Following up hmniak’s diary entry about ‘Geovision’, I saw a comment that there aren’t any other international competitions, other than sporting ones.

In fact there are a few:

The Martanidia Prizes are international prizes in Science, Medicine, Literature and Peace - equivalents of the Nobel Prizes.

The Jko Prize is an international art prize - equivalent of the Turner Prize, but extended internationally.

There is also the Cruz y Lopez prize, a prize for architecture.

Maybe there are others…

Happy mapping Udi

A somewhat different topic than usual.

If anyone is looking for mapping inspiration, or just out of curiosity, there is a twitter account called @unchartedatlas. It is a “bot” which produces imaginary maps “randomly” - obviously the design of the algorithm is probably pretty complex - the creator discusses it here. Some of the maps aren’t very realistic, but others are remarkable.

Happy mapping.

As railways are not a usual thing to me (there is VLT in Rio de Janeiro city since this year, but I did not go there yet), I have some doubts about using this tag in my maps.

I am imagining a rail route between Slovech - or Trindade - and Tarugo or Nova Baltimore. Because Slovech is the capital, and Tarugo I will build some important naval and heavy industries. If I create this route, it can be extended to Nova Baltimore, capital of province, just few kilometeres south to Tarugo.

First doubt: Could I use railway=light_rail?? I read in OSM Wiki light rail is a urban trnasport… this way, it would not be the best railway between these cities…

Second doubt: The terminus in Slovech area.

• can be in Trindade, a town I will re-map when I finish detailing Slovech. I prefer this idea, but “the passengers” would need to use another transportation (tram and buses) to follow to Slovech

• can be in Sant Theo, east Slovech. In fact, here there is integration to other transportations, as buses and trams, and here is some kind of “metropolitan terminus” - the bus routes from Trindade will stop here, only one or two will follow to Slovech downtown.

*can be in Slovech downtown… only if I can use tunnels, because seting so many buildings in Slovech, there is no space to new rail stations. Which railway= I can use with tunnels??

For now I am still with a lot of work to do in Slovech detailings, but, as I am also focused about creating correct relations to all my transport routes, I need to think about it too…

Bruno Moreira

Currently I use a self-made template to link map positions in wiki-articles.

The following options are available:

{{MER-coordinates … name of template

name = … displayed name

logo = … displayed logo (link to file) or “no”, if no logo

zoom =

latitude =

longitude = … coordinates and zoom

node = … or node number

}}

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Template:MER-coordinates

Is it also useful for your articles?

Hi. I’m new here and I need help with my city. It’s in Commonia and it is next to City of Charlington.

Thanks, Sam The Wox

I just started work on my new country I’m calling Aiau, and I just finished work on my forests and rivers. Does what I have so far look realistic? If not, please help to make it more realistic.

Thanks!

I am now reopening chances for editing memberships in Omniville!

Also, I would like YOU guys for 1. a WEDway PeopleMover system in the Omniville capital area (Omniville City) 2. Rivers and mountains (geography) in Omniville 3. Developing a railway and road network in the whole Omniville area

Please contact me if you would like to apply to join editing Omniville.

Tárrases is open for business!

The tiny city-state, in an ambiguous relationship with its giant, undemocratic neighbor Mahhal, has a history of laissez-faire capitalism and open borders. Because of this, it is a popular place for international brands seeking to get a foothold in Mahhal, and in any event there are almost no barriers to entry to the small domestic market for any international brand, manufacturer, franchise or retail chain.

The country’s surprisingly well-educated, cosmopolitan workforce typically receives below-market wages due to the country’s isolated location, uncertain political future, and cold, damp antarctic climate, with 20-hour-long winter nights. This is a capitalist paradise!

OOC

I have completed my landuse and landcover relations for Tárrases, and so I’m ready to get down to the business of business.

If you want to place your retail or manufacturing business in Tárrases, here’s how to do it. I want to make it easy.

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What is the GSF about?

The GSF is an allusion to the Eurovision Song Contest, which should at least be familiar to all Europeans. Basically, it’s a competition to showcase your country’s artists. Of course, the contest also has a winner, which is determined by televoting (in our case by random principle) . Every country gives between 12 to 1 points to their favourite song. Obviously, the country with the most points wins.

Why do we need the GSF?

Browsing through the wiki you can find tons of sports-related competitions but nothing focusing on culture, let alone music. I think the GSF is a fun way to introduce something new to this platform.

How do I apply?

You can apply by commenting the following:

• Country representing
• Artist/Band/…
• Song title
• Genre
• Language sang in

An example:

• ABC-Country
• Best Band Ever
• Best Song Ever
• Pop-Rock
• Ingerish

When and where will the contest be held?

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I’m really loving this. Still trying to learn JOSM, and am making progress in that regard, but still mostly using ID.

When I requested a country, I requested a fairly large one. An admin talked me out of it, and I can see his point. With all of the editing and re-editing I have done, working in a much larger area would have driven me nuts.

Anyway, come visit Quebertia. It’s very much a work in progress (as are all nations, I guess)

Recently it hit me- how come do we not have any (relevant) fictional web pages in OGF yet? Well, I spent the past few days brainstorming intensively and here are some ideas I came up with.

A search engine

There are plenty of them in the real world, but I think we’ll be fine with just one for now. As a test of pronounceability, I always try to use them in the sentence “If you don’t know, just ___ it!”

• Lokker - playing around with “look up”
• Ding - obvious Bing reference. don’t like this one very much because “ding it” sounds like a substitute swear word (like saying “dang it” instead of “damn it”)
• Najdu.db (pronounced “nye-do”) - an all-Drabantian search engine, in translation “I will find.db”

A video site

Look, the office workers in your countries just need to have a website to go to, procrastinating watching endless cat fail compilations.

• Playday - well the videos are so good, you’ll want to watch them all day

Social networks

Before you go like “ugh who even uses facebook in 2016 anymore,” remember there are soccer moms and lorry drivers in the OGF world too.

• Friender - a facebook-ish thing
• Beeper? Chirper (haa who else hated that b** bird in Cities:Skylines)? - a twitter-ish thing
• Snapdat! - yeah this one is not very original, but its teenage users are here for the dog filter and not the name, duhh
• Blurda - “blurter,” a place for anyone to blurt out their feelings and opinions in (real-life tumblr)

And also the most needed:

• Tender. Timber. Tinner. - just whatever

Other

• Pokemon Go. I am not a player or a Pokemon fan so I just have no idea
• Memes.

Write your ideas and suggestions!

Hey, I’ve signed up over a year ago but haven’t really been that active since then. However, the past few weeks/months I tried improving my country Elhádhon.

I’m rather proud of my achievements around the area of Andreassjäda which is supposed to resemble a rather fertile area with focus on agricultural use. It provides the rather arctic country with food. However, before getting more into detail and work (which I plan to do the next few weeks), I’d like to receive some feedback from you guys.

Thanks in advance, Hmniak

• How can I get a grey map (one of these used to show the location of countries, just like in Wikipedia)?

• Can I actually edit the topo map and make it look like a real topo map?

Agarderia is undergoing a civil war, which has been largely won by the new government established by Glaster with the aid of the AN. The source of the conflict originated in the 20th century which is outlined below.

1. Agarderia was a right wing democratic nation which transitioned to a dictatorship in the 1930s. It then became very close to the Commonian fascist government.
2. Commonia propped up Agarderia against communism for much of the early 40s. A failed communist revolt lead to the displacement of the native Agarderian government with one directly controlled by Commonia in January 1945.
3. A large communist revolution in spring 1945 lead to a year long civil war. Glastian communists invaded and occupied east Agarderia, depriving the fascists of their fuel storages in the country.
4. The communists had won the war by 1946 and had set up a new government. In 1947, a large number of Glastian communist troops and civilians fled to the still occupied Glastian Agarderia.
5. Glastian Agarderia was made a semi-autonomous body in the new Socialist Agarderia. Glastian Agarderia housed Glaster’s communist government-in-exile.
6. After crippling economic trouble and a bout of hyperinflation in the mid 1980s, Agarderian communism ended in 1986 with a transferral to democracy.
7. Failing to address the problem with Agarderian neo-communists based in Glastian Agarderia, the country descended into civil war once again in 1998. From 2003 to 2007, Agarderia was an AN mandate.
8. Glaster and Agarderia have managed to cut off GA’s access to the sea. Most trade with the rogue nation has stopped, but owing to its small population, it is able to minimally support itself.
9. Agarderia has decided to leave the country in isolation rather than deciding to invade it. Currently both the outlawed Agarderian communist party and the Glastian communist government-in-exile are stationed there.

Some possible points to discuss:

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The Isle & City Games are my creation to provide a sporting arena for small nation states, city states and islands who wouldn’t be able to host a Geolympiad event and who aren’t all that competitive in the medals table.

Founded in 2000, the first ICG were in Myrcia in 2004. The games are bi-annual and take place in the spring, around late-April. The events are a scaled-down version of the Geolympics. The host nation selects 25 events to host which can range from sailing to decathlon to lacrosse.

Any nation of under 2 million can compete. Any city with a population of under 2 million can enter as a city team. Any semi-autonomous island or group of islands with a population of under 2 million can enter as an island team.

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Appreciate your thoughts: http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Talk:OGF:Gobras_City#Rivers

Thanks/L

The Kingdom of Carpathia now has a new flag. How do you guys feel about it?

Hey there JOSM users, so the question is simple, what JOSM plugins would you recommend for OGF Mapping? Share your recommendations below!

During this week I had a little problem with my islands, and while it solved @Ūdilugbulgidħū (since I had no idea) I have dedicated to the design of a small town in central Bizaradia.

For the design of the city I have tried to keep as much detail as possible (although I still have to allocate shops …) and a good scale.

(More details here)

Context

The city lies in a wide and fertile plain in central Bizaradia, the left bank of a river (located east of the city) as its main industry is agriculture.

The city began to build in the late sixteenth century and therefore does not present a too important historical center: it is to create, and will be located above the cathedral and the right side of Independence Avenue.

For now, round by now 20,000 inhabitants, but it should be twice as big and reach 40,000 City lhes

Infrastruture

The city has two tram lines that link with the nearby towns and villages, connection motorway, country road and train.

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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?