OpenGeofiction
Hey mappers!
Recently I got my first territory. The capital city called Valka is located on the small Peninsula on the south coast. Please have a look (Click here for the MAP) and read the text. :D ## First edits:
I have started with a fort on the eastern tip. Colonist have build this Fort after they first arrived. Now it serves as a tourist attraction. Other tourist attractions in near distance are the two beaches, and the fish market a bit north.
Further north is the main railway station, with an editing style where you can “see” the interior, like Gobras world port. The city will develop over time further north.
The city will have a tram network like I started, probably a subway system and in addition a commuter train network like the S-Bahn in Germany.
(The small island south of the coast are only temporary.) ## Airport and north railway station:
The airport and the north railway station were prebuild in Commonia and moved to my territory. I will not touch them soon, but they will be continued to be developed later. ## Next steps:
I will continue to develop the southern part and place some buildings here and there. Because I put much effort into detail work, progress overall is very slow. I will start with an european styled historic city center soon. ## Tips?
What can I do better? What can I add? What should I delete?… Any improvements I can make are very appreciated!! Please give me tips so I can even improve my mapping more!
Thank you guys!
Lyriax
Discussion
Comment from PortCal on 18 March 2019 at 22:20
Your work is truly good! All the work is really mapped in good detail and although there is not much (yet), it looks very realistic. For your first territory, this is doubtlessly a great start.
Also, when you say slow progress, it’s actually not “slow progress”. I rather see mappers work in detail like you, and do small bits of detailed mapping at a time, then mappers who rush to fill the country and make the city look like a generic city which could really be made by anyone. Detail makes all the difference when zooming in. So definitely keep up this good quality work. I’ll definitely keep an eye on Valaga.
Comment from Megacity2005Creator on 18 March 2019 at 23:00
I agree with @PortCal that detail makes a big difference. I was actually looking at Valaga yesterday, and unlike other territories where every city has a 5x5 grid and two hundred motorways, I didn’t just skim over it and leave. So great job, but (although this is only my thinking), I don’t think your projects should be completely isolated from each other.
Comment from zhenkang on 19 March 2019 at 00:09
Looks nice so far. I may ask you to plan a tran system in Kontroga.
I will say I like the fact you detail stuff as you develop the city.
Comment from Lyriax on 19 March 2019 at 12:19
Thanks for the nice feedback! @zhenkang: I would like to plan a tram system for Kontroga but building is up to you. I’ll look at the city sometime in near future!
Comment from zhenkang on 19 March 2019 at 12:51
Here it is: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/50.8861/65.1787
Comment from Picard-Lindelöf on 19 March 2019 at 18:55
I love it! I don’t know how big the city is supposed to be but I think it would be appropriate to move the airport even further away at a later time. The mapping is very good
Comment from tule00 on 21 March 2019 at 00:11
Your mapping is very good! I’m impressed! The only suggestion I have would be to not focus on the small scale so much. I know it sounds wrong, but perhaps it’s better to “sketch” the entire city and then focus on the details. Or perhaps you could try both at the same time – sketching the city while doing detailed mapping at certain areas.
However, the details you already did are fantastic.
Comment from histor on 21 March 2019 at 19:45
Fine details, indeed. But why you let run your streetcar with a lot of curves around the Old Valkan Theatre instead simply straight in the middle of the street?
Comment from histor on 21 March 2019 at 19:51
South Beach Railway station has 4 tracks. Better only 2 platforms: track 1 southbound - platform - track 2 southbound - track 3 northbound - platform - track 4 northbound. Your passangers will say “Thank you”.
Comment from Lyriax on 21 March 2019 at 21:12
@histor These points are actually very good! Hmm I had 2 platforms, then changed them to four, now I will probably change them back to 2. The streetcar situation was build like this, so the cars can stop directly on the fish market. But I’ll probably rethink it too! :)