Micro-Worlda Development/Showcase Thread

[Rosella]

This is the new thread for the new 602x325 px quarter-pounder-size Worlda. Being done in Robinson from the start, because you can't stop me.

Why am I doing this? A certain someone asked for it, and I already had the quarter-size map.

Advantages / Upshots:
- Good for comparing to something bigger. Want Earth to be colonized by people from a Neptune-sized world? Well, now the Neptune-sized world doesn't have to be bigger than the Q-BAM to be proportional.
- Adorable.
- Will be easier to build than the M-BAM, even if the M-BAM was the same size (because the Micro-Worlda already has a base with a fair amount of data already there).
- Tininess makes it easier to change on large scales than the Worlda.
-From Petros: Could be useful for mini-maps depicting the religion/economic/language/bloc/alliance, or whatever else alongside the political borders larger map, showing the greatest extent of empires that remain in the larger map, or just cranking out a quick scenario without stressing over precise borders.


Disadvantages:
- Tiny. Britain's like 16 px tall.
- Now the Aral Sea's even smaller.

Next post is for the map showcase and also updates.

 

[Rosella]

Map Showcase

Blank Virgin Earth:

Spoiler: Current (A whole new world...)

Spoiler: Old

Rivers:

Spoiler: Current

Spoiler: Old

Nations:

Spoiler: Current

Spoiler: Old

Rivers+Nations:

Spoiler: Current

Nothing uploaded as of yet.

Updates
2016-09-05.1: Thread built.
2016-09-05.2: Minor update, but still covering maybe a thousand miles!
2016-09-06.1: Medium-scale update- the entire rest of South America, plus the coast of NA to the Gulf of Alaska
2016-09-06.2: South America political.
2016-09-06.3: Added the rest of Alaska, then Spain and Iceland.
2016-09-10.1: Finished the Americas. Added a little bit of Russia.
2016-09-17.1: The world is done. Europe+South America Political on the map.
2016-09-25.1: Sorry for not applying update earlier.
2017-10-23.1: Wow! We've got M O R E!

Contributors
Aquagel8last320- Original motivation, much of Europe
Tangle- Scaled map, East North America, Indonesia, Siberia
XO Mapping- South America, West North America, Political Map South America, Political Map Europe
Xhavnak- Korea, Australia, Russia, Indonesia
BMN- Africa, Arabia, Pacific Isles, Antarctica
False Dmitri- Overhaul, political maps, wiki page

 

[Medibee]

How kawaii.

 

[Rosella]

How kawaii.

Good, that's one advantage confirmed.

 

[XO Maenadicus]

Welp, we now have enough map sizes to order drinks at Starbucks.
Short: Micro-WorldA
Tall: Worlda
Grande: Q-BAM
Venti: M-BAM
Trenta: FY-BAM

 

[Aquagel8last320]

when will the next update be?

 

[Baconheimer]

Is there really a need for this?

If you want to go ahead and create this, you are certainly welcome, but I don't think there is really a pressing need for a new basemap.

 

[Lowtuff]

I might be missing something, but isn't this just a compressed image of the worlda?

 

[XO Maenadicus]

I did the rest of South America. (EDIT: And the western coast of the USA!) Probably inaccurate, since all I did was trace over the existing WorldA base, but meh.

 

[Rosella]

Is there really a need for this?

Yeah, there's not a need for it but it was in the request thread so there. Plus I'm having fun doing it!

I might be missing something, but isn't this just a compressed image of the worlda?

Yeah pretty much. My hope is that going a similar way to how the people with the M-BAM are doing it will still be okay for accuracy.

I did the rest of South America. (EDIT: And the western coast of the USA!) Probably inaccurate, since all I did was trace over the existing WorldA base, but meh.

Awesome! Will go over it and reupload to Imgur. (And don't worry- I've been using the Q-BAM as a trace!)

 

[Petros >Peter Fergus<]

I did the rest of South America. (EDIT: And the western coast of the USA!) Probably inaccurate, since all I did was trace over the existing WorldA base, but meh.

I like where this is going.

Could be useful for mini-maps depicting the religion/economic/language/whatever situation alongside the political borders larger map, showing the greatest extent of empires that remain in the larger map, or just cranking out a quick scenario without stressing over precise borders.

Yeah, there's not a need for it but it was in the request thread so there. Plus I'm having fun doing it!

Keep up the good work.

 

[Rosella]

Could be useful for mini-maps depicting the religion/economic/language/whatever situation alongside the political borders larger map, showing the greatest extent of empires that remain in the larger map, or just cranking out a quick scenario without stressing over precise borders.

I'm gonna add that to the advantages list, if you don't mind...

Also, currently going through previously updated and looking at the Q-BAM to try to match. It only just now occurred to me that because the Q-BAM is in Kavrayskiy projection it might be a bit different... I might use the WorldM or the Worlda itself for comparison as a backup.

 

[XO Maenadicus]

WorldM?

i have never heard of this, please inform me of this basemap

 

[Rosella]

WorldM?

i have never heard of this, please inform me of this basemap

The WorldM is a medium-sized basemap, balanced between the QBAM and the Worlda. It's 2008x1024:

 

[XO Maenadicus]

Got it.

Anyway, here's a quickly traced bashed-out political map of south america:

 

[Aquagel8last320]

The WorldM is a medium-sized basemap, balanced between the QBAM and the Worlda. It's 2008x1024:
View attachment 286404

SO THAT'S the thing BLACK_0 uses for BAW!

 

[Baconheimer]

I'm gonna add that to the advantages list, if you don't mind...

Ooh. Good idea. I might use this for that.

@Tangle - sorry if I seemed too critical. I have no opposition to this project.

 

[Petros >Peter Fergus<]

I'm gonna add that to the advantages list, if you don't mind...

It's also good for showing alliance systems ... : )


edit: Oh yeah, just Petros is fine. I added my full name from when that was the trend on this site, Petros is my handle online usually.

 

[XO Maenadicus]

You know the drill. Bashed out a probably innacurate map, finishing off the Americas.

 

[Rosella]

Updated with current + a bit of Russia.