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Hello All,

This is my first map so would like to hear peoples views on this:

I plan to do a map on Liechtenstein, one of the smallest countries in the world. As it is so small it only has a few towns, so i will include towns just accross the borders aswell.

I Have drawn a basic outline of what i would like to do:
Large:450X750
Version 1.2 With Roads
STILL TO DO:
Make with Regions
Bonuses, Touch up roads and name places, Small map.
Version 1.0http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq176/Boss_Oss_ss/Map-%20Lichtenstein/Lich.png

I will use this map as a guide to where to put the places


I will have 24 Territories :

show: Territories

I am planning to have the following bonuses:
Austria: +2
Switzerland: +5
Vaduz: +1
Vaduz, Feldkirch and Buchs: +2

Any thaughts?

Boss

I could see this becoming a nice luxembourg style small map... go for it.

Darn someone beat me to the punch! But I wholeheartedly agree with natty!! Go for it!!

Do you need 750px?
I think that you should reduce height size since it's a small map

fumandomuerte wrote:Do you need 750px?
I think that you should reduce height size since it's a small map

The onny reason i have it soo large is so that all the detail on the map is clear and not all "Squashed in" when i downsize it.
I Will do a mock up of how i want it to look and if i feel it is too large i will edit it as needed.

Boss

Anybody know the best way to draw roads on Serif Photoplus or GIMP? once i get that done it should be easy pickings

Boss

Boss_oss_ss wrote:Anybody know the best way to draw roads on Serif Photoplus or GIMP? once i get that done it should be easy pickings

Boss

Using GIMP...

You can usually get the effect of a track/trail from a height using a standard fuzzy brush and drawing freehand:


However, if you're after something that looks a little more sophisticated you could try something along these lines:
Draw your selection area to be the shape of the road:

Then you can fill it with an existing pattern or cut your own image into the selection:

When you sort out your selection area you can start feathering (Select -> Feather) and so on to make it look better.

If you want more help feel free to PM me and I'll do what I can.

Thanks ill have a try tommorow!

Boss

Updated map first post, any thaughts??

What bothers me is... this is supposed to be a map of Liechtenstein, but half of the territories are outside Liechtenstein, while a major part of the country has no territories at all...

I'd suggest finding another way to divide it into territories, besides cities/towns.

Look at this political map for example:



It has plenty of territories for a map, and then you would have regions instead of connector lines (trust me, I tried to make a map with cities connected by lines, and the majority of responses was "I'd like to see this map with proper borders & territories").

Just something to consider.

natty_dread wrote:What bothers me is... this is supposed to be a map of Liechtenstein, but half of the territories are outside Liechtenstein, while a major part of the country has no territories at all...

I'd suggest finding another way to divide it into territories, besides cities/towns.

Look at this political map for example:
http://mappery.com/maps/Liechtenstein-R ... mb.pdf.png

It has plenty of territories for a map, and then you would have regions instead of connector lines (trust me, I tried to make a map with cities connected by lines, and the majority of responses was "I'd like to see this map with proper borders & territories").

Just something to consider.

That was another idea that i had, However, because there are so little towns, there are just as little regions. I was looking at maybe doing something similar to this:

, With regions including towns getting a bonus. what do you think of that?

[EDIT] same map but different site [/EDIT]

Yes, that could work. Although that's a lot of small bonus regions. Maybe something like "+2 for every 3 towns" or something, in addition to a regular bonus structure.

natty_dread wrote:Yes, that could work. Although that's a lot of small bonus regions. Maybe something like "+2 for every 3 towns" or something, in addition to a regular bonus structure.

Got ya

Ive drawn out the map with regions: the only problem is how will i name the 3 regions highlighted With Wood! They are owned by different parts of the country and i cant really use the names twice

Be creative

natty_dread wrote:Be creative

Highlighting places with wood is about my creative limits

Ok ill think of something!

Personally I think you'll find it a really big struggle to make this work, with there being so few natural regions and towns to convert into CC territories

I don;t even know if there would be an easy way to incorporate any regional history or implications of tax evasion