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by **WidowMakers** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:56 pm

This one is for you Keyogi.

Here is my new idea for a map. The Great Lakes. Basically every US state and Canadian province that borders them is in the map. Also the lakes are territories themselves. I broke up the states into territories based on a prominent city in the area. I know I have made mistakes but this it the first draft.

What do you think.
P.S. The text at the bottom "Only Port Territories can attack lakes or be attacked by lakes needs to be changed. Basically what I wanted it to say was that the only land territories that can attack the 5 lakes are port territories. Also that the lakes can attack each other , by way of connecting rivers or lakes, and the port cities. I don't have a good way of wording this yet so any suggestions would be helpful.

I know it is TOO WIDE. I am going to chop off some of the side by Minnesota.

Each state or province has their corresponding flag in the background of their borders.

by **spinwizard** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:01 pm

it is abit busy with the back grounds of the states...

by **happy2seeyou** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:03 pm

I like it! I have been waiting for someone to do a map like this. Good job.

by **luckiekevin** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:24 pm

What I love

* the geography of the great lakes region makes for a good map

* I love how the map is angled as if it were laid down on a table

* I love the fonts.. ALL the text looks really nice especially the "The Great Lakes". Love the shadow behind it and the color scheme

* the idea of putting the flag representing the area on the map.

What I think can improve

*I agree that it is a bit busy and some adjustment of the contrast might be needed.

* Although I like the idea of the flags being part of the map, they are not dark enough to really see but are so light that they make the map a little harder to read. Almost as if it were a color newspaper that got wet.

* the legend where you explain impassable border can be a bit clearer if needed. mabe the text and the example need to be smaller and side by side like the legend of a road map and how it describes the type of road.

Amazing start. Some people work months to get their maps to this point. You've got some skills

by **Guiscard** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:35 pm

I agree. Great first draft. Will pay attention to this one.

by **Serbia** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:13 pm

This is awesome! Can't wait until it's ready!

I also like the flags, I didn't notice them all right away though, is it possible to try to darken them up a touch, so they are more visible?

by **Pro_Snowboarder** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:30 pm

Looks sweet. I was kinda dissapointed tho, i thought it would be a Great lakes map, not the great lakes and surounding land arieas. I think a good map could be just the great lakes, and no land areas. just a thought.

Website · by **casper** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:32 pm

Woah... yeah this looks great!!

As a resident of Illinois, gotta disagree with the naming of some of the territory names though. Springfield should be renamed Champaign / Urbana or just Champaign if that's too long. (home of U of I). Springfield is actually due south of Peoria..not east or north. Granted Springfield is the state capital but the way you have the state split up it doesn't make any sense.

Moving on to Indiana and Michigan..Goshen should be South Bend. Lansing should be Kalamazoo. Cadillac should be Traverse City. Or move the circle down and rename it Grand Rapids.

And then the rivers. There is no major river that splits Indiana and Illinois that far north or in Michigan either. And the Ohio River certainly does not flow north where you have it splitting Dayton and Columbus. Dayton is also a lot further south btw. I realize though that you probably put these there for strategic reasons but overall it's just not realistic.

Overall very impressive. Needs a lil work but I think it's a great start. So nice to open a new thread and not see complete crap. :wink:

by **oaktown** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:43 pm

at first glance, my only concern would be the size - but you've already mentioned that you're on it.

Can you give us the territory count?

by **Jedimika** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:44 pm

Nice. But, once again Vermont and Lake Champlain get the shaft. *sigh*

by **DiM** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:15 pm

so this is the geographical map you were talking about.. nice.
i don't quite like the idea that the lakes are territories. i would have preffered the lakes as impassable borders with some routes between ports.
and i don't get the ports attacking lakes thing.
one port can attack each lake or what?

Website · by **casper** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:18 pm

DiM wrote:so this is the geographical map you were talking about.. nice.
i don't quite like the idea that the lakes are territories. i would have preffered the lakes as impassable borders with some routes between ports.
and i don't get the ports attacking lakes thing.
one port can attack each lake or what?

Chicago can attack Lake Michigan but Milwaukee cannot.

btw Why is Toledo a port and not Cleveland?

by **DiM** on Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:24 pm

casper wrote:
DiM wrote:so this is the geographical map you were talking about.. nice.
i don't quite like the idea that the lakes are territories. i would have preffered the lakes as impassable borders with some routes between ports.
and i don't get the ports attacking lakes thing.
one port can attack each lake or what?

Chicago can attack Lake Michigan but Milwaukee cannot.

i understood that part but can chicago attack lake ontario??