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Redesign of Älved (do not worry about big changes)
Posted by SwissCrusader on 16 June 2019 in English.I know my country is appreciated for its landuse style etc. but I have started a redesign of some areas of Älved, which will result in temporary “ugly” placeholders.
My purpose is to make a harmonious style (as Neberly or Ingerland are) so that the map looks great at zoom 8-9 , which I think there isn’t at the moment, so I will redesign and simplify most of the non-precise areas, and when I want to draw precisely a region I will limit those to some “square” regions (see Ingerland and neighboring countries) and not do “semi-precise” areas elsewhere.
I also want to solve verisimilitude problems: some geographic features weren’t logical, as mountain sizes across the country etc., I’m planning to re-align mountains on generally planned mountain ridges, as well.
Don’t worry about bad-looking temporary sketches or “lost” areas (like Norrbunden province), I made a full backup locally and I might put back in place some of the features later. Most “precise” regions will not be impacted by this.
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Discussion
Comment from Ūdilugbulgidħū on 16 June 2019 at 21:54
Be careful not to do to much. Parts of Älved are already way better than Neberly (which I don’t find very realistic anyway) or Ingerland.
I’m not sure that you can resolve the realism of the mountains in your own country when that has to be linked to what happens in the country next door.
If you get the detail right at zoom 10-11 you won’t need to worry about zoom 8-9. Your work’s pretty outstanding, so I’m sure you’ll succeed in what your trying to do.
Comment from Fluffr_Nuttr on 16 June 2019 at 22:32
I’d think that ideally, you’d want to have a balance between detail and getting the bigger picture. This section of Pennsylvania is a great example.
Comment from SwissCrusader on 17 June 2019 at 06:25
@Fluffr_Nuttr: Yes this example is great (although the amount of natural reserves hurts the eyes a bit =_=) and this is why I want to simplify the “bigger picture”: I’d rather start with a global, imprecise mapping (let’s say zoom level 8 or 9) and then adding more details in a zone, so that I can focus on detailed zones while still having the bigger picture around. Otherwise if I do details here and there, I start to do too much and nothing really stands out.
@Udilugbulgidhu : No, I won’t do too much. I’ll have less time for mapping in a few months so I’ve planned the redesign accordingly. The purpose is to add rivers on the whole territory at the correct scale. The beautiful and precise areas will not be touched, or will be put back in place when this thing is done.