Hey, I think i got my first Rep! WOOT WOOT! Whoever did that thank you very much!
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I can visualize them but it can't be accurate unless you have a ruler or a measuring tape. Making visualization pointless in my opinion.
Yes, the common folks here still use the imperial system, only because a lot of stuff we have come from the USA.
You can see you repped you on your profile.
Last edited by Azélor; 12-03-2017 at 07:38 PM.
what's confusing here (Canada) is the odd mix of systems. we measure distance in km but typically use inches and feet and it seems about a 50/50 split of people measure their weight in kg or lbs...LOL. Oh well, variety is the spice of life!!!
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Originally Posted by kacey
In a number of cases, here at the guild, it means as much to the map maker himself. And, in a number of cases, nobody really pays attention...
PaGaN, I just searched this image for your reference. I thought your home topography would be a good source to get a feel of "altitude in meters".
Canada_topo.jpg
Last edited by Pixie; 12-04-2017 at 10:12 AM.
Thanks Pixie, that ref is really helpful (and the gradient is almost identical to the one Azelor uses).
re: distance scales, i personally need them. It's a throwback to my AD&D days. I would need the scale to figure out exactly how long it would take the party to get from A to B on a full days march. Even now, when i look at fantasy i don't really see distance but instead see number of days marching required to cross said terrain...LOL
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If you're making a fantasy world, using SI units almost kills the verisimilitude, anyway. It's too modern! Work in proud feet! Or, maybe yards, if you want to be close to a meter. Just call a meter a "yard" and define a "foot" as 1/3 of a meter and drive on. I plan to use Azelor's method but just I scaled my contours in 3000-foot increments. (I know, it should be 3250. Sue me.)
But if you really want verisimilitude, here ya go:
English_length_units_graph.png
To make better sense, all of the SI units along the right border need to be moved up to the line above them. And here is the source. But come on! What a glorious mess! For more inspiration, the French were messed up, too. I'll stop now, but I'm quite certain that you can google screwed up Germanic, Spanish, Chinese, Incan, Sondhay, etc. systems for yourself.
Personally, I'm going to start scaling maps in stades.
And I haven't even gotten into volume, mass, area, or God-help-us money yet...
Last edited by acrosome; 12-04-2017 at 02:10 PM.
OMG, that chart hurt my brain!
Rest assured, my final scale fur the map will be in miles. I'm only using metres to work through Azelor's guide.
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Yes.
My height is 209 barleycorns, and I weigh 14 stone... *snicker*
My world is going to have one culture that uses the smoot, too.
Last edited by acrosome; 12-04-2017 at 03:04 PM.
I think the metric system is much more straight forward. 1m = 10 dm = 100 cm = 1000 mm
But also have a lot of units we don't really use.
We don't use hectometres, decametres very often for example.
You can use a prefix before metre and get an almost infinite number of units.
I remember that 1 dm3 is 1 litre.
The change to metric has been a problem here also in Canada.
There was a accident with a plane that run out of fuel midair because they used the numbers from the wrong system.
Yes. Obviously.
This is humor, Brother.
But even the metric guys screwed up by including both deca- and deci- as prefixes. So, what the heck is a dm? Is it deci- or deca-? Yes, I know the answer, but it confuses a lot of people. Deca- just had to be the odd one out that uses two letters as its abbreviation instead of one...
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