[CWBP2] World Map construction thread

[Azélor]

sorry, that's not what I meant. I mean I should have all the numbers right.

the original map was 10 000 by 5 000. Meaning that every pixel represent 4 km since Earth is more or less 40 000 km at the equator.
the file from G projection is 3 000 by 1500 because that is as high as I could get. Otherwise it crashes.
so it's 13,33 times smaller or 13,33*13,33 ...
but when I calculated the area I got 628 million sq km instead of 510, that's what I was saying. And I don't understand if it's normal since it's supposed to be more or less about the same size. It's either the fault of the projection and I need to divide it by 1,23 (but Hammer projection gives the same results) or I made a mistake somewhere.



EDIT: I started the elevation map and I realized that I might have too much highlands. If you play around with this you might bet a good idea for the 1 or 2 first levels of elevation : http://www.floodmap.net/
The way I see it, the elevations are:

Low=0-500m
Medium= 500-1000m
Med high= 1000-2000m
High=2000-4000m
Very high= 4000+

[Falconius]

I'm really unsure as to what your letter abbreviations refer to, so Ill just take your word for it .
Also I think we should possibly add in some of the islands.

For the plots I think we should just number them sequentially and give their coordinates. This maintains their seniority in an easy manner, and also identifies them.

So it be BlackChakram in plot 1 at gX.
Azelor in plot 2 at bM.
and Falconius in plot 3 at kN.

Plots1withCO.jpg

[Azélor]

What letters?
The ones from post 77 refers to the continents
S=SOUTH N=NORTH ... C=CENTER P=POLE I=ISLAND

The other letters from post 70 have no signification. 1 to 80 and A-Z and then add something after. Using just numbers is confusing.
this is considering that we keep the grid with the 500x500 km for each area.



I worked on the elevation:

Attachment 66615

Some areas are without colors, they are yours if you want.

[Falconius]

I'm trusting precipitation, climates, and biomes are right up your alley right? Once complete this should be sufficient to serve as enough info for a general working on those, correct?

[Azélor]

Yes but i intend to keep the climates for later. Biomes are similar but more related to vegetation. I consider them simpler to do. For example, Western Europe and the American north east coast have similar vegetation but their climates are different. Many part of places like China also have similar vegetation but again with a different climate. Biomes could include:

Rainforest (jungle or dense forest)
Decidious forest
Mixed forest
Boreal forest
Tundra/steppe
Savanna
desert
Alpine?
Wetland
Mangrove ? (very limited)
Mediterranean (chaparral)

and that is pretty much it. Just so that people know how the wildlife looks like. So we don't have a forest in the middle of the desert

[Azélor]

My temperature spectrum for the temp map:

Attachment 66616

Mean monthly temperature (estimated average)

Severely hot: 35 °C or more
Very hot: 28 to 35 °C (31,5)
Hot: 22 to 28 °C (25)
Warm: 18 to 22 °C (20)
Mild: 10 to 18 °C (14)
Cool: 0 to 10 °C (5)
Cold: −10 to 0 °C (-5)
Very cold: −25 to −10 °C (17,5)
Severely cold: −38 to −25 °C (31,5)
Deadly cold: −38 °C or below (3

Maritime influence: cold, hot and just the normal influence of the sea. It might go a bit too far at some places.
Near the ocean the temperatures are less extreme. Green current is mild and tend to lower the temperature more than the red one but less than the cold blue current (in the hot season).

Attachment 66617

to follow Pixie tutorial we just lack winds (step 3) and step 4,5 and 6.
We will assume that the large continent is only slightly larger than Asia since we don't have the exact numbers.

[Falconius]

OK here's what I got for elevation:
ElevationsTotal1.jpg
Thurlors continent is a bit screwed up though. The North pole actually seems to work. Also I added back in the inlet :p

Here's the png:
ElevationsTotal1.png

[Falconius]

The world is at an axial tilt the same as earth's I assume? Would that not require winter and summer maps rather than an average?

Pixie's tutorial is incredibly dense, so it's taking a while to sink in but it appears he (she?) tackles the winds before temperature? Or did I miss a step?

[Azélor]

Yea, same axial tilt. And these temperatures can bu used for the year or just January and July. It does not make any difference.
Yes Pixie did the wind before the temperature. Winds influences the rain pattern and humidity. This in turn influences the temperature according to the tutorial. Make sense because those equatorial forest have less sunlight than the hot desert because it's is very cloudy. And doping a lot of water helps to cool down.

So next is the wind. ITCZ, Horses and Polar front are all influenced by air pressure. and move during the year.

[BlackChakram]

wind takes a while. its a little easier to do if you do the air pressure first. and when i was doing it for my own world, i discovered that you can be fairly rough with this. after all, its not like climates and biomes follow the rules 100%.

And I would split it into two seasonal maps. Some areas that get high rainfall one season may get very little the other.

For reference, here's the pressure maps I made for my own world I'm developing.

winter
winter.png


summer
summer.png

(green is high pressure, yellow low)