The Q-BAM Improvement and Core Thread
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May as well post this here as well. Ashtagon's 2014 QBAM, coloured in with Aquagel's TOASTER colour scheme.
https://i.sli.mg/7dBKf8.png
https://i.sli.mg/7dBKf8.png
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Big news, it seems q-bam is not exactly done correctly, since it was found many features don't match with kavrayskiy 7 type projection, so ashtagon made a comparison to show us just that
Here is the link to his map comparison: http://ashtagon.deviantart.com/art/The-QBAM-is-wrong-637548686
Here is the link to his map comparison: http://ashtagon.deviantart.com/art/The-QBAM-is-wrong-637548686
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No, I mean maybe the Q-BAM isn't actually Kavrayskiy VII. It's either that or everyone making it fucked up big time.
worldmap
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It seems someone fucked up big time, or named the wrong base map as kavrayskiy 7, so that menas this needed to be discussed sooner or later
I'd always understood the projection to be Robinson, but I forget why I think that. Can @BionicWilliam find out definitively from Qaz?
Pretty sure if it were Robinson, the top and bottom would be broader.
Apparently, not even the worlda is quite the Robinson: sorry to quote an old post, but for posterity-
Patch of Germany`s borders on December 31st 1937.
There were a handful of errors (especially the eastern borders), I fixed.
There were a handful of errors (especially the eastern borders), I fixed.
The similarity between Karakalpakstan and Turkmenistan's colors is a bit jarring; I'd recommend altering that part of the color scheme a bit.
(not sure if this is best to say here or in the toaster thread)
More problems:
1) There's a great inconsistency about territorial claims- some are shown and some aren't. Syria's claim to the Golan Heights, Ukraine's claim to Crimea, Venezuela's claim to western Guyana, China's claim to Arunchal Pradesh, India and Pakistan's claim lines in Kashmir, and South Sudan's claim to Abyei are all shown. On the other hand, the disputed ownership of Kafia Kingi, Guatemala's claim to Belize, the Republic of China's various territorial claims, Morocco and the SADR's claims to all of Western Sahara, the various Antarctic claims, and Argentina's claim to the Falklands are all not shown.
2) The West Bank and Gaza Strip are all shown in the same color, which is a bit misleading considering that actual control of these territories is divided between Israel, Fatah, and Hamas.
3) Lakshadweep is not shown in Indian colors.
4) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in a weird shade of pink.
5) South Georgia and other British overseas territories are shown in a completely different color to the rest of the UK.
6) Why is ISIL shown on the map, but the Syrian rebels not shown?
7) The French regional borders are outdated.
8) I don't think Bouvet Island is in the Norwegian color.
9) the Prince Edward Island are not displayed as being South African.
10) a pixel on the Kenyan coast is displayed as being terra nullius.
11) the Saudi islands in the Red Sea are displayed as being terra nullius.
12) one of Saudi Arabia's internal borders is a different shade of grey to the rest.
13) I think the South Sudan-Kenya border is wrong. (compare with Google Maps and openstreetmap)
14) some islands on the northern Siberian coast are in a lighter shade of green than they should be.
....I'll stop nitpicking now, because it's a good map.
1) There's a great inconsistency about territorial claims- some are shown and some aren't. Syria's claim to the Golan Heights, Ukraine's claim to Crimea, Venezuela's claim to western Guyana, China's claim to Arunchal Pradesh, India and Pakistan's claim lines in Kashmir, and South Sudan's claim to Abyei are all shown. On the other hand, the disputed ownership of Kafia Kingi, Guatemala's claim to Belize, the Republic of China's various territorial claims, Morocco and the SADR's claims to all of Western Sahara, the various Antarctic claims, and Argentina's claim to the Falklands are all not shown.
2) The West Bank and Gaza Strip are all shown in the same color, which is a bit misleading considering that actual control of these territories is divided between Israel, Fatah, and Hamas.
3) Lakshadweep is not shown in Indian colors.
4) the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in a weird shade of pink.
5) South Georgia and other British overseas territories are shown in a completely different color to the rest of the UK.
6) Why is ISIL shown on the map, but the Syrian rebels not shown?
7) The French regional borders are outdated.
8) I don't think Bouvet Island is in the Norwegian color.
9) the Prince Edward Island are not displayed as being South African.
10) a pixel on the Kenyan coast is displayed as being terra nullius.
11) the Saudi islands in the Red Sea are displayed as being terra nullius.
12) one of Saudi Arabia's internal borders is a different shade of grey to the rest.
13) I think the South Sudan-Kenya border is wrong. (compare with Google Maps and openstreetmap)
14) some islands on the northern Siberian coast are in a lighter shade of green than they should be.
....I'll stop nitpicking now, because it's a good map.
I am well aware of these problems. I've disowned the map, to be honest, and don't really plan to fix it. Blame it on me being lazy.
That's shown as far as I can see, the colour for the Kafia Kingi border is in the Sudanese colour on the map isn't it?
Also shown. Guatemala claims southern Belize, look at the dark brown line running through Belize.
I believe they are being shown as territories of India rather than states.
He only shows states and entities which claim to be states (and they areas they control. Hence ISIL and Novorussia but not rebels in Syria and Libya (as they aren't claiming to be separate states but separate governments of recognized states).
Created a thread just for historical (full world) maps to kinda release some pressure of this thread
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/q-bam-historical-map-thread.404984/
Feel free to join in
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/q-bam-historical-map-thread.404984/
Feel free to join in