I really like this map, Jim. I don't know exactly what draws me to it - probably something in the layout of the hills and roads. It looks like a place I'd want to set an adventure!

Also, I'm learning to wake surf (since I'm not close enough to real surf to make learning that practical).

Thanks, Sue - I like "odd moments of time between all the busy stuff!" I do think it's been a life well lived so far, and I'm definitely looking forward to what the rest has in store for me :).

I've travelled quite a bit within the States, and next year my daughter and I should be having a trip to Peru (pandemic willing). It'll be my first time outside the country!

You can explode the scale bar (the stick of dynamite symbol on the left), then edit the text to say whatever you want, change the font or color, etc.

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.