This is a "classic" often quoted in RPG circles

https://gamingballistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Medieval-Demographics-Made-Easy-1.pdf

Request for version X....

Please make all of this an internal process... ;-)

If I remember correctly it took less than a year...

There was large group of volunteers corralled and managed by Linda Kekumu in January 1999. They did most of the tracing over FR maps scans. In May most maps where submitted and then there was a second stage of adding "unknown areas" essentially high level maps of the whole globe not covered by the regular FR products.

Then the whole thing went to ... (Ian ???) for an editing check.

The first update (which added quite a lot of maps) was done "before" Christmas 99

The atlas was out in September 99?

Maybe look for "Squad Leader" or "Panzer Leader" sites. their counters are top down representation of vagarious WWII weapons and vehicles

Landlubber heresy!!! 😋

Of-course deep water is white and the shallows are dark... We should stay clear of the shallows and keep to the high seas.

The land is light coloured, Yellow or White, not as interesting apart from navigational points. This also gives us high contrast between Land and sea.