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.

I started the City of Severin some weeks ago. Today i will write something of the history of the Town.

Severin is a City with history in goldmining and further processing of gold. It was founded by Hanso Severin. In the City are many goldsmiths, jeweler and watchmakers. Southwest of the City is still a active goldmine. With this history it´s not a surprise that there is a Museum of Goldsmith and Gold Mining.

In the East is a near border with a border crossing Point. It is still a very important trade Route.

This is a historical basis of Severin. I will present further details of the City in the next weeks.

Position of Severin https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/17.7165/142.4450

Recently, I’ve come to a decision to join this site. Me being a bit familiar with road jargon - and an urge to fulfill my passion of mapping with the help of a seemingly friendly community would at least be able to create a town without some sort of intramural dilemma, right?

Wrong.

Welcome to Thornsbury - a town that I had envisioned to not be a calamity of biblical proportions, but unforunately it seems I had my brain tied up as the inclination of having your town noticed by other people felt so pleasurable. Even this is wrong - and obstructs your actual passion; switching it for attention seeking.

In conclusion - I’d like some helpful aid on what I could call a blunder on my part. If this isn’t exactly suitable for a diary entry, then I’ll take to something else to figure out how I could lodge Thornsbury into a less, crowded suburbian clutter.

Bavarian, your local bankrupt salesman

Since October, I’ve been hosting mapoffs (Similar to mapping challenges) on the unofficial discord for ogf. After some discussion with admin and other users, it was decided that the mapoff would be used in order to reboot the Geolympics. As such, this is being posted here so that all users are able to see it.

The July 2021 Mapoff is The Geolympics.

Based on some recent discussions, among others arising from the orphaned state of the wiki in this regard, we are reviving the “Geolympics”.

The idea is to have a more or less consistent list of cities which held the games. Obviously backed by a reasonable amount of mapping. For that reason this edition of the map-off will be geolympics-themed. It couldn’t be easier: Map a geolympic venue. Summer or Winter games, both count. (If anyone has a shrewd idea about spring or fall games, let us know. Maybe a 1000sqft raking contest?)

Just check the RW games from the time you plan to map and see what infrastructure is needed. Usually a big stadium as the centerpiece, a village for the athletes and some more locations for other sports, like tennis courts, water venues, ski jumps, alpine pistes, etc. You also need some public and private transport infrastructure. This is further detailed down in the rest of the wiki page. Your entry does not need to be completely new, as there’s no good reason to exclude good mapping from becoming canon. We have not yet finally decided how to deal with the existing ones, but I think we can agree that a bit of incentive to improve it a bit more is never a bad idea. This means that if you submitted an entry under the old bid system that isn’t listed on the bottom of the page, go ahead and re-visit it, spruce it up, and enter it in this contest!

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Hi everyone,

you are invited to participate in discussion about the new Midistland project, which I would like to organize over the course of this summer. I have started a forum thread and compiled all my personal opinions and ideas in this document.

See you in the forum! For East Uletha, this has been Eklas.

Hello, OGF community (and new mappers in particular),

I’d like to inform you that from July 1st, 2021, the territory of Midistland will be closed for editing by new users. The status of the territory will change from blue (public) to purple (collaborative). Users that have already been working on the territory will be allowed to continue doing so, but are advised not to start new projects.

The reason for this change is that I would like to start some kind of discussion about potential better use for the territory: Midistland is in an important location, it is the “gateway to East Uletha”, yet its current state leaves a lot to be wished for. I would like the discussion to take place on the OGF forum; in the following days I will try to gather some opinions and ideas that I have and form them into a proper announcement. Anyone that would be interested to take part in the reconstruction of the territory is welcome to do the same – I’m hoping we can open the discussion at the end of June / very beginning of July, and maybe even get to work later in the summer.

For East Uletha, this has been Eklas. Have a nice day!

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As everyone certainly noticed since yesterday the Opengeofiction site is labeled as insecure. I hope the issue will be resolved in reasonable period of time however now it makes impossible to upload and download files with the most typical version of JOSM (.jar files, used also in Windows JOSM installator).

Using hit and miss method I found simple solution to that problem. Go here: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ and download the .jnlp version of JOSM. It is slightly more annoying to use (starts longer, for Apple computers users it may appear a bit blurry) but at least remembers all settings and plugins from .jar version. After you try to upload and download using .jnlp version you will receive the window with the content pretty similar to the one from web browsers where you can allow JOSM to download and upload from “insecure” website called OGF.

Happy Mapping

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.

Hello everybody,

My idea of making Kalm (and my neighbouring countries) a “strictly controlled” collaborative territory does not seem to work so far. I am thankful for the positive feedback for this idea and also for the work that has done and the porposals that have been made for Kalm. But this is a reminder: If you’re interested in working with me in my territoires, just let me know and see this diary entry.

Family and work still don’t leave much time for OGF.

For the moment I try to find 1-2 hours per week to continue my work in Tarott. For example, there is Neubunsort, a strictly car-free artificial island under construction. And I work on two long planned railway connections: The east-west connection under the harbour (now open!) and the new north-south tunnel (via Kulzertor station, now finally under construction). By the way, the current Hauptbahnhof (main station) in Tarott (the former “Viaduktbahnhof”) is in “interim solution” introduced in 1991, but due to many delay it will last until at least 2027!

Kind regards
Johannes

Dear all,

This diary entry is to invite all OGF mappers to submit ideas for the city layout of Xiongjing, the glorious great capital of the mighty Bai Empire.

Previously, I was pretty unsatisfied with the old layout I have drawn out, which limited possible developments of the city. So, lacking ideas at the moment, I decided to raze the capital to the ground, save for a few government buildings within a 4km square and a railway station.

Xiongjing is a master-planned city, specifically designed to house the modern government institutions of the newly-established Middle Bai Dynasty in the 17th century.

Users can submit their ideas in this diary entry with their explanations. Other users can also provide input on the proposed layouts suggested. Attached below is a screenshot of the city interested users can work on.

The citizens of Xiongjing and the Bai Empire will be grateful for any input.

Long live the Empire!

Zhen Kang (Z.K.)

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Ages since i posted, but in Point Fern, i’m struggling to get the ideal sizes for schools, and i know some are off. Really useful would be some sort of ideal scale for each kind of school (Primary, Intermediate, High)

Also School sizes are different in different suburbs btw.

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Area I’m talking about

I have sectioned off a section near the main retail area for Industrial, but i’m not sure if i’ve put the roads too far apart from each other, in general.

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Hello!

It’s been a while since OGF got better by removing histor and topo layers, but also coastlines stopped re-rendering at zooms 9 and lower. This can be a bit annoying, with best example being islands in Plevia:

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=9/44.7370/63.5641

and Ginnungaoyar:

https://opengeofiction.net/#map=9/-58.0808/84.8831

I think that re-rendering all coastlines once for about two weeks would be a reasonable solution.

MiePrzKom

Hello, I am the owner of the country Rockland in South Archanta (AR050-16) and I’ve noticed two boundary relations marking the borders of the country: [Rockland, 130251] (https://opengeofiction.net/relation/130251) and Slerren, 130260 .

(Slerren is the country’s former name.)

What is the purpose of the second one? Does it need to exist? I’ve looked in other countries in the region and they only have one boundary relation, tagged the same way as [Rockland, 130251] (https://opengeofiction.net/relation/130251) . Can I delete Slerren, 130260 , or does it need to stay?

Thanks, uslashcloudycandy

Hey everyone,

I’ve been drawing German-styled cities for years now, and many of them look decent, but none of them have that characteristic inner city well mapped. I know roughly how those develop historically, but there isn’t any guide on how to map those developments.

I’ve been told that I should start from the main square and then develop “blocks” – spaces in between streets. Then, the streets should follow the borders of the blocks. This advice seems good, but it’d be nice if there were a more detailed guide on how to do that – for example, I have no idea how to develop blocks.

If someone experienced enough could explain this whole process, we could use this entry on the wiki in the help/resources section.

Thanks in advance.

Mecyna 2.0

Mecyna is the second supervised open collaborative territory in OpenGeofiction (OGF) (indicated blue on the OGF:Territory overview map). All mappers are welcome to contribute! However unlike other blue territories, there are no restrictions as to what can or cannot be mapped outside of 2 rules:

1. The OGF rules apply (as it does elsewhere on OGF); and
2. Mapping must not be deleted.

This means:

• mapping your large metropolis;
• implementing your visions to what has already been mapped [without it being destructive to existing mapping]; or
• connecting settlements with motorways, railways, and/or rivers (links are tips to drawing them well).

My role as co-ordinator includes helping new users improve their mapping and making the territory more coherent. New users editing in the territory are also free to contact me for mapping or mapping-related technical assistance (such as with using the iD (the in-browser editor) and JOSM editors.

See the co-ordination page for more details: https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/OGF:Mecyna

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The collaborative state of Seneppi

On behalf of my fellow state coordinator Ernestpcosby, we are happy to invite mappers to join Seneppi, the Midwestern U.S.-themed collaborative state in the Federal States of Archanta. Seneppi – which includes the former state of Walkegan – represents a broad cross-section of mapping inspired by the Great Lakes region of the United States, including the following areas:

• Wallawaukee, a modern major FSA city located on the shores of the largest of the FSA’s Grand Lakes;
• Gramercy and Clinton, two aging cities that were historically the headquarters of the FSA’s auto manufacturing industry but more recently have found themselves as part of the FSA’s “Rust Belt”;
• the Lake City suburbs, highly auto-oriented suburban sprawl oriented along several trunk highways and motorways radiating out from Lake City;
• Finch Hill, a small master-planned city that will serve as Seneppi’s new state capital;
• Gleason, an older river-based city that has reinvented itself as a regional educational and health care hub;
• and more!

We are seeking mappers who are interested in helping to map one of these urban areas, or who would be interested in adopting a more rural county with small towns and a strong agricultural presence. If you are interested in this Midwestern-style collaborative project, please reach out to myself or Ernestpcosby.

About the FSA

The Federal States of Archanta (FSA) is one of the OGF community’s largest collaborative efforts to date, with dozens of mappers working together to map one of the OGF world’s modern superpowers. While the project has historically been based on the United States and southern Canada, we strive to use North America only as an inspiration and the FSA continues to evolve with its own unique culture and style. Mappers are welcome to participate in the project in one of three ways:

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We would like to restart the Deodeca project - a majority Spanish speaking country in South Archanta. The south of the country would be majority native Archantan languages (think native American).

It is envisaged that coordination of the project will be done in Spanish. (so excuse this message!)

Deodeca (map) shares boundaries with the Federal States and Ardencia project, along with other territories.

Message admin with interest and plans.

Thanks/L (wangi for admin)

Hi All,

I have been unable to make saves to my map for weeks now.

Admin confirmed my account is still active.

I do restore/re-set and try to save, but the ‘upload’ button is “greyed out”.

Any ideas how to resolve this as Admin said I shouldn’t create a new account.

My map area is the state of Gilliad in the United States of Archanta. thanks!

Is it me or is there only one renderer (the standard ‘Mapnik’ -like style) active ? It looks like both Topomap and the ‘Histor style’ renderer are not active.

Marcello

Hello all,

For the past few days, the OGF wiki has been working perfectly for me. I thought it was just me, until Marcello replied saying that it worked smoother than ever after they accidentally clicked on it. I diddnt want to make a diary entry until i had at least one other person experience this, and if it doesent work for most others i will delete this

Thank you for reading, Newnw

Update: The wiki works, but they had to disable topomap and histor style for it to work.