how do you name landmarks

[Lazerus]

"Don't feed the mindworms" on a patch of fungus was amusing.
"Friends are always welcome, enemies will be slaughtered"
"The glorious Hive army awaits you"
"Slave girls go east, enemy spies go west"
"If you can see this i will shoot myself next turn"
"you've just tripped the switch!!" .. "planet busters armed"
"filthy *insert appropriate insult and faction* -> "

If you're losing a war badly or winning it easily rename a large patch of land "France"

[The Mad Monk]

My SP landmarks are usually quite dull and utilitarian. If a sealurk is seen to arrive at a certain point along the shoreline, it is noted along with the year at that point -- that way I have a constant reminder to keep at least a minimal watch in that direction.

[Mr. President]

I name landmarks just to entertain myself, after places I've lived, places I'd like to live, and places whose names just sound cool.

For example, I always have either "Vermont" or "Green Mountain".

[Frankychan]

Hmmm, I've only named re-name landmarks if something special happens there. Like if there is a huge battle going on, I'll rename it to something like "Hallowed Ground" or "Memorial Vista".

Disastrous areas get named appropriately like, "Slaughterhous Hill" or "MindWorm Plains" if a morass of worms destroys my units in that location.

[The Mad Monk]

Another completely bland use I have for landmarks is to make sure the bases are laid out in the precise every-fifth-square grid I favor. I switch the cursor the veiwing squares, count out five from my first base, and plop down the landmark title "site". I then count out another five in another direction, etc, until I've done about two dozen of the buggers.

Almost invariably, when a unit finally uncovers a given "site", it's rocky and fungus covered.

[gwillybj]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk:
Almost invariably, when a unit finally uncovers a given "site", it's rocky and fungus covered.

Don'cha just hate when that happens?
Once or twice is annoying enough, but time after time is just , well , grrr

[Illuminatus]

Is there a time when it doesn`t happen? To me it is always - so in SP I don`t hurry I send formers first

[The Mad Monk]

I send probe teams or (if I don't have PTs and am not rushing an SP) alien artifacts first -- they don't upset the natives near as much.

Just don't pop pods with an artifact.