The Apolytonian Geographic Society: a proposal

[Aro]

What do you guys think about a Geographic Society, or something similar? Each branch of government or non-governmental societies could have needs of a specific map, or maps, depending of their objectives.
This Society would be a non-governmental organization, able to respond requests of all group in our Demo Game. Some requests could take some time, depending of the data, of course.
This seems too much for a single person. Later in the game, the maps will be very complex. I’m looking for interested people to help.
I ask Togas, particularly, if he could find time, to help with the text to found this. All that legal stuff sounds very nice and respectable.
I have already a host to archive the maps, but with some limitations for data storage. I think I can manage this. It’s not so expensive, at all…
Suggestions, criticisms and comments will be welcome!

[Epistax]

I would wish to contribute but I'm already doing a crapload. It certainly is a worthy thing to do, however.


If you need any juicey free internet space after the end of the month, lemme know. I can do 2 gigs for approx. $0 a month... ok exactly $0 a month.

[Togas]

Re: The Apolytonian Geographic Society: a proposal

Originally posted by Aro
I ask Togas, particularly, if he could find time, to help with the text to found this. All that legal stuff sounds very nice and respectable.

This is a fine idea. You don't need to worry about writing up something legal, as this Society would be just like the War Academy or Thinkers Guild. It would be a volunteer group that took map requests and published them for us all. Since it's voluntary and has no official power it doesn't need to have a law passed to create it.

IF you wanted to make a new position in the government called Cartographer or the like, I could help with the text for that. The new position's responsibility would be to create, collect, and post maps for all of us to use. The position would likely also be responsible for giving official names to landmarks and the like.

--Togas

[GodKing]

I like the idea, however my home computer has no softwear to help contribute, even if I somehow come up with more time to help. Your maps have been excelent and very usefull so far.

Thanks for all the work.

[Reddawg]

I'm certainly willing to help; statistics and maps work well together.
I had already been thinking about this, b/c I thought once the regions are made, it would be really nice to have a map that labels the regions and geologic landmarks on the map.

[Aro]

Epistax,
This would be great! I'm paying approx. $12 a month... ok, exactly $11.95 a month
Thanks in advance.

Reddawg, your help will be inestimable! You are doing a great job with the stats.

[Aro]

Re: Re: The Apolytonian Geographic Society: a proposal

Originally posted by Togas

IF you wanted to make a new position in the government called Cartographer or the like, I could help with the text for that. The new position's responsibility would be to create, collect, and post maps for all of us to use. The position would likely also be responsible for giving official names to landmarks and the like.

--Togas

Thanks, GodKing and Togas... This is governmental matter, I don’t know if it is necessary. In fact, I don’t want any position in the office… You know, old friends become new enemies too easily…

Edit:
The links
Regions
Mingapulco (Former Region One. 300dpi, 12X7 cm)
Region two
Region Three
Region four
And the updated world map (300dpi, 30X20 cm, 1.9 Mb)
World Map
The sub-divisions of our continent:
Geographic Map
Apolytonia:
General Map
Outlined
The Grand Basin (by caesarqbear)
The Grand Basin
Ultra high detailed map of Abananaba Major (by caesarqbear, 300dpi, 47X27 cm, 1.4 Mb)
Abananaba Major
Tactical Map (300dpi, 32X19 cm)
Tactical Map

[Darkness' Edge]

i'd join it

[disorganizer]

ah! i see our contact finaly dropped ideas in here :-P

maybe you can also help us a litte:

im searching for a tool to convert a sav to a png/bmp/gif without revealing any hidden things (keep fog of war, keep undiscovered area etc.) to make maps of demogames...

the idea would be to run the utility on a sav to get the same view of the whole world you could get by scrolling-screenshotting-pasting together the whole thing.

maybe also a switch to get a plain geographical view and a view with cities, improovements units etc. would be nice.

if someone here find something like that, please give me notice! preferrably as pm here or on cfc.
i will do the same if i find it ;-)

[Aro]

Darkness'Edge, you’re in!
Disorganizer, I wish I had such tool. The worst part of this job is just the "scrolling-screenshotting-pasting together the whole thing", as you said. Maybe some of the tech guys around could help us... Could save a lot of work.
Btw, tonight we will have another world map, Mr. UnOrtho will play 5 turns and post the reports and save.
See the VP announcement .
This means work... Reddawg, more stats are coming...
Btw, Reddawg, we will need to see how work on those statistic graphics, I think I could help.
Darkness, I have a lot of work today, but I'll free tonight, and we can talk about how share data and work . Now I'm in a hurry, but I'll send you a PM later.
Thanks, everybody.


Edit:
You can find the Reddawg statistics thread here:
The State of the Nation: Statistics #1: 2590 BC to 430 BC

[Reddawg]

Aro, I'll look into the next saved game and if there is enough change to merit an update to the stats, I'll do so. Otherwise I'll be waiting until the next turnthread, the one they're going to play Sunday, to update the stats. Are they establishing any embassies in tonight's turn? I need screenshots! Lol.

I'll look into the charts/graphs too... I think I could make some easily enough.

[Aro]

Err... I don't know why, but all my links are dead at the moment. I'm trying to contact the #@%% people of Yahoo Geocities, but I couldn't. I'll try to fix this...
Well, it's annoying. Sorry.

[GePap]

I would be interested in such a group- after all, its the geographers that name the world! Though its great that I have recently found out that what I keep calling Anabana is really Abananaba (too many a's!).

Anyway: You have already made several great maps, so keep up the hard work

[Aro]

Thanks the Great Banana! The #@%& links are working again!!!
GePap,
Thanks! You can help anytime you want, if send me your ideas (just a sketch, if you want), I can make some "final art", etc.

[Aro]

The new Updated World Map (350 BC, 1.9 MB) is here .
Some more ocean tiles, two or three new cities, a barbarian camp near Tzintzuntzen (what a name!!! ). Probably more than this, I just took a glance.