embolalia
TNPer
Right now, things are first-come, first-serve. I have no hard-and-fast rules for who can have a spot, or restrictions on how things can look. I do have some general guidelines and suggestions.
Given that this is a feeder region, and there's a fair amount of turnover in membership, I'd like to see that you've been here for a few weeks, and seem like you intend to stay here.
Additionally, you should not expect a territory as large as Canada. Given the number of nations in TNP, and the fact that this map is only the size of one Earth, I'd expect "European-sized" nations in most cases, though exceptions might be made.
I'll entertain the notion of adding land or changing coastlines, if I get the impression that you're serious about your cartography or roleplay, and the changes aren't massive or ridiculous. (I talk a bit more about this below.)
When you post your request, please give me a general idea of the climate you want, or the spot you want, as well as the general size. If you want to be really helpful, make an outline in MS Paint
IMPORTANT: The map is a projection. Sizes are not exactly as they appear, especially toward the poles. I am working on a way to address this problem more effectively. In the mean time, you may want to use the Google Earth file to see what an area actually looks like before committing to it.
Save for the regions that use RL Earth, I don't think anyone has done this before. If you ask me, this is incredible, amazing, awesome, and all those other words.
So: Basic details. Google Earth has an "image overlay" feature. Basically, this allows you to replace their satellite images with your own. What we'll do is put a fictional map in, thus creating an easy-to-access spherical model of our "world". Thus, we can have a realistic regional cartography (in that it occupies a semi-sphere rather than a flat plane), which can lead to more realistic climatology, travel paths, etc., while also being able to see each nation in a relatively undistorted way. I'll put a more detailed explanation of why this matters on the page, along with more technical detail. One last detail I should mention is that I plan (if the region wants to do this) on making both an overlay (low-detail, no distortion) and a scalable PDF/SVG (higher detail, high distortion).
Now for the issues: As you may know, it is impossible to put a flat image on a sphere without distortion, and vice versa. It's not as big of a deal near the equator, or with small nations. Unfortunately, given that you are the North Pacific, this will likely mean a fair bit of stretching for many of you. Long story short, if you already have a nation already mapped out that you want on the globe, it'll be hard to put on without much distortion if it's large and/or not near the equator.
Next come the concerns, specifically my stylistic concerns:
I'm a fan of continental cartography. If you look at my IDU map, you can see generally how I do (and an idea of the level of detail I would try to provide). That's not to say I can't or won't do archipelagic cartography. Note that Embolalia itself is an archipelago. But it feeds into why I want my greater vision of an entire world, which we'll then "lease out" to other regions.
Secondly, I like cartography that a non-expert might find realistic. There's a fair bit of leeway in this, but... how to put this... we may have a bit of a disagreement if you want a 500km-long phallus. (Though, there probably will be at least a few mildly phallic shapes, since those do tend to occur naturally.)
And finally, a general concept: The region is the North Pacific. Of course, since this is an entirely new world, the "Pacific" is something of an arbitrary classification. I don't know if this will be a problem or not; it depends on how integral you consider being surrounded by the RL Pacific rim. Anyway, given that Grosseschnauzer is a TNP member and has a number of IDU puppets traditionally located to the west of our region, I made TNP occupy one or more archipelagos in and parts of continents along the ocean to the west of the IDU. Note that all of it is subject to drastic changes if needed. You can see that the EID has signed on to be an archipelago to the IDU's east, and Antarctic Oasis has agreed to be our south pole (which, unfortunately, makes the map not entirely original, but mapping the poles in an equirectangular projection is nearly impossible, so a canned map just saves on effort).
Given that this is a feeder region, and there's a fair amount of turnover in membership, I'd like to see that you've been here for a few weeks, and seem like you intend to stay here.
Additionally, you should not expect a territory as large as Canada. Given the number of nations in TNP, and the fact that this map is only the size of one Earth, I'd expect "European-sized" nations in most cases, though exceptions might be made.
I'll entertain the notion of adding land or changing coastlines, if I get the impression that you're serious about your cartography or roleplay, and the changes aren't massive or ridiculous. (I talk a bit more about this below.)
When you post your request, please give me a general idea of the climate you want, or the spot you want, as well as the general size. If you want to be really helpful, make an outline in MS Paint
IMPORTANT: The map is a projection. Sizes are not exactly as they appear, especially toward the poles. I am working on a way to address this problem more effectively. In the mean time, you may want to use the Google Earth file to see what an area actually looks like before committing to it.
About the Map:
Save for the regions that use RL Earth, I don't think anyone has done this before. If you ask me, this is incredible, amazing, awesome, and all those other words.
So: Basic details. Google Earth has an "image overlay" feature. Basically, this allows you to replace their satellite images with your own. What we'll do is put a fictional map in, thus creating an easy-to-access spherical model of our "world". Thus, we can have a realistic regional cartography (in that it occupies a semi-sphere rather than a flat plane), which can lead to more realistic climatology, travel paths, etc., while also being able to see each nation in a relatively undistorted way. I'll put a more detailed explanation of why this matters on the page, along with more technical detail. One last detail I should mention is that I plan (if the region wants to do this) on making both an overlay (low-detail, no distortion) and a scalable PDF/SVG (higher detail, high distortion).
Now for the issues: As you may know, it is impossible to put a flat image on a sphere without distortion, and vice versa. It's not as big of a deal near the equator, or with small nations. Unfortunately, given that you are the North Pacific, this will likely mean a fair bit of stretching for many of you. Long story short, if you already have a nation already mapped out that you want on the globe, it'll be hard to put on without much distortion if it's large and/or not near the equator.
Next come the concerns, specifically my stylistic concerns:
I'm a fan of continental cartography. If you look at my IDU map, you can see generally how I do (and an idea of the level of detail I would try to provide). That's not to say I can't or won't do archipelagic cartography. Note that Embolalia itself is an archipelago. But it feeds into why I want my greater vision of an entire world, which we'll then "lease out" to other regions.
Secondly, I like cartography that a non-expert might find realistic. There's a fair bit of leeway in this, but... how to put this... we may have a bit of a disagreement if you want a 500km-long phallus. (Though, there probably will be at least a few mildly phallic shapes, since those do tend to occur naturally.)
And finally, a general concept: The region is the North Pacific. Of course, since this is an entirely new world, the "Pacific" is something of an arbitrary classification. I don't know if this will be a problem or not; it depends on how integral you consider being surrounded by the RL Pacific rim. Anyway, given that Grosseschnauzer is a TNP member and has a number of IDU puppets traditionally located to the west of our region, I made TNP occupy one or more archipelagos in and parts of continents along the ocean to the west of the IDU. Note that all of it is subject to drastic changes if needed. You can see that the EID has signed on to be an archipelago to the IDU's east, and Antarctic Oasis has agreed to be our south pole (which, unfortunately, makes the map not entirely original, but mapping the poles in an equirectangular projection is nearly impossible, so a canned map just saves on effort).
I am doing this publicly to give credit 
allow opportunity for dissent 
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I feel you earned it. 
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tell me where you want to be and it's done.
You got a PM within hours of your Request GS. 
...and all work on the maps ceased....just like you asked GS... 
As far as I can see, you still don't have an authorized way to move forward though. 
That is over 40 in 3 days, since I left.... 10% that I saw and documented... 
The all powerful leader then waits 7 days to even speak a word here??? 