Category:Fresh Maps

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Introduction

Okay, Hello. This page exists so I can fool around here without mucking up anybody else's hard work (as I tend to do because I'm a bumbling fool most of the time). I'm gonna try to be a cartographer (feel free to snigger) and use this page to tinker with different ways of creating new maps for, well pretty much everywhere. I want to create a system that involves the use of colored ASCII art in a structured way to make creating new maps a lot easier. With that said, please feel free to leave feedback etc etc on the discussion page!

Speculation

First I want to establish what information is useful in a map. World Maps:

• Terrain (also flight needed/no flight needed?)
  • Characterize by what fieldcraft skill applies?
• Cities etc.
• Paths
• Altitude

City Maps

• Shops

Both:

• Can't go there messages - some way to include them
• Notes on people, animals and places seen and where
• Some sort of coordinate location system
• Links to stable places on the map

Sandbox

Characters for different ways to travel between coordinates?
~ Swimming
+ Walking
. Flying
& Action (like picking a lock etc)
•
@ Solid things


ALL ASCII CHARACTERS
©	©	!	!	_	_			Û	Û	®	®	"	"	`	`	ž	ž	Ü	Ü	 	 	
#	#	a	a	Ÿ	Ÿ	Ý	Ý	"	"	$	$	b	b	 	 	Þ	Þ	&	&	
%	%	c	c	¡	¡	ß	ß	<	<	&	&	d	d	¢	¢	à	à	>	>	
'	'	e	e	£	£	á	á	À	À	(	(	f	f	¤	¤	â	â
Á	Á	)	)	g	g	¥	¥	ã	ã	Â	Â	*	*	h	h	¦	¦	ä	ä	
Ã	Ã	+	+	i	i	§	§	å	å	Ä	Ä	,	,	j	j	¨	¨	æ	æ	
Å	Å	-	-	k	k	©	©	ç	ç	Æ	Æ	.	.	l	l	ª	ª	è	è
Ç	Ç	/	/	m	m	«	«	é	é	È	È	0	0	n	n	¬	¬	ê	ê	
É	É	1	1	o	o	­		ë	ë	Ê	Ê	2	2	p	p	®	®	ì	ì	
Ë	Ë	3	3	q	q	¯	¯	í	í	Ì	Ì	4	4	r	r	°	°	î	î
Í	Í	5	5	s	s	±	±	ï	ï	Î	Î	6	6	t	t	²	²	ð	ð	
Ï	Ï	7	7	u	u	³	³	ñ	ñ	Ð	Ð	8	8	v	v	´	´	ò	ò	
Ñ	Ñ	9	9	w	w	µ	µ	ó	ó	Õ	Õ	:	:	x	x	¶	¶	ô	ô
Ö	Ö	;	;	y	y	·	·	õ	õ	Ø	Ø	<	<	z	z	¸	¸	ö	ö	
Ù	Ù	=	=	{	{	¹	¹	÷	÷	Ú	Ú	>	>	|	|	º	º	ø	ø	
Û	Û	?	?	}	}	»	»	ù	ù	Ü	Ü	@	@	~	~	¼	¼	ú	ú	
Ý	Ý	A	A		?	½	½	û	û	Þ	Þ	B	B	€	€	¾	¾	ü	ü	
ß	ß	C	C			¿	¿	ý	ý	à	à	D	D	‚	‚	À	À	þ	þ	
á	á	E	E	ƒ	ƒ	Á	Á	ÿ	ÿ	å	å	F	F	„	„	Â	Â	æ	æ	
G	G	…	…	Ã	Ã	ç	ç	H	H	†	†	Ä	Ä	è	è	I	I	‡	‡	
Å	Å	é	é	J	J	ˆ	ˆ	Æ	Æ	ê	ê	K	K	‰	‰	Ç	Ç	ë	ë	
L	L	Š	Š	È	È	ì	ì	M	M	‹	‹	É	É	í	í	N	N	Œ	Œ	
Ê	?	î	î	O	O			Ë	Ë	ï	ï	P	P	Ž	Ž	Ì	Ì	ð	ð	
Q	Q			Í	Í	ñ	ñ	R	R			Î	Î	ò	ò	S	S	‘	‘	
Ï	Ï	ó	ó	T	T	’	’	Ð	Ð	ô	ô	U	U	“	“	Ñ	Ñ	õ	õ	
V	V	”	”	Ò	Ò	ö	ö	W	W	•	•	Ó	Ó	ø	ø	X	X	–	–	
Ô	Ô	ù	ù	Y	Y	—	—	Õ	Õ	ú	ú	Z	Z	˜	˜	Ö	Ö	û	û	
[	[	™	™	×	×	ý	ý	\	\	š	š	Ø	Ø	þ	þ	]	]	›	›	
Ù	Ù	ÿ	ÿ	^	^	œ	œ	Ú	Ú

Source: http://www.web-source.net/symbols.htm

• Remember - between <code> and </code> wiki markup does apply! This means some characters can't be used first onna line (*,#) but also things can be linked from :D
  
• Finally got a way for colors to work in ASCII characters: TEXT YES!!!
  

Cimbra Map Mockup

• See Map:Cimbra

To Do

• Figure out what all the terrain colors should be
• Figure out what symbols to use on the map: I want to use symbols for the placeholders that change depending on whether you have to swim, fly, etc to get there
• Finish fleshing out this map with terrain/locations
• Organize the key and make it universal
• Run around making sure everything is accurate and all the coordinates are here
• Link all the dots on the side to the adjacent areas
• Make map pages and link them to descriptive pages?

Other Notes

• http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ - graffit font for title
• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help

Feedback on this scheme would be greatly appreciated: I'm not entirely sure that this way is easier than making actual PNGs of the maps, but it works better for me since all I need is a browser to edit it and I use a bunch of private and public computers etc etc.

Specifically, does this width work on your monitor? I'm gonna check it on all of mine to see...

Terrain Color Key

See Maps:Terrain Key

Reference

This may be helpful later: [page on what special characters work]

Characters: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § ~~~~
Wiki markup: {{}}   |   []   [[]]   [[|]]   [[Category:]]   #REDIRECT[[]]   <s></s>   <sup></sup>   <sub></sub>   <code></code>   <blockquote></blockquote>   <ref></ref>
<div class="references-small">   <references/>   <!-- -->   <includeonly></includeonly>   <noinclude></noinclude>    <code></code>  •  (templates)
Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ •   # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞   ‘ “ ’ ”   ¢ $ € £ ¥ «» „“ „”
Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź   À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù   Â â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ   Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ   ß   Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ 
Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ   Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ   Đ đ   Ů ů   Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž   Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ   ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ   Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ 
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Greek: Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ   Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ   Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ   Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π   Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ   Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω  
Cyrillic: А а Б б В в Г г   Ґ ґ Ѓ ѓ Д д Ђ ђ   Е е Ё ё Є є Ж ж   З з Ѕ ѕ И и І і   Ї ї Й й Ј ј К к   Ќ ќ Л л Љ љ М м   Н н Њ њ О о П п   Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ   У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х   
Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Ш ш   Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь   Э э Ю ю Я я  
IPA: t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ ʡ ʔ   ɸ ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʜ ʢ ɦ   ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ   ʋ ɹ ɻ ɰ   ʙ ʀ ɾ ɽ   ɫ ɬ ɮ ɺ ɭ ʎ ʟ   ɥ ʍ ɧ   ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ   
ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ   ɨ ʉ ɯ   ɪ ʏ ʊ   ɘ ɵ ɤ   ə ɚ   ɛ ɜ ɝ ɞ ʌ ɔ   ɐ ɶ ɑ ɒ   ʰ ʷ ʲ ˠ ˤ ⁿ ˡ   ˈ ˌ ː ˑ ̪   •  {{IPA|}}

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