Israel (V3.0)

[army of nobunaga]

I do not like the colors... use a color wheel... make it artistic.

I like the map though.. good work so far

Just had to use something, what would be better colors? (im not good with colors)

How about the colors of a very popular map of Israel?
http://www.paulines.ph/images/services/Israel-Map2.gif

Man I wish I was an artist and could help you. But I know if you google "color wheel chart" you will see a scince of colors that compliment each other and make art flow.


off of the top of my head... take a look at india and friggin south africa by IH here.. Those are VERY VERY VERY pleasing to the eye..


I like your make and I do actually always feel like a shit leaving criticism... but I think if you have please color combos this will fly through on the sub-conscience here easier.

[Gillipig]

I think there's too much focus on history and how to make the map reflect reality! Focus on making a player friendly and good looking map instead.
The problem seems to be the shape of Israel. Try bending the country so that it takes up less space in height and more in width. It won't look exactly like the shape of Israel but maybe it will get done !

[israel.]

I think it looks ok, I'm sure there are technical constraints to building a map but I do have a few suggestions.

- calling the bottom area the Sinai is wrong on numerouse levels

- You made jerusalem part of the west bank. Instead I would suggest making a separate bonus for the old city, or at least make it separate from the west bank. I'm sure you know the old city has 4 quarters, the other 2 being Armenian and Christian and it would be cool if you could incorporate the old city of Jerusalem. At the minimum I would suggest removing Jerusalem from the west bank bonus and making it similar to Luxembourg city on the lux. Map. Jerusalem of coarse is much bigger then just the old city and the newer Jerusalem is both israels capital city and not located in the west bank.

- finally I would get rid of the pink, the yellows and grey read like desert but the pink...
I would stick with dessert collors, maybe even some green in the more fertile sections of Israel.

[tkr4lf]

Jerusalem of coarse is much bigger then just the old city and the newer Jerusalem is both israels capital city and not located in the west bank.

I thought Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel. I could be wrong. I guess maybe I shouldn't argue with the guy named Israel... I don't know.

[joabl]

Jerusalem of coarse is much bigger then just the old city and the newer Jerusalem is both israels capital city and not located in the west bank.

I thought Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel. I could be wrong. I guess maybe I shouldn't argue with the guy named Israel... I don't know.

Yes...you would be incorrect when you say that Tel Aviv i the capital of Israel. Tel Aviv is just a major city, modern and
filled with high tech companies. Its actually smaller than Jerusalem in size too. Jerusalem on the other hand is the eternal
capital of Israel. It something they had fought for 2000 years to get back. It also is not in the West Bank.

East Jerusalem however has a very large Arab population. And maybe this could come into a factor. Like discussed originally,
I think that Jerusalem could be a whole mini war of itself.

[tkr4lf]

Jerusalem of coarse is much bigger then just the old city and the newer Jerusalem is both israels capital city and not located in the west bank.

I thought Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel. I could be wrong. I guess maybe I shouldn't argue with the guy named Israel... I don't know.

Yes...you would be incorrect when you say that Tel Aviv i the capital of Israel. Tel Aviv is just a major city, modern and
filled with high tech companies. Its actually smaller than Jerusalem in size too. Jerusalem on the other hand is the eternal
capital of Israel. It something they had fought for 2000 years to get back. It also is not in the West Bank.

East Jerusalem however has a very large Arab population. And maybe this could come into a factor. Like discussed originally,
I think that Jerusalem could be a whole mini war of itself.

Ok.

I think I see where the confusion comes from. While Jerusalem is Israel's de facto capital, no other countries in the world recognize it as such, partly because all of the embassies are in Tel Aviv, and partly because of various UN resolutions/rulings (which don't really matter that much, to be honest).

But, in my opinion, a sovereign nation get's to define it's own capital, so I guess it doesn't much matter what other nations consider to be Israel's capital.

I learned something new today.

[joabl]

Jerusalem of coarse is much bigger then just the old city and the newer Jerusalem is both israels capital city and not located in the west bank.

I thought Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel. I could be wrong. I guess maybe I shouldn't argue with the guy named Israel... I don't know.

Yes...you would be incorrect when you say that Tel Aviv i the capital of Israel. Tel Aviv is just a major city, modern and
filled with high tech companies. Its actually smaller than Jerusalem in size too. Jerusalem on the other hand is the eternal
capital of Israel. It something they had fought for 2000 years to get back. It also is not in the West Bank.

East Jerusalem however has a very large Arab population. And maybe this could come into a factor. Like discussed originally,
I think that Jerusalem could be a whole mini war of itself.

Ok.

I think I see where the confusion comes from. While Jerusalem is Israel's de facto capital, no other countries in the world recognize it as such, partly because all of the embassies are in Tel Aviv, and partly because of various UN resolutions/rulings (which don't really matter that much, to be honest).

But, in my opinion, a sovereign nation get's to define it's own capital, so I guess it doesn't much matter what other nations consider to be Israel's capital.

I learned something new today.

Yeah, that was actually a good way of putting it. However America has a Consulate General in Jerusalem though. Regardless if you look up Israel in any encyclopaedia it shows Jerusalem as its capital. Also on any map. I think its fair to say regardless of what other countries might think is that Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel and it would be geographically incorrect to say otherwise.

[koontz1973]

pitrules88, while I am digging a map of Israel, there are some concerns that I have.

Your current draft has no legend on it.Please get one on the next draft.

Your bonus zones are out of whack. You have a lot of very tiny bonuses top and bottom. This is a big no. Geographical accuracy is not as important as game play so you will need to have another look at those as well.

Graphics aside, right now they could use a little lot of improvement. Please, can you go and have a play with what ever graphics software you are using. (If it is GIMP), have a look at natty dreads tutorial...
viewtopic.php?f=649&t=140723
viewtopic.php?f=649&t=141577
and you can even send a few questions my way.

Your map is very tall, try to make it wider and then you can rotate the map at an angle (look at Portugal). This will give you far more room for the legend and more space for the map itself. Remember, you also need to do a small map and right now, you will not be able to do that with your current image. It might be better to scrap it completely and start afresh. If you do that, then take a look at this beauty.
viewtopic.php?f=242&t=109112&hilit=Israel

Lastly, can you pleae update the threads title to show...
- maps name - date of last update - page of last update. Like this...
Israel [2/4] pg3

Hope to see the next draft soon.

koontz

[koontz1973]

[Moved]


If the mapmaker wants to continue with the map, then one of the Foundry Moderators will be able to help put the thread back into the Foundry system, after an update has been made.

koontz

[thehippo8]

I think there's too much focus on history and how to make the map reflect reality! Focus on making a player friendly and good looking map instead.
The problem seems to be the shape of Israel. Try bending the country so that it takes up less space in height and more in width. It won't look exactly like the shape of Israel but maybe it will get done !

I never realised that it looks like an icecream in an icecream cone before!

[BluU]

WOW

I'm glad I came into this thread.
I'm a native Israeli, and I will try to give my comments here without getting into politics. Trying to be objective. Please note that once this is published you'll here plenty from people on the site that are not objective. This is a huge bloody dispute, so you'll need to be ready to stand in the middle of it. People might be very offensive! I would really love having a map of Israel here. But you and the owners of the site need to be aware that it might get very ugly...

Now for the objective input.
I don't like the area bonuses you selected as they are not aligned with the normal way the regions are known within the country.
The only correct bonus area you got are close are Galilee and the West Bank.
If you need some help in more logical split, I would be happy to assist.

Here is a link to the official split
Israel:
http://gis.cbs.gov.il/shnaton53/all_israel.jpg

Palestinian Authority:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palestine_election_map.PNG

Sharon is a much smaller area from what you assigned. So is Gaza. Sinai is not part of Israel at all!
If you want to avoid political issues you should keep Jerusalem out of any regional bonus, and separate it in color from all other bonuses. +1 deploy should be enough reason to take this region, (like it is in Luxemburg map for example).

Some of your region names are wrong. you need to decide if you to keep the Israeli\Arabic Names, which I think it's a better idea.

The following needs to be corrected:

Haifa - this region better be renamed to Acco (known as Acre in English) As Haifa
Tiberias - the Hebrew name is Tveria
Lake Tiberias - the Hebrew name is Kineret
Hadera - should be changed to Haifa, which is the major city in that area.
Bet Shean - The actual city of Beit Shean is in the area you named Nazareth. this city is not in the West Bank! I have no better name for the region as it doesn't hold a major city.
Jenin is the correct City name in Arabic and not Jamin.
There is no place named West Tikva or East Tikva. Nablus is located in the region you named West Tikva. you better rename West Tikva to Jerico . and rename the region you called Nablus to Tul Karem .
Allah - Is god in arabic, you wouldn't want to call a region after god! Ramallah is the name of the city.
Nir Yizhak - Gaza is the major city in this area. don't replace it with a village of few thousands.
Dead Sea - Yam HaMelach in Hebrew
Beer Sheba is not located in the area you designated.
the name is Yerhuham and not Veruham

I can go on honestly, but before renaming you regions and your bonus regions you need to better split them differently if you want to have it closer to reality. I think the links I gave you above should help.

Israel is a small country. 24-30 regions should be enough to represent it.

Feel free to PM me if you wish to have more help.

[Gillipig]

We have an Iraq map with al qaida featured as bonus regions. We have WWII maps. I don't think this (if it'll get done) is going to be more extreme than what we already have on this site.