Iceland [Quenched]

[Ruben Cassar]

You are right about the Denmark straight, Greenland is a Danish colony. However, he put Norwegian sea as Greenland sea judging by the map you put up. And yes we refer to these bodies of water diffrently, at least when i sailed these seas as a fisherman. The norht Atlantic is still the north atlantic, that can't be to the East of the island.

And here is how we call our coastal waters: http://www.franksingleton.clara.net/ice ... areas.html

Interesting stuff. I did a search using Italian and French to see if this was a "cultural" thing and some of them used the Icelandic version of the names while others used the Anglo-American version. So there is a bit of confusion on this matter.

Since the map's ocean and sea names are in English I suggest we stick with RJ's version.

[The Viking]

The Denmark Strait is a part of the Greenland Sea, which encompasses the area between Greenland and Iceland as well as the part north of Iceland.
The Greenland Sea, as far as I know, is rarely considered part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
I'd say the Denmark Strait does not stretch to Reykjanes, that specific area would rather be Faxaflói(Faxa-bay, the area between Keflavík and Ólafsvík) or just the North Atlantic Ocean.
If the 'Denmark Strait' text were moved to the upper-left corner that would be more correct, but does it really matter?

E.s. GummiT, langar þig ekki að keppa með íslenska liðinu í 2008 World Cup? sjá viewtopic.php?f=90&t=50260&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

[Unit_2]

In the legand the south island is not colored red , you might want to change it.

[RjBeals]

Click image to enlarge.

It's not really that big a deal if you keep them where they are, but I think it would be more clear if the attack lines weren't blocked. Since Gimsey is a pretty easy fix, I'd move it. Vestmannaeyjar isn't as simple, and the best solution may be as you have it right now.

I just don't think that having the islands circles on top of the attack lines will cause confustion, or looks bad. I think it's actually less confusing to have them on top of the attack lines. I would prefer to keep them as is - unless others also speak up.

Since the map's ocean and sea names are in English I suggest we stick with RJ's version.

The searches I used were English, and I simply used those. I like Ruben's suggestion

In the legand the south island is not colored red , you might want to change it.

Hmm.. Vestmannaeyjar (small southern island) is red on the legends. I just think it's so small that it's hard to see. I don't think anyone will have to refer to the legend though to see which region the islands belong too.

Still working on xml - it's convoluted so it may take a while.

[RjBeals]

Question?
In Northern Region,
Should Skagi border Husavik?

Right now it is bordering - but not by much. Should I keep it as is, move the Husavik border up so it doesn't border Skagi, or move the Husavik border down to it's a more obvious connection?

[AndyDufresne]

I believe you should keep the connection, to keep the area from being an exclusive one territory march. You could make the connection more obvious, perhaps a little.


--Andy

[ZeakCytho]

I think the connection is visible enough as is, but if you feel like making it more noticeable, then by all means do so. I'd definitely keep the border, though, since I think the region has nice gameplay as is.

[cicero]

RjBeals

Reading in another forum and saw the map image in your sig and it caught my eye.
I really like the graphics and, like you, I tend to be drawn to classic gameplay maps (I like Scotland).

Reading the first post I found ...

30 post-glacial volcanoes have erupted in the past two centuries, and natural hot water supplies much of the population with cheap, pollution-free heating.

I like the idea that volcanoes are pollution-free
[Though of course I understand your intention.]

Looking forward to playing your map.

Cicero

[The Viking]

Maybe move the Skagi-Húsavík border up? Or will that make it look funny?

[RjBeals]

Calling all coders...

Does anyone want to do the xml for this map? I'm just not into it, and It will take me a long time before I do it. I started it, and my plan was to do it in normal english characters. Then find & replace each word with the Icelandic characters coded from this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XM ... references

It's going to be a bitch. And look a mess. So even though it's a straightforward map, it's going to be confusing.
Your name will appear on the map beside mine.

I think I would rather revive my charleston map from the dead

[cairnswk]

Calling all coders...

Does anyone want to do the xml for this map? I'm just not into it, and It will take me a long time before I do it. I started it, and my plan was to do it in normal english characters. Then find & replace each word with the Icelandic characters coded from this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XM ... references

It's going to be a bitch. And look a mess. So even though it's a straightforward map, it's going to be confusing.
Your name will appear on the map beside mine.

I think I would rather revive my charleston map from the dead

RJ...I'll have a go at it for you. Give me a link to anything you've got done, and I'll polish it off in a couple of days.

[RjBeals]

Really Carins?

Be my guest. Here's the code I've done so far. Not much, but at least a start

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<map>
<title>Iceland</title>
<smallwidth>600</smallwidth>
<smallheight>450</smallheight>
<largewidth>800</largewidth>
<largeheight>600</largeheight>
<filetype>jpg</filetype>


<continent>
<name>Westfjords</name>
<bonus>3</bonus>
<components>
<territory>Hornstrandir</territory>
<territory>isafjordur</territory>
<territory>Drangsnes</territory>
<territory>Patreksfjordur</territory>
<territory>Reipholsfjoll</territory>
<territory>Reykholar</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<continent>
<name>Northern</name>
<bonus>5</bonus>
<components>
<territory>Hunavatn</territory>
<territory>Skagi</territory>
<territory>Trollaskagi</territory>
<territory>Grimsey</territory>
<territory>Husavik</territory>
<territory>Odadahraun</territory>
<territory>Melrakkasletta</territory>
<territory>Vopnafjordur</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<continent>
<name>Eastern</name>
<bonus>3</bonus>
<components>
<territory>Egilsstadir</territory>
<territory>Heraosfloi</territory>
<territory>Snaefell</territory>
<territory>Neskaupstaour</territory>
<territory>Eskifjordur</territory>
<territory>Djupivogur</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<continent>
<name>Southern</name>
<bonus>5</bonus>
<components>
<territory>Kerlingarfjoll</territory>
<territory>Hella</territory>
<territory>Katla</territory>
<territory>Landmannalaugar</territory>
<territory>Vik</territory>
<territory>Vestmannaeyjar</territory>
<territory>Skeidarsandur</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<continent>
<name>Reykjavik</name>
<bonus>3</bonus>
<components>
<territory>Reykjavik</territory>
<territory>Geysir</territory>
<territory>Selfoss</territory>
<territory>Keflavik</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<continent>
<name>Western</name>
<bonus>4</bonus>
<territory>Holtavorduheidi</territory>
<territory>Borgarnes</territory>
<territory>Stykkisholmur</territory>
<territory>Olafsvik</territory>
</components>
</continent>


<!— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references à



<territory>
<name>isafjordur</name>
<borders>
<border>Reipholsfjoll</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>

</coordinates>
</territory>



<territory>
<name>Patreksfjordur</name>
<borders>
<border>Reipholsfjoll</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
 
</coordinates>
</territory>


<territory>
<name>Reipholsfjoll</name>
<borders>
<border>Patreksfjordur</border>
<border>isafjordur</border>
<border>Drangsnes</border>
<border>Reykholar</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>

</coordinates>
</territory>


<territory>
<name>Drangsnes</name>
<borders>
<border>Hornstandir</border>
<border>Reipholsfjoll</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
 
</coordinates>
</territory>



<territory>
<name>Hornstrandir</name>
<borders>
<border>Grimsey</border>
<border>Drangsnes</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
 
</coordinates>
</territory>

<territory>
<name>Reykholar</name>
<borders>
<border>Reipholsfjoll</border>
<border>Budardalur</border>
<border>Hunavatn</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
 
</coordinates>
</territory>


[The Viking]

I guess it would be alot quicker for me to do it since I wouldn't have to check the map to see which names have icelandic characters.
I don't know anything about XML coding though, but I'm sure I could handle replacing, when the coding is done.
Wouldn't want my name on the map though.

[zimmah]

working on it, consider it done, coding is easy, it just takes some time to get all the coords perfect.

btw, the ó ú etc can not be printed so i just make them regular o and u and such

[yeti_c]

Ó =

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ȑ

Ú =

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Ș

C.

[bryguy]

id do the xml, 'cept i cant do unicode..... or the strange symbols above most of the letters

[zimmah]

Ó =

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ȑ

Ú =

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Ș

C.

thx yeti, i'll see if i can do anything with that.

btw, the xml is halfway done now (i had to eat in the maintime so it took some longer)

and the coordinates are perfect i will post a picture when i'm done, along with the XML code off course

[RjBeals]

holy crap.

[t-o-m]

holy crap.

what?
every1 volenteering!

i think they just want their name on the map!

[bryguy]

holy crap.

what?
every1 volenteering!

i think they just want their name on the map!

i know i do

its such an awesome map!

[cairnswk]

working on it, consider it done, coding is easy, it just takes some time to get all the coords perfect.

btw, the ó ú etc can not be printed so i just make them regular o and u and such

Kewl OK,,,i won't bother then.

[t-o-m]

Kewl OK,,,i won't bother then.

like you need your name on any more maps! ur name is on so many maps that we should just re-name this site:
CairnsWK Club
^CC for short!^

[zimmah]

im done with everything except the continents.

here are pictures of the army placements, does anyone think the placement should be adjusted?

large map:

Click image to enlarge.

small map:



i'm sorry for the colors, it's just saved as a JPG image and that fucks up the colors. it's no big deal anyways.

[cairnswk]

Kewl OK,,,i won't bother then.

like you need your name on any more maps! ur name is on so many maps that we should just re-name this site:
CairnsWK Club
^CC for short!^

My name on another map i don't need. I was simply volunteering in good spirit. But Zimmah beat me to it. At least the xml is done now.

[RjBeals]

Looks good to me zimmah. Where'd you come from anyway?