Hey @Tanystropheus42, what ever became of the 1907 British Raj patch you were working on? The work in progress posted on the Historical Map thread months ago looked sharp.
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I ran out of steam on that about a year ago, but not a word of a lie, I was actually planning on starting work on it again with the aim of finally finishing it in the next week or so, so expect progress soon.
To be honest, the whole 1907 map project has been dormant for a while now. The problem is I'm a perfectionist - every last pixel has to be spot on, which makes for good maps but means that it takes a hours for me to get some decent work done. By the end I just got wrapped up in endless geographical patches and tinkering with the basemap; I even spent several months scouring google earth trying to figure out whether every lake visible at this scale was natural or a reservoir (a job that's still unfinished). But after about a year of working on other projects (most of which never saw the light of day unfortunately), I'm probably going to start work on it again just to finish the damned thing off.
Actually, speaking of geographical patches, here's one I whipped up a few days ago for the coast of Australia's Northern Territory;
... and another for Banaba Island; a rather bizarre little anomaly that's legally part of Kiribati but governed by Fiji, and one of only three elevated, phosphate-rich islands in the Pacific along with Nauru and Makatea in French Polynesia. It's even got Kiribati's highest point above sea level (81 metres), so I was quite surprised to find it's not included on any of the QBAM's I could find. Shown with the rest of Kiribati and Nauru for orientation;
To be honest, the whole 1907 map project has been dormant for a while now. The problem is I'm a perfectionist - every last pixel has to be spot on, which makes for good maps but means that it takes a hours for me to get some decent work done. By the end I just got wrapped up in endless geographical patches and tinkering with the basemap; I even spent several months scouring google earth trying to figure out whether every lake visible at this scale was natural or a reservoir (a job that's still unfinished). But after about a year of working on other projects (most of which never saw the light of day unfortunately), I'm probably going to start work on it again just to finish the damned thing off.
Actually, speaking of geographical patches, here's one I whipped up a few days ago for the coast of Australia's Northern Territory;
... and another for Banaba Island; a rather bizarre little anomaly that's legally part of Kiribati but governed by Fiji, and one of only three elevated, phosphate-rich islands in the Pacific along with Nauru and Makatea in French Polynesia. It's even got Kiribati's highest point above sea level (81 metres), so I was quite surprised to find it's not included on any of the QBAM's I could find. Shown with the rest of Kiribati and Nauru for orientation;
Someone did do a pacific-centred version a few years ago - it should be in this thread somewhere.
Could we have the following four patches? I will likely need them.
1. Administrative divisions of Hokkaido
2. Municipalities of Baja California and Baja California Sur
3. Self Administered Zones of Burma/Myanmar
4. The entire Ussuri River, not just the portion forming the Sino-Russian border
1. Administrative divisions of Hokkaido
2. Municipalities of Baja California and Baja California Sur
3. Self Administered Zones of Burma/Myanmar
4. The entire Ussuri River, not just the portion forming the Sino-Russian border
I have a map with better borders for central Europe, especially Germany if you would like to use them!
And that's a kicked member. Well if anyone wants the maps they are way back towards the beginning of the historical QBAM thread. I'd have to pull them back up.
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I mean, I would enjoy them! (and the kick was very fair and reasonable
)Here you go. Sorry for the discrepancy on the reservoir lakes. I really dislike the Schliesen and Ostpreußen borders on most QBAM maps, as they are very inaccurate.
I also added in my own lakes that I felt could be represented here.
The last map is the most up-to-date and accurate.
I also added in my own lakes that I felt could be represented here.
The last map is the most up-to-date and accurate.
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Any chance that Chongqing Municipality can be subdivided? I will need them for my map
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We should do that for the MBAM too... You've been asking for a while so I'll do it today.