The Apolytonian Geographic Society - Request your maps here.

[caesarqbear]

Sorry, this took so long, RL interference... blah blah

Here's an example of what the coordinate map presently will look like. Comments and suggestions please.

[caesarqbear]

The axis is currently on Apolytonia, with the y or second digit along the red bar counting out toward Greece. The x or first digit is along the blue bar and counting towards England. Termina and Rhiems are just on the -1 side of the y axis, with Chartres dead on it. Ubergorsk and Tyre are just on the +1 side of the x axis with Antioch on it.
Do you want to move the axis to -001,000 to align with the coast?
Do you want every tile number or just every other, every fifth, etc?

[Aro]

Excellent, caesar! And how much work...
A little suggestion: make the numbers 1 point smaller, and put those numbers between parentheses, like that: (-004, 002), to make it more clear. What do you think about?

[GodKing]

Wow. Lots of numbers. I would recomend every other tile, but with the same shading like you have done for the axies.

I have no graphics software here at home, so by every other I ment something like this

xoxoxoxo
oxoxoxox
xoxoxoxo
oxoxoxox

not

ooxooox
xoooxoo
ooxooox
xoooxoo

if that makes sence. BTW, thanks for all the hard work.

[caesarqbear]

so, something like all the x-axii and only the even y-axii? But not just the even numbers?

[Aro]

Hmmm... All numbers should be in the overlay. And maybe you could reinforce the grid too. I've suggested numbers a little smaller, with parentheses, because this. Remember, this is an auxiliary overlay, to localize easily any tile on the map. You need a clean map to see resources, roads, etc.
(This is only a sketch)

[DAVOUT]

Absolutely excellent. Great job.

I personnaly would accept figures much smaller.

This considerable achievement will become a reference as important in its field as the Code of laws.

[Aro]

Thanks, Davout. Caesar has working hard on this, and I agree, this will be very significant for the game, in many levels.

[Aro]

Btw, Take a look in the caesar sign, is absolutely right! We are a Monarchy, now... So, I second my coleague Caesarqbear and acept the new name of our society: The Royal Apolitonyan Geographic Society!

[BigFurryMonster]

Good job! But wouldn't it be better to use numbers and letters instead [ (aaa,000) , ... ] to avoid confusion between x- and y-directions ..?

[Aro]

Maybe we could use different colors for this. This kind of "ordered pairs" (I don't know how say that in English), I mean (x, y), is a standard in math.

[WhiteBandit]

Hmm, do you really need the numbers on every single square though? I would think it should be sufficient just to keep numbers along the axis.

[Aro]

Originally posted by WhiteBandit
...I would think it should be sufficient just to keep numbers along the axis.

In a regular map, yes. What caesar is doing is an overlay, so you can have any kind of map with AND without it. For instance, the SMC could work with a tactical map without the overlay, to see where their troops are, and can think about the troops movements with the same tactical map, with the overlay. Two maps of any kind.
And, of course, a general one with only the axii. What you think about?

[WhiteBandit]

Oh, I got it! Nice!!!

Are you guys using Photoshop or Paintshop to do that? Just save it as a layer too so you can attach it to any sort of map I would assume right?

Well nice work then! Keep it up!

[Aro]

Originally posted by WhiteBandit
Oh, I got it! Nice!!!

Are you guys using Photoshop or Paintshop to do that? Just save it as a layer too so you can attach it to any sort of map I would assume right?

Yep!