Question about map types

[apocalypse105]

So I recently was looking at my typ of maps and I saw a map called tiny islands.

So I was wondering whats the difference between the map typ tiny islands and archipelo?

I want to start a new game on the tiny island map but I first want to know what it is whats the difference with the archpelo map?

 

[That nerdy kid]

Archipelago often has large isles (5 or more tiles), while tiny islands has mostly 2-3 tile islands

 

[joncnunn]

Tiny islands is Archipelago on steroids. Even on a huge map your unlikely to start on the same landmass as another AI with tiny islands. (But your usually close enough for another AI or two to still develop land envy)

Also, there's so many coastal tiles that you can circle the globe and meet everybody with a few of the first naval unit.