For real, this is some tips I do have for new mappers out there, unsure of what to build, i’d like to simplify the process for you, starting with the easy part INSPIRATION. What is your country based on? If the united states pops into your head you would go and place highways, but actually America was just forests and strange coastlines, the only reason the highways are all scattered is because of America’s urbanization on the land. So what should I do? One thing is to look around at roads in america, one place you’d never look is kentucky or west virginia, in those states there are a lot of hills, and highways have to follow the hill in order to go a specific way, so be bob ross and set your imagination wild. We are at the next step, unleashing your inner bob ross, now add realistic forests and mountains to your map, remember, don’t make it too filled with nature, because you need your towns and cities later, after you’re done, try mapping out a few towns and cities, but put it on rivers. America does this a lot, same with other countries with many rivers.

Here we are, the last part, designing your amazing flag, it might take some time to perfect but trust me, no flag is perfect.

(I might be untrustworthy but given me reading more ogf wiki articles i correct my past mistakes by filling up parts i left blank with amazing stuff, and in the end it looks, well okay.)

I recently discovered some of the remnants of my first attempt at a country still exists on the map. I also discovered how miserably bad it was. And when I say miserably bad, I mean “oh God that’s terrible block him before he messes anything else up” bad.

Part of me wanted to hope the original mapping stayed hidden/ignored forever. But I thought about it, and I felt that perhaps this will act as a bit of encouragement to newer mappers trying to get better, to show that if you’re willing to try, listen, look at examples, and take advice/constructive criticism/feedback, that you can improve.

Here’s the remains of the city of Noah in what I had at the time claimed as the first version of Freedemia in a different spot, ~2014ish:

this abomination here

And this is Quentinsburgh, Freedemia today, 2017, continuing to improve:

[not terrible if I may say so myself, still working on improving it daily] (http://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/-3.3853/-2.4529)

All this is to say, if you really care, and are willing to listen to advice from fellow mappers, learn different mapping techniques, look at well mapped countries and real life countries as examples, and take the time to slowly map and improve, it can make a difference and you can get better. Don’t lose hope. I know it’s been a bit rough on newbies around here lately, but understand that the majority of us just want you to learn from mistakes, keep improving, keep trying. If I’ve somehow managed to come this far, so can you.

Sincerely, Ernestpcosby

Hi everyone, i like to base my country in turkey. but keeping OGF style “no real world elements”. thats all. is good or bad?

Hello fellow mappers, Since I started mapping I loved the OGF Wiki and especially the stat lists, something inside me loves checking which countries got the highest GDPs or murder rates. The thing is that we don’t have many of these lists, so I’m bringing some ideas, hope you like them:

• List of countries by average wage
• List of countries by unemployment rate
• List of countries by housing type (houses, flats…)
• List of countries with paid maternity leave
• List of countries with universal healthcare
• List of failed states

Hi everyone, today i knowed something… There is no delete function in the OFG Wiki, i really need to delete all my articles (except Ukiria). If its by request: I request that delete all my articles (except Ukiria). I really need that.

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I have some news, Palaseskia will be remade soon. Here are the following things.

• The states will stay, some small ones will leave.
• The roads will be heavily remapped, with all highway systems staying the same.
• Town and city names will stay, except for one or more.

If you have any ideas/suggestions for Palaseskia, feel free to comment about it.

Thanks…

A huge segment of coastline is removed between node 8460513 (Meeonj near Artana) and node 36886472 (Attikai Beach in northeast Gobras City), causing a flood in Uletha.

~~How to undo an edit by someone else?~~ Someone did it

Also, it looks like this guy is frequently deleting coastlines.

Hey guys! I need help on making inner borders (like states). I know that there is a tutorial in the wiki, but I don’t understand it. Please help.

Hello Everyone,

I have been here for at least 5 months, and I still don’t think that my mapping skills have gotten any better since Day 1. I am still very dissatisfied with my work and am willing to delete it all if needed. If anyone reading this has the time, could you please criticise my work in a comparison from Day 1 to now. I will not be disclosing the time I worked on it to give a fair atmosphere. Please give any advice, even if it is to delete it all and start over. Also, if I am to start over, I am wondering if I should start with all the roads connecting the big cities, then the small cities, then work on the big cities, then small. Any criticism is accepted, thanks.

Thanks, Zekiel

http://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/-17.6844/21.6774 http://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/-18.0532/21.7353 http://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/-17.6257/22.4855 http://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/-17.5735/21.9392 http://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/-16.9975/21.7511

PS: Thank you for taking the time to review this. I really appreciate it.

A couple of hours ago, I changed the designation of several roads in Utterland to convert them into highway N11 (a primary road all the way) in http://opengeofiction.net/changeset/439480 . The changeset shows in the history, but is not reflected not on the map. Can anyone help?

Can someone please make an image of the location in Ünglend like that ? . Please.

I was just wondering, is there an equivalent of Greek Life (or of the country Greece) in OGF as far as fraternities and sororities are concerned?

I was considering mapping a “Greek Village” of sorts on some of my college campuses for fraternities and sororities. It was then I was reminded there is no Greece. “Well then”, I thought to myself, “that could be an issue.” XD

Maybe something like “Latin Life”?

Part of me thinks it’s a bad idea to have them anyways so if there isn’t a good equivalent I’ll probably just leave them out of my society altogether to avoid grappling with things like widespread hazing, but it would be helpful to know. Thanks.

Hi everyone ! I’ve tried to make a map showing where the main languages are spoken. Maybe that can help and inspire people. It must be completed and modificated as long as countries change and new ideas come. Hope you like it. Cheers !

I have rediscovered some shortcuts I found a few months ago. I had forgot what they were until now. Here are 3 undocumented tools on the ID editor I found through chance. They seem to be little known and inaccessible without these shortcuts; I have not seen them mentioned elsewhere on OGF, or on the wider internet. ## Navigable map Bring up a small map of your surrounding area on the top left of the screen. It can be used to jump large distances by dragging the map. This can be activated by pressing the forwards slash (/) key. ## Wireframe view: Does what it says on the tin. Press the W key. ## Information box: Select an object and a tab appears in the bottom right of the screen. This gives the object’s ID, and its length if it is a line, and the object’s perimeter and area if it is an area. Press Ctrl+I.

I hope this makes ID a bit more bearable for its users.

EDIT: All 3 functions are listed on the ‘shortcuts’ page of the OSM wiki. They are quite easy to miss and are not separated from the standard functions, however.

Hey Guys,

Sorry for my second question this week: Is there a possibility to make own Infoboxes, I tried it, but it didn’t work? What did I do wrong?

Link to wiki page

Thanks!

happy mapping, Lars

Hey everyone,

You know how people say that you should look at your own painting in the mirror so you could know if it’s good? Well, I tried to do that with OGF maps, like this:

This way, you won’t recognize your own maps, so it will be easier to tell if it’s good.

What do you all think about this?

Edit: the point is that if you can’t look at your own maps objectively, a mirrored image could help you have a different perspective.

Is there a possibility to make routemaps in the wiki like on wikipedia? for example like this one

Thank you Guys!

happy mapping

Lars

Well, iam starting taking a step for a continous mapping and not too much diary entries… i only setting the country house style… i like to know if this are too little or is a rare desing (Little houses/stores are poor ones) Oh sorry if is incomplete (Iam expanding road and making details such grass, trees, etc.) and sorry for many entries… oh and thanks to everyone for all their diary entries! (they answered some of my questions so there is no need of Overdiaryfication)

Hi!

I’ve been editing a lot today (I started about 2 hours ago) and none of the edits has appeared on the map (normally after this amount of time, most of them would have appeared at least if viewed in incognito window of the browser). Is there some kind of problem with the map?

Eevee