American King: Take Two

[Captain Waydelich]

*sits there quietly waiting for a map just like a dog waiting for kitchen scraps.*

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by Rooster Cogburn

Please post it! It could be from the old American King, we just need a map for our eyes to look at!

Originally Posted by Captain Waydelich

*sits there quietly waiting for a map just like a dog waiting for kitchen scraps.*

Here's an old map:

[Rooster Cogburn]

I love the shape of Georgia. So is Cuba owned by Jackson's country? Speaking of which, what is the name of Jackson's country. Totally slipped my mind

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by Rooster Cogburn

I love the shape of Georgia. So is Cuba owned by Jackson's country? Speaking of which, what is the name of Jackson's country. Totally slipped my mind

It might be, but it might not; this was just the map I was going to use. The new one will be a WORLD MAP with EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION.



Jackson's country before monarchy: The American Republic. During monarchy: Union of Royal American States.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

It might be, but it might not; this was just the map I was going to use. The new one will be a WORLD MAP with EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION.



Jackson's country before monarchy: The American Republic. During monarchy: Union of Royal American States.

Are you using a QBAM or a UCS type? If the latter, please make sure to use the version on a round globe; the old flat one w/o Antarctica is extremely outdated and misses a lot of the world.

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Are you using a QBAM or a UCS type? If the latter, please make sure to use the version on a round globe; the old flat one w/o Antarctica is extremely outdated and misses a lot of the world.

Mine is the only one I found with all the administrative divisions. It's flat, but it has Antarctica.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

Mine is the only one I found with all the administrative divisions. It's flat, but it has Antarctica.

Does it look anything like this? Or is it a Qbam?

[Napoleon53]

Everything looks the same, except mine is square and a lot of little Asian islands aren't on it. Antarctica is the same, too.

What is QBAM?

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

Everything looks the same, except mine is square and a lot of little Asian islands aren't on it. Antarctica is the same, too.

What is QBAM?

Easy answer is right here.

Give me a little bit and I can find some better ones. I believe in the "Books and Media" forum there is a whole thread dedicated to them.

Can you show me the basemap you're using? Chances are I can find an updated version of it in the "All the OTL maps from 500 CE to 2007" thread in that same forum.

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Easy answer is right here.

Give me a little bit and I can find some better ones. I believe in the "Books and Media" forum there is a whole thread dedicated to them.

Can you show me the basemap you're using? Chances are I can find an updated version of it in the "All the OTL maps from 500 CE to 2007" thread in that same forum.

B&M is actually where I found this one. I found it again, here ya go:



EDIT: Ooohh! It does have the Asian islands, just on the opposite side. Paint.net is actually lagging a bit because it's so huge.

[metastasis_d]

Wait, what 'Asian islands' are you talking about? The Aleutian islands?

Anyway, yeah that's the Qbam.

[metastasis_d]

Here is a slightly updated, color coded version. Of course, the relevant updates are probably irrelevant given the early POD, but I find it to be more accurate in the Pacific.

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Here is a slightly updated, color coded version. Of course, the relevant updates are probably irrelevant given the early POD, but I find it to be more accurate in the Pacific.

Thanks, but I've already gone nuts on my current version. This is gonna be fun. I'll need help on Africa and China when the time comes.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

Thanks, but I've already gone nuts on my current version. This is gonna be fun. I'll need help on Africa and China when the time comes.

Gotcha.

I'll be here to help when the time comes. I may not be good at map making, but I am interested in it.

[Rooster Cogburn]

Stupid Question: How do you make maps anyway? I'm not a computer person

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Rooster Cogburn

Stupid Question: How do you make maps anyway? I'm not a computer person

I use MSPaint

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by Rooster Cogburn

Stupid Question: How do you make maps anyway? I'm not a computer person

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

I use MSPaint

Paint.net. It's like MSPaint, but it's sooooooo much easier and better. You can fill in every pattern imaginable, like dotted/lined territory, and it's just generally 10x faster.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

Paint.net. It's like MSPaint, but it's sooooooo much easier and better. You can fill in every pattern imaginable, like dotted/lined territory, and it's just generally 10x faster.

I'm too used to being able to assign hotkeys in MSPaint, and Paint.net confuses me with regards to cutting and pasting.

[Napoleon53]

I haven't figured out cutting and pasting in P.net either. But aside from that, it's great.

In case anyone wants to download: http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3...-10338146.html

I've finished all of North America in my Map. Britain and Scandinavia are almost finished, too.

[metastasis_d]

I have Paint.net, but so far the only thing I've found useful about it that I can't do in MSPaint is rotating objects. From there, I screenshot and paste into MSPaint, because I can't figure how to cut/copy and paste from Paint.net directly into MSPaint. Or from my browser into Paint.net, which I can do with MSPaint.