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<blockquote data-quote="Beholder Bob" data-source="post: 1509701" data-attributes="member: 12866">I'm mapping out my new world and a thought occured to me, actually a couple of thoughts (my office got smoked)...1) what scale maps do you use?2) what are the key terrains you include on the maps?3) how many times do you 'zoom' out from a spot?mine so far: I'm using grid 7 sqaures to the inch (in excel)1 sq = 1000 mi - the world1 sq = 250 mi - this shows major land masses1 sq = 25 mi - this is for showing major features, country division, crops1 sq = 8 mi - this is a close up for overland travel.&nbsp; For overland movement, roads, rivers, fort placements, army manueversI'm thinking of adding another 'zoom' of 1 mi/sq for views of regions around a city and such.So far, I've got forest, swamp, desert, scrub, and mountain - and am trying out a few variations for showing water/lake/river/etc.&nbsp; I also have 3 types of community - Thorp / Hamlet, Village / Town, and City / Metropolis.I still need to add Tundra, Taiga, and Steppe.&nbsp; I was going to leave plains as the defult/blank entry for a regions.Is this overkill, typical, or not enough?&nbsp; If nothing else - it is fun.So, what do you use?B<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" />B</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beholder Bob, post: 1509701, member: 12866"] I'm mapping out my new world and a thought occured to me, actually a couple of thoughts (my office got smoked)... 1) what scale maps do you use? 2) what are the key terrains you include on the maps? 3) how many times do you 'zoom' out from a spot? mine so far: I'm using grid 7 sqaures to the inch (in excel) 1 sq = 1000 mi - the world 1 sq = 250 mi - this shows major land masses 1 sq = 25 mi - this is for showing major features, country division, crops 1 sq = 8 mi - this is a close up for overland travel. For overland movement, roads, rivers, fort placements, army manuevers I'm thinking of adding another 'zoom' of 1 mi/sq for views of regions around a city and such. So far, I've got forest, swamp, desert, scrub, and mountain - and am trying out a few variations for showing water/lake/river/etc. I also have 3 types of community - Thorp / Hamlet, Village / Town, and City / Metropolis. I still need to add Tundra, Taiga, and Steppe. I was going to leave plains as the defult/blank entry for a regions. Is this overkill, typical, or not enough? If nothing else - it is fun. So, what do you use? B:]B [/QUOTE]

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