iancanton wrote:sully800 wrote:gho wrote:Jakarta definitely needs to replace Singapore, Singapore is 0% Oceania, at least Jakarta is partially Oceania
Jakarta can replace Singapore, I think you are right in your analysis that Jakarta is much more a part of Oceania.
jakarta and singapore are both on asian islands, though jakarta is part of classic australia, while singapore's not on that map at all. i prefer singapore because it's a genuinely world-famous city and major aviation hub, while jakarta isn't even the best-known place in indonesia (that honour belongs to bali).
to solve the issue of some bonus regions feeling cramped, u could explode them (as the usa map has done), then increase the size of nafta and europe, while shrinking africa and mercosur down to size.
at the moment, it's not completely clear whether honolulu is in nafta (correct politically and economically) or oceania (correct geographically). changing the colours ought to solve that one.
ian.
As you may notice, I did switch Singapore to Jakarta in the latest version. I think that both are very important world cities but only one can be featured due to their proximity. This may become a non-issue however if I cannot find a better trade agreement than CER, because if not then Jakarta and the Manila will both be dropped (in favor of Auckland and Cairns I suppose).
As for an exploded map, thats not a bad idea but I don't like them nearly as much as geographically accurate maps. People are very familiar with maps of the world, and scaling the continents differently would make the map feel "off". I have already increased the vertical scale just a bit to give the map more space, but I don't wish to distort the continents relative to one another.