Both of those maps are awesome, Ricko! I love 'em!

I've been doing some reading and learning over on the website, particularly Sue Daniel's blog about oceans, and then looked at this map and decided that it didn't really feel finished. While I didn't want to do too much to it that would change the tone, it did seem like it needed something. A compass rose, some rhumb lines and a sea serpent have, I think, given it the finishing touches it needed. I also did a little work on the ocean labeling, putting Sue's excellent suggestions about "blend mode" to use.



I also decided that this should be a map of the known world, from the perspective of the current inhabitants. The sea between the major continents is perpetually concealed by mist and fog, and the island-continent central to the world is magically concealed from all. And no one sails or otherwise travels much outside the coastal waters to the east and west - the Lethal Deeps are truly lethal.



So, all that said - this is the completed project.

Well, I fibbed. Just a little. Callum Cullfeather grew a little in my mind, and I needed to add just a bit to the map text. This led to resizing the background and the text box to accommodate the new words, which then led to rewording a few parts so that it fit in the box in a way that's more pleasing to my eye.

Here is the latest "final" version…

I think I'm calling my October Community Challenge map complete. Thanks much to Remy and Sue for the suggestions - implementing them made it a MUCH better map!

I've attached the .fcw file to the last post with a map in it. Everything comes straight from CC3+ (mostly the annual City Streets style, but the font and a few of the symbols are from other add-ons), so it should work fine for the Community Atlas if you'd like to include it.

Cities aren't my usual mapping "thing," so I'm having a hard time deciding if there's anything else I need...

I'm picturing this as a residential / mercantile neighborhood, with the Sherrif, Bailiff and Catchpole all having residences here though their work takes them throughout the city. That small courtyard type area with the fountain just seems like a natural place for people to shop. I could crowd more businesses in there, I suppose, though I'd want to make sure they're ones that don't stink to high heaven - it just seems like a little more upscale place than that to me.

That is one gorgeous map!

Pappy is what my kids and I have decided my grandchildren will call me (when I actually have grandchildren, which is still a few years down the road, I hope).

Thank you, Ricko. High praise!

Lordy! That's a lot o' maps! Very nice work!

Most likely, this is because that character isn't included in the font you're using. When I make a map and put in text in the Bookman Old Style font, for example, and use the alt code for Û, it shows up fine. But when I change the font to Viner Goblin Hand it just returns a blank space, because whoever developed the Goblin Hand font didn't include that character when they wrote it.