes, a number of very important rivers in southern Africa, the Chari and several others in central Africa, a number of major rivers in West Africa from Benin through to Ghana, the Senegal River, the Tiber in Italy (same as the Jordan), and numerous rivers in southern China.

Bascially, outside of Europe, we need a lot more rivers and for existing rivers to be fixed more than anything else right now.