Hey everybody. I am new here and it´s great. So, unfortunealy I would like to create maps in german languages but there is no free available country to edit in german. I´ve found some states that´s have to be edit in german languages or some states who are available to request with german language. (UL14e, AR016…)

So what can i do? I would like to request any available country and try to create fancy stuff with josm that i have already installed…

Thanks a lot.

Greets, Conny

Hello everybody, I would like set some islands in the sea (within my country), but unfortunealy it´s never shown at the map. I tried it with “natural, coastline”, “landuse-island” and changed the settings at the multipolygolon Can anybody helps me? Thanks a lot.

Der Name Bakurthie wurde erstmals im Jahre 1247 erwähnt. Er stammt von den ersten Siedlern, welche über den See in Sankye ankamen. Übersetzt bedeutet er ‘Berge und Flüsse’. So bezeichneten die Siedler das unerforschte Land südlich ihrer Siedlung. Dies kam daher dass wenn man von Sankye in den Süden blickte, das über 200 Kilometer entfernte Gebirge bereits klar sehen könnte und ebenso auch die zahlreichen Flüsse, die in der Passage zwischen Bergen und dem See entsprangen.

Why the OGF-Wiki needs terrible long time to show up? Is it only at me - or a generally problem?

In townmaps (may be not only in Europe?) it is usual, to show the terminal of a streetcar-line with the line number encircled - like ⑤. This encircled numbers are defined in the Unicode as hexa from #2461 and following or decimal from 9312 and following. In the Unicode-list there are the encircled numbers 1 to 20. Also there are some encircled letters, if your lines are lettered.

In the ID-editor it is not possible, to give this encircled numbers into the name-tag directly only with the ALT-key-methode. So you please must look in an unicode-list and copy this character and paste it in the name-tag of your tram_stop-tag.

This encircled number logical looks smaller as the normal number. If you will be able to read this encircled number on the map, the character has to be in a greater grade. For this please add to your tag “railway=tram_stop” the tag “service=terminal”. Then the name of the tram-stop will appear in the histor-style in a greater grade as usual, so that the encircled number good is readable. In the standard-style this service tag will do nothing, there the tag is neutral. Visible in the histor-style this terminal-tags are in zoom 15; the normal name-tag of tram-stops in zoom 16.

Exemple for a streetcar-system with such terminals may be Aerwinya in Oakhill, Federal States - see [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/-37.80576/161.02969&layers=H]

Thanks to ChalieG for help.

Let us have an eye to the buslines - like here [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=17/-37.79534/161.03272&layers=H]

Yes - it is an illegetime child of the streetcar - only in green instead of red. Here you really are mapping for rendering - but you can show your important bus-lines in your city. Name can be given to the line and to the stop. This feature is not foreseen for long-distance buslines from city to city - it is possible, but may be not good looking.

Tagging see [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/OGF:Histor-style] Why “railway”? To take a structure, the renderer know. Why “busline” and not only “bus”? To avoid a key-word for mapping, which may be possible in the future by a standard-style.

Here we have some new road-colours - and not more this “not to see”-green for the trunk-roads, if the road is between green landscape. Is this new “#ff69be” (in the colour-table named as “hot pink”) too much hot? May be we can make it a little bit lesser dominant. Primary now is “#ffa501” and secondary “ffff01”, which means nearly plain yellow. The colour of motorways (blue’) and tertiary and lesser roads and pathes are unchanged.

Sure there is some smoothing-work to do (the ref-shields and some pieces over bridges).

The garden-pattern has now colour #77e72f as iiEarth has suggested.

Next step will be a seperate colour for freight-railways. We already have blue for subways, green for commuter-rails, red for hi-speed trains. Can we drop the green for the commuters and use it for freight-rails or did you think, we need a seperate colour for both? And if yes, which?

see [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-37.7101/161.0754&layers=H] as test

It is some years ago, the histor-style is changed the last time. So now let us have an update. First the firmland gets a colour more bright, because with the past colour the map looks too dark. Gardens get an light green. Some new symbols (doctor, veterinary, craftsman) will add to the symbols and in next time some other will be added - mainly in connection with the shipping-lines.

The zoo-symbol is changed (not more the elephant, but a catpaw - from a lion :-) ). Nevertheless I am not sure, if this is the best soloution - may be better is an abstrat pattern (green with points?). We will see.

The green of the trunk-roads is no good colour for this highways. I think, a light blue is better - or darker red? What do you prefer?

In the past some user ask me for a special colour or marking for railway-tracks only for freight use. We have in the histor-style red for the hi-speed rails, green for commuter-rails, blue for the subways and other rails are gray (see here [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-13.5752/39.6951&layers=H]). What significant different colour may be perfect?

Hello everybody… I´m working on my first city “Sawanka” (Country=Kalm) First of all… thanks for this very very good map. Finally something, I searched long time to create my own town. But I have a question, it´s a little bit difficult to create an “showable” city, so I´m looking for some tools, who can create cities an little bit easier. If there is some tool or program, let me know it quickly :P Thanks a lot! - Sims

O.k. - there are more places in Huntington, where you can go in the evening. But the real night quarter, the red-light district of the town is behind the railway station. In the north the Ispelia Street, east the Gobrassanya Avenue, south the Ataraxia Street and in the west the Kalm Avenue are the imaginaire boundaries of this area. Here the night can be dangerous, sexy, loud and fascinating.

[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-37.6034/157.9145]

Who will map the houses, bars, pubs, music-clubs, cinemas, restaurants and all other features needed in this environment? We need a mapper with advanced skills in city-mapping. If you are interested, please send an inbox-message to Ernestpcosby or me (histor).

In Huntington, the capital of the FSA, is forseen an area for your embassy. If you will start diplomatic relations, you can draw your embassy in this red marked area. Plase do not take more place for your embassy as half a block (or lesser, if you represent a small country). If you wish an other place for your embassy, please contact Ernestpcosby or histor. [https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/User:Histor/Sandbox/Huntington#Embassies]

We will be glad to see your embassy in the FSA.

Four counties in New Carneby (Federal States of Archanta) west of the metropole of Stanton shall be develloped. This work is nothing for friends of motorways and excessive rectangled street grids - here we prefer a more rurual type of urbanisation.

Rails, motorways and primary roads are given. No more “towns”. (“Town” here mean a place with more than 50,000 inhabitants). Only one town in each county may have 100,000 to 120.000 inhabitants, the others with lesser people. Only small regional airfields (one in a country). Town boundaries here are usual with admin_level = 8

Only one wiki-article for each county to avoid overwikification.

Sure you may change details of the given items, but not the generel layout. May be at some occassions you feel, a changing of the layout is necessary - then we can discuss about. If you can be friend with this conditions, please write to BMSOUZA or histor to get your claim.

It can be offered:

=== Aldergate County === see [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=11/-40.3552/159.3622] flat landscape. In the east sleeping towns for Stanton, in the west rurual character. Town boundaries are given.

=== Beaver County === see [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=11/-40.6809/159.1116] low hills, generally rurual character, in the east sleeping towns for Stanton

=== Pacuhanco County === see [https://opengeofiction.net/#map=11/-40.7704/158.8712] flat landscape, rurual character, in the west more or less swampy area of Carnegy River. In the east changing to soft hills. You may add few towns

=== Six Lakes County === see[https://opengeofiction.net/#map=11/-40.9454/159.1143] hilly landscape, holiday area for Stanton, many weekend-houses, small villages and towns, romantic lakes

An example from Commonia = [http://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/17.24328/140.42537]

As far as I know in New York City the blocks are 60 to 240 m. If you calculate as minimum 1) street a, right side driving lane 3 m, 2) parking lane 2 m, 3) footway 3 m, 4) house at street a 12 m, 5) inner block 10 m, 6) house at street b 12 m, 7) footway 3 m, 8) parking lane 2 m and 9) street b, left side driving lane 3 m = then you get 50 m. This is the absolute minimum for reasonable buildings inside of the blocks.

If you will do a good work for the inhabitants of your town - give them more room.

the barrio # 2 of Latina (Ciudad) [http://opengeofiction.net/relation/718] was planed for 100 990 inhabitants on the 12,43 km² - means moderate 8982 inhabitants each km². Meanwhile roundabout 3090 houses there are buildt - most with 4 floors and ground floor and 12 or 24 flats in a house. Only few houses are smaller. So we can calculate 3090 * 15 flats are 46 350 flats in all. Let in each live 4 persons as average, so we get 185 400 possible inhabitants = 14 500 each km² (I hope, I did not miscalculate me).

O.k. - that is only a rough calculation. But it is to see, that 100 990 inhabitants are too few for this central dense urbanisated area. So now I set 170.990 for this area. Sure the “new” 70 000 inhabitants will be substracted in other barrios, to let the total inhabitants of Latina (Ciudad) on the same level.

So we can see, that the planed inhabitants can be fixed only after the step, that all houses are drawn

Meanwhile the southern part of Barrio # 2 (named “Barrio Nuovo”) has got some urban athmosphere. It is a mixes area with houses with 5 floors, but some surviving smaller and older buildings. In the middle of the blocks often are some small industry or baker, plumber and so on. Most important building are the stock-exchange and to the right at the Avenida Sardenga the juristic part of the university. For all, which love pets, look at Passage Cantabria please.

[http://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-13.5086/39.6636] is the link.

I plan to apply for the Geolympic Summer Games 1988. At the moment not everything is done, especially the city and the infrastructure need more details to be accepted. In addition to the games (buildings, venues and a list of all sporting events) I plan to simulate the results.

My idea to simulate all events in a few words: I think to host a Geolympic event is a great reward. In the same way, having successful athletes is a honour for a country and should not be randomly or decided by the “first come, first serve”-principle as it is done at the moment. Therefore the simulation of these events is part of my proposal. How it works?

Do you know the card game Top Trumps? It will be a basic ingredient of the simulation.

First think of two countries, both have the same number of mapped sporting facilities and the same level regarding wiki-articles, which is one important fact. So both countries are allowed to decide how to distribute the same number of points in some sport-related categories on the card. Small and undeveloped countries have less points, large high developed countries have more points.

In the sport event cards of countries are compared to each other. Which categories are compared depends on outside influences, is to some extent randomly chosen and also depends on the opponents. So all have the chance to win, however high effort in mapping and writing yield better chances :) One positive secondary effect would be that also unpopular sports (-> all sports except soccer and racing) are developed in OGF!

What do you think?

The city of Cordoba (5 674 865 inhabitants) since today is an own province in the state of Latina. Congratulations to the city of culture and music.

see [http://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/-13.6345/37.2440]

100 to 146 different sort of birds live in the towns in Europa, Amerika, Asia and Australia. But so many only, if there are grass, shrubs and trees among the stones. To have this diversity, it is necessary, that parks have 10 ha (1/10 km²) or more and that for genetic health there are helpful junctions between the parks as trees along the street or trees on a strip in the middle of the street or avenue. (means Bernhard Kegel in his book “Tiere in der Stadt”/animals in the town)

Was two weeks in Finland, Nordkap and Lofoten (Norway). If you need for your wiki of northern (or far southern) landscapes pictures from fjords, mountains, tundra and cloudy sky - please write a message in my inbox.

Has anybody too this problem with Podlatch2? You can edit - but not save the edits. The the system marks “Error creating changeset”. Browser is Firefox.