Is that a river the city is on? Based on your scale, that bad boy is about 10 miles across which I think would make it more like a lake or straight or something. Do you intend the river to be that big? Even by ship, that would take some time to cross.
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Ah, a rather large bay, but a bay is good.I would probably go more with sea, but we haven't seen the whole area so bay works.
Just compared it to San Francisco Bay. It is about the same distance to the 16th ward as Oakland is from SF. So the bay would appear to be about twice as large as the SF Bay, but again hard to say without the rest of the area.
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I get the impression that this entire fantasy world is about the majesty of BignessOriginally Posted by RPMiller
ETA: But holy crap ... looking at the water math I notice I seriously messed up my read earlier (forgot to square a thing, or something): this thing is more like 78,000 hectares of city, which is just ... woo
Mowgli, sorry about the earlier error: this puppy is slightly larger than Chicago [and roughly 150 times the size of ancient Rome] ... I triple-checked it this time instead of doing it in a rush. D'oh. Either way, same comments apply to mapping it: stick with districts, landmarks, etc. and you're golden.
The city is on a very large lake - actually more like a freshwater inland sea. I'm working on putting together some of the street names/locations now so I can start putting them in the map.
Unfortunately, my ambition seems to have overcome my common sense and I've got two other maps well started and several more in the 'idea' stage. Cities seem to be very difficult for me, so I've tended to procrastinate on this one.
I should have a slightly updated map posted in a few days for more of the excellent - and encouraging - feedback!
BTW - Glad you checked out the wiki, Ghalev!
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