The current biome worlda, while good for general use, is quite flawed. It had several unpainted islands/minor peninsulas, the placement of the biomes themselves is dubious, and most importantly, it's based on the Wikipedia map, which is poorly sourced -I still haven't found the original map. Here it is with some minor fixes.
Now, there are many ways to classify terrestrial biomes and there is no a single standard: trust me, I'm a biologist and we can't agree. However, the World Wildlife Fund is one authority on the matter, and fortunately for us, they have a pretty good and detailed map for us to use.
http://studentclimatedata.unh.edu/climate/biome/WWF_BiomeMap.png
Even better, some AH.com users had already started to translate it to Worlda back in 2016, but it stalled. Still, it's here:
Anyone wants to help me complete it? It would be an invaluable source for worldbuilding.
Maybe we could adapt Wikipedia's color scheme when it's done (I like it better honestly).
I also have some interesting maps of human land use and aquatic ecosystems to make it even more complete. Unfortunately all biome maps are idealized vegetation; that is, not what exists in reality, but what could or did exist, with no human land use. I have some maps about farm, pasture, terrace, and urban land use that we can use to overlay it over a biome map and get a full picture.
So, any volunteers?
Now, there are many ways to classify terrestrial biomes and there is no a single standard: trust me, I'm a biologist and we can't agree. However, the World Wildlife Fund is one authority on the matter, and fortunately for us, they have a pretty good and detailed map for us to use.
http://studentclimatedata.unh.edu/climate/biome/WWF_BiomeMap.png
Even better, some AH.com users had already started to translate it to Worlda back in 2016, but it stalled. Still, it's here:
Anyone wants to help me complete it? It would be an invaluable source for worldbuilding.
Maybe we could adapt Wikipedia's color scheme when it's done (I like it better honestly).
I also have some interesting maps of human land use and aquatic ecosystems to make it even more complete. Unfortunately all biome maps are idealized vegetation; that is, not what exists in reality, but what could or did exist, with no human land use. I have some maps about farm, pasture, terrace, and urban land use that we can use to overlay it over a biome map and get a full picture.
So, any volunteers?