Shannon V. OKeets -> RE: MWiF Map Review - Pacific Islands (7/25/2006 10:44:23 PM)
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Trees, I include here Patrice's original post for reference. quote:
ORIGINAL: Froonp Here is what the Japan area looks like. It is 48% the original size, so if you'd like close up, just ask, and I'll post them. Let me also say that I am only drawing coastlines to better see the map, and to better review it. Those coastlines are not the final ones that the Artis will do. Let me also say that, except for the names (and the curved borders in the sea), I added nothing to this map, it is as this since the old CWiF days (except for the coastlines). Now, for the modifications I'd make to it to make it better : - I'd remove the clear terrain island for which I did not drew the coastlines, south of Japan (because it is never on the maps I check). - I'd push the little island that is east of Amani Island (north of Okinawa) 1 hex northeast. - Maybe I'd make 1-2 hexes in the Bonin Islands be Mountains terrain Kita Iwo & Nishi-No Shima, but this would need to be checked on precise maps, what I did not do. Note : I believe "Retto" means "Group of Islands" in Japanese. I wonder if "Shima" and "Jima" have the same meaning, which I suspect to be something like "volcaneous mountains island", or simply "mountain isles". [image]local://upfiles/10447/42F2431E81A34F8C908EB89F2742327F.jpg[/image] Comparing this to WIF FE, to my eye, the big difference is the placement of the sea area boundary. If the boundary running from Tokyo to Chichishima Retto were moved to the east (right) then 4 island hexes would be removed from the riding on the boundary line. They would instead be inside the China Sea. Does that address your concern? The 4 hexes I mean are: Izu islands, Sumishu Jima, and Makeshima Retto. The examination of the Philippines recently has made me more sensitive to the addition of island hexes placed on sea area (SA) boundaries. The above change returns the boundary between the Japanese Coast SA and the China Sea SA to the same status as in WIF FE.
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