[WIP] World of Eldoran

[Ilanthar]

Thanks for your help. The map with the corrections of Lingon & DZFaeley.
Eldoran cte 2.jpg
Hope you'll like it.
And I think I'm gonna go with those kind of shields on the top of the political map.
Eldoshields.jpg

[Ilanthar]

I'm working on the political map right now. I just finished the shields as you can see below.
Eldoran PS2.jpg

I have troubles for labels... Too numerous I fear. Would you lowered the number of cities? What I previous can be seen on the right part of the map : smaller cities are 10,000 inhabitants, and I think I should remove it except for regional capitals OR leave the symbols but with no labels... What do you think?

And if someone knows a good way to put administrative regions names without interfering with cities names, I would be glad to read it...

[Lingon]

Sea labels look perfect now! The political map is awesome, I really can't say which variant I like better, the political or the main map. Though I think the shields are just a tiny bit to brightly colored. As for the city labels, I would probably have chosen to not show the smallest cities. Leaving the dots but not writing their names could make it look like you forgot to label them

[- Max -]

I agree with Lingon on both points, shields bright colors and smallest cities.

And if someone knows a good way to put administrative regions names without interfering with cities names, I would be glad to read it...

Play with kerning to avoid overlapping.

[WillyWombat]

Maps like yours make me see how far I still have to go. Beautiful!

[Ilanthar]

Thanks WillyWombat! Honestly, I've come a long way myself, and mainly thanks to the guild!

An correction on the shields, after your good consels . I think it's better like that actually, don't you think?
Eldo shields2.jpg

@ - Max - : I think I'm gonna just lower the information content a bit more... It's a world map after all!

[Eilathen]

Wow, Ilanthar, i really dig that political map, especially with all those cool shields. Well done!

[Neyjour]

I really like the main map, but the political one is definitely my fave! Really beautiful work, and I think your new shields, with the more muted colours, look perfect now!

[Ilanthar]

Thanks to both of you!

I'm struggling with the labels but I hope to post next update of the political map soon.

[Ilanthar]

Ok, I need help and advices again about those damn labels...

I suppressed more cities (only region capitals & cities over 100,000) but I have the feeling that it's still "crowded" where the regions are small. And above all, I'm not sure if it's readable at all.
Noveon about labels.jpg
Should I put just numbers and the regional names in a legend? Change the font? Any advice would be useful I think...