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    Well there is no right or wrong way to make anything on a "made up" map IMO... but I would start with looking at Google maps for a little while and see where we build out towns at... in terms of spacing and location.

    There are a few factors when placing a town or city onto geography.

    food/water sources
    Population decadency
    Time frame or technology level of the society
    When the region was colonized... on said "time frame/tech tree"


    If you have a society that is primitive and food is plentiful then there would be many small towns. This is one reason why there are so many small towns in the British Isles. If the population and tech level is higher then there is a congregation toward larger more spread out cities...

    As in America the tech level and such lead to the colonies being based around larger cities near main ports for supply and so forth.

    Of course there are many more things to consider but that should give you something to think about.

    Note: If your map were based on a work fiction then some placement would be decided for you.

    Something like this would be what I might do... this was quick so not perfect or a golden rule...



    -Chris
    Last edited by rpgmapmaker; 05-10-2008 at 10:20 PM. Reason: added map

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