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GrantExploit — Celicia (Map from 2015-02-26)

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Published: 2018-03-12 19:35:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 721; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 1
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Description This is a sketched "map" I created 3 years ago of the main world in a fictional universe I am creating. It has:
  • no definite projection, 
  • no longitude lines, 
  • no latitude lines aside from the Equator, Arctic, and Antarctic Circle. (The latter 2 are asymmetrical about the Equator, and it is unknown if they coorespond to those on Earth or those on the planet) 
  • no city names, 
  • and no rivers outside of the main Lodian continent. 
  • All names are provisional except for Lodia and Selsi. The legend was intentionally left blank until a scale for the planet was established—and it has. The politics are quite out of date.

    A digitized blank map has been created, with slightly better continent shapes and a few new rivers. This map will be updated to fit within a defined projection and latitude/longitude lines, with more rivers and lakes added. After that, on to make topographic, climatic, and political maps!

    If you have any questions, please ask.
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    Comments: 5

    Mobiyuz [2018-06-21 18:52:53 +0000 UTC]

    Oh wow. This brings back so many memories of maps I would make exactly like this one when I was bored in class. So many memories...

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    GrantExploit In reply to Mobiyuz [2018-06-22 02:56:49 +0000 UTC]

    Thanks and you're welcome, I guess.  

    The major problem is that because this was a free-hand map, when I digitized it  more than 2 years later the latitudes were waay off from where I wanted them to be. For instance, the Jade Lodian capital city in the current digitized map is located at ~5 °S, when... does this  look like a climate at ~5 °S to you?

    I could (and plan to) move the continents around to fix this, but it's kinda difficult to convert Cartesian raster coordinates into Geographic coordinates. Any ideas on what I should do (speaking about the digitized blank version, of course)?

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    Mobiyuz In reply to GrantExploit [2018-06-22 03:15:45 +0000 UTC]

    No clue. Never digitized any of my maps.

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    GrantExploit In reply to Mobiyuz [2018-06-22 04:35:58 +0000 UTC]

    Ok.  Maybe I could vectorize it and/or get some bona-fide cartography software...

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    Iven-Furrpaw [2018-03-13 03:29:07 +0000 UTC]

    I'm glad you're making a digital version this ones hard to see. Cant wait to see the full colored version.

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