Tellurus: a worldbuilding project
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I'm just tapping in here to say I'm still having a look at this map to see if I could add anything - and to drop a few links I found useful when starting out with climate stuff (at least the ones that are still around, some of the forums I went to cannot be found!):
http://web.archive.org/web/20130619132254/http://jc.tech-galaxy.com/bricka/climate_cookbook.html
This one goes back so far you have to go to the internet archive to find it. Basic good advice but all in one place, so very useful.
https://worldbuilding.stackexchange...-world-map-currents-precipitation-and-climate
Another general purpose guide. All basic stuff, again, but when it's organized it makes far more sense.
And I usually go with the four major climates first, at this level of detail (green Iceland, yellow Australia is not perfect, but it's basically right). After you get the big blocks, you can work on ocean currents, and then prevailing winds, and then find out where it's rainy, and then it's pretty much done!
http://web.archive.org/web/20130619132254/http://jc.tech-galaxy.com/bricka/climate_cookbook.html
This one goes back so far you have to go to the internet archive to find it. Basic good advice but all in one place, so very useful.
https://worldbuilding.stackexchange...-world-map-currents-precipitation-and-climate
Another general purpose guide. All basic stuff, again, but when it's organized it makes far more sense.
And I usually go with the four major climates first, at this level of detail (green Iceland, yellow Australia is not perfect, but it's basically right). After you get the big blocks, you can work on ocean currents, and then prevailing winds, and then find out where it's rainy, and then it's pretty much done!
The final continent nears completion. Equatoria (the easternmost continent) and Capricornia (the southwest one) will also need to be redone.
Equatoria looks awesome. I'd love to see what kind of society develops on that river complex (so I can steal it for Africa in my Cassini project ! )
And I have to say it again, starting from tectonics is hardcore. Nice.
I don't have a problem with you using the map. It wasn't created for Chronicles of Hennodia after all.
Do get Imperator Frank's agreement first, though.
Talamor is now 80% finished. Only the northern areas are undone. Then it's redoing the other two continents (the ocean can wait lol) and the elevation is done.
Sorry for the double post, but Talamor is completed. The second map is a blank, more easily editable version that shows what's done and not done.
Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the update on that. Your work is amazing by the way!
Wait, what's that bit on the North of the central continent that's over 1000 meters below sea-level?
Is it a Messinian/dried med equivalent?
Is it a Messinian/dried med equivalent?
I imagined it to be the land under an ice sheet, being depressed by the weight of the ice.
I hope I'm not imposing by offering a sketch of my impression of potential climate zones and the ocean waters. I love world building threads, especially really well-done collaborative ones. There are probably more details being worked out on some of the periphery of the map, but I hope this syncs up with what you're thinking about already. 
That's awesome, i really appreciate it. I have no idea when it comes to climate so thanks for this.I hope I'm not imposing by offering a sketch of my impression of potential climate zones and the ocean waters. I love world building threads, especially really well-done collaborative ones. There are probably more details being worked out on some of the periphery of the map, but I hope this syncs up with what you're thinking about already.
I did a full climate work up of the planet HumanityDark made a year or two ago, and made a guide for it: https://imgur.com/gallery/zTR3A/ It's based on the Climate Cookbook, which you can still find in pdf online.
That might help you if you want to do a full climate model.