OpenGeofiction
Edit: title adapted due to changed focus within discussion
Here they are, finally, the wiki articles about the two international airports of Tarott:
Tarott-Kemburg International Airport
Tarott-Hipplanken International Airport
I will work on international flight connections soon. Thanks to all who already established international flight connections to Kalm. In most cases, Tarott-Kemburg certainly is the main destination of your airlines in Kalm.
Best regards joschi
Canclaret and I were hoping to do a bid for the 2016 Winter Geolympiad that is to be co-hosted between Palmerston City, Ismikk and Sono, Inretsk (the latter of which is currently under development, although we’ll probably get it done on time). Is it alright if we could start our bid early (if there is going to be one soon)? We’re not going to have as much time to get things done from September 1st onward, but we still really want to do this.
The country names in OGF sound very original and realistic, but they all originated from something, so I thought this could help all mappers and give them ideas for naming.
My country, Reeland (Reelant), was named after the Ree people from the Ree island. The Ree island (Isle of Ree) was originally a fictional map I found outside of OGF. I later found out that there is also a Dutch surname Reeland (Reelant), but that is not connected to the country name.
So, how did you all come up with the country name? Write in the comments.
Regards
Hey there, this topic has been on my mind for a while now, and I would like to post it here for discussion.
When mapping my cities etc, I kinda just named all the things in 3 languages: Kojolese, my countries made-up language, English and German; although recently I sometimes name some things only in Kojolese, for example street names etc. However, I’ve seen at many other great maps, that even countries where the “official language” isn’t English/Ingerish, are mapped in English, which obviously helps with figuring out what everything is supposed to be. So my question is, what do you guys think about this?
I like naming stuff in its native language, cuz then it just has a more… natural feeling to it I guess, and it forces strangers to engage with the culture of the place they are viewing. On the other hand, I’m not sure if it sometimes hinders understanding for spectators. They are probably able to figure out which buildings are supposed to be train stations and which not, but without reading through the wiki or opening the map editor to look at some translations provided there, they probably won’t be able to understand why the heck so many stations’ names end on “Dyanchezi”, “Chezi” or “Norikichezi”.
Also, of course, telling names become pointless. Viewers will notice that “Goengyuē-Pang” is a city quarter, but again, without checking in the editor noone will notice that there is an origin to that name, even if only marginal. So how do you guys deal with this? Do you maybe sometimes use hybrids, naming important places with English clarifications, like “‘nativ lang word’ Stadium”? Or do you not care at all what others see when they view your places and are only concerned about your self enjoying the view ;) Hope to hear from some of you!
cheers, leo
With the close of July, 2015, the voting closes for selecting the host city for the 2016 Summer Geolympiad (Pancontinental Games). The winner, with 13 votes, is Quentinsburgh, Freedemia. The runner-up, with 9, is Old City, Neo Delta.
User Ernestpcosby, the creator of Quentinsburgh, becomes the “owner” of the 2016 Summer Geolympiad page. He has made a commitment to work with everyone at OGF to develop a fair and interesting Geolympiad for all of us. Watch for developments!
Meanwhile, if you wanted to make a Geolympiad bid and were disappointed, don’t be!
We will begin to implement a “retroactive” selection of cities for past games. Over the next several days, look for a new “Talk:2012 Summer Geolympiad” page (which I’ll also announce here) setting up a proposal and voting process for those games. Hopefully, each month we can do another selection… as we work back in time, the bid process will actually become more difficult, I think, because we will have to think through the post-games history of the venues that we create. We can propose venues that have been subsequently re-purposed or destroyed, for example.
If we do a new “old” games city selection each month, that should keep everyone busy for more than a year or two, as we work back in time.
I look forward to everyone’s participation. If you have suggestions or alternative ideas, don’t hesitate to comment or send me a message.
Thanks again for everyone’s participation.
Happy mapping.
What was your inspiration when you built your first city? I’m about to ask for a territory (1 more day) and would like to hear from others what was their experience.
(If anyone would like to see my first city in public territory I will annex the coordinates, it’s the one marked and connected to the suburbs a little farther east).
Ricardo
Hello, I am using All Electronic Tolling on toll roads in my country and I wondered if there is anything to class an AET gantry? I don’t want to use a toll booth as that indicates a conventional tolling scheme.
Hi, friends! Uletha is flooded… well, may be it was me :-( If someone would like to help, I was editing coastline in Rugenia, the problem could be there. Sorry!!!
Bruno Moreira
PLEASE VOTE
This is the final push to vote for what city will host the 2016 Summer Geolympiad (Pancontinental Games). Voting closes July 31.
Details may be found on the wiki Talk page:
http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Talk:2016_Summer_Geolympiad
Voting is done by “wiki signature” (type “–~~~~” under the city name you want to vote for in the voting section).
So far the city of Quentinsburgh, Freedemia has the lead with 9 votes, while running a close second is Old City, Neo Delta, with 7 votes.
So far we have only received 19 total votes for 5 active bids. I know there are more users than that on OGF … please vote! The more total votes receieved, the more legitimate the result.
Happy voting!
Greetings, brave mappers out there!
I’m just working on the history of Norðurland. And I thought about that around the Vinn Sea area, there could have existed a commercial-defensive organization of cities and countries like the Hanseatic league around the Baltic and North Sea (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League). In my writings, I currently mention it as the “Vinnic League”.
Maybe, this league could even have been revived in (or have survived until) nower days as a supranational union to ease trade as “Vinnic Union”.
Any suggestions about this (like the name or in general), especially from the Vinn Sea - adjacent state owners? If there are no caveats during the next days, I will create a conforming wiki article.
Greetings and happy mapping, Markus
Hi, friends! As I said and everyone can see, I prefer use buses as main transportation in my cities and countries. There is any way to include, at least, number of bus routes, in the cities infoboxes?? I rarely mention trams and never mention trains. Just changing the words is not working here, and I am affraid to do a mistake in the infobox everybody uses…
Regards! Bruno Moreira
Hello, brave mappers out there!
Currently, I’m working on a map of the suburban railroad network of Frjálshöfn. I’d like to create smooth curves like in Andy’s map of Puerto Real (see here: http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/File:Porto-Real-urban-rail-network.png)
However, theses Beizer curves are driving me insane! I don’t figure out how to really create smooth, even curves for a 45 degree angle, and I can’t even think of making two or more of these curves parallel!
Is sb as experienced as Andy is and can share the magic to me? Inkscape or Illustrator doesn’t matter, I have both (even if I prefer Inkscape).
Greetings and happy mapping, Markus
Thanks Isleño for the currency tutorial; this was exactly what I needed all those years! I designed some banknotes for another project between 1998 and 2000 using a program called Pagemaker (which I don’t believe exists anymore), but after that I never got the hang of it again, until now.
The unusual amount of 70 Vargu is explained by the facts that Řots uses a duodecimal counting system and that with notes of 10, 30 and 70 one would need max. three notes to get 20, 40, 50, 60, 80, 90, Ѧ0 and Ѣ0. This system of course has some disadvantages as well, but the people of Řots are used to it.
The other banknotes will have to wait though; between 27/7 and 2/8 I will be in Canada, with limited access to my geofictional stuff. On the other hand, if you live in or nearby Montreal (and possibly also Ottawa) and don’t find it utterly weird to meet with a complete stranger to discuss e.g. some bilateral relationships between our countries, you can send me a message.
Du lundi 27/7 au dimanche 2/8 inclus, je serai en vacances au Canada, donc si tu/vous habites/z à ou près de Montréal (et probablement aussi Ottawa) et ne penses/z pas qu’il soit complètement bizarre de rencontrer un parfait inconnu afin de parler par exemple des relations bilatérales entre nos pays, merci de m’envoyer un message.
inunde el continente ULETHA , he desunido un nodo fronterizo pero al mismo tiempo uno costero. http://opengeofiction.net/node/23940990#map=19/14.17888/60.97881
Lo siento mucho, no me di cuenta que estaba unido un nodo costero. :(
I flood all Uletha Continent, i make of mistake over node http://opengeofiction.net/node/23940990#map=19/14.17888/60.97881 separete with all cosat line, hurry up!!!! I soo sorry. i cant see this node :(
after i edit few node is andalaz coastline, my country is drowning now, i cant find where the coastline node are broken, i’ve look http://opengeofiction.net/util/coastline_info.html, but nothing wrong with andalaz island coastline… is there anyone willing to help me to find what is wrong with my country’s coastline?… thx
How can I make a new category?
Just saw this - British Library releases 1 million images, now in the public domain. Looks like a great source for the Wiki. British Library Flickr stream
Hey there,
So for quite a while now, pictures in my (and perhaps others’ too?) wiki articles that I linked to on Wikimedia Commons don’t show up any more and instead create an error. The following article is an example: http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Daiamondoshi-Pang (look under “cityscape”)
Now what I used to do was that I treated files on wiki commons like files that are already uploaded to the OGF wiki, because it appeared to me that the OGF wiki was somehow connected to Wiki Commons and accessed their datebase. Now my questions are, was I wrong? What changes were made so that now this way of doing it doesn’t work anymore? And what can I do to make the pictures show up again? Do I now need to seperately upload each and every one them to the OGF wiki? Thank you in advance :) Leo
Have coastline updates been temporarily halted? I did some major revision near my capital about this time yesterday (10:30ish US EST) and they still haven’t gone into effect.
I setup a temporary instance of Osmose QA tools. A tool about data quality. It’s a temporary server for 10 days. You can take a look and make remark and comment. Let say if it’s useful.
