UPDATE: I saw that the 100 mile grid was calculated using a wrong projection so it wasn't accurate. I have now fixed that and updated the map version to 2025-03-04, and changed the links, so please download the new versions to get the correct grid and scale.
This map is both to fill a gap in the Digital 1:2,000,000 scale series and also a test to se how far I could push QGIS.
The goal for this map was to create an overview map in the same scale as the rest in the series. Make it as big as QGIS allowed and center it on the core part of the setting. QGIS allows for 30,000 pixels as a had maximum, and with a fixed scale meant I had to work within these constraints.
I tried hard to get everything east of the the Crystalmists onto the map, and almost succeeded. Test to let it overflow a bit on the Thillonrian to show it is a peninsula, but the Sea Barons are still a stump. I'm not happy with it, but it is a compromise I have to live with when working with a scale and a max size.
This map is using the Robinson World Projection which is a "compromise" projection with less deformation and works reasonably well in non-polar regions like the Flanaess and Hepmonaland. Note that distances varies a bit between this map and the regional maps using a Ortho Projection, and in most cases Ortho are more accurate. This is unavoidable when depicting a spherical planet as a flat image, and a good lesson in cartography.
The map is offered in two versions with and without heraldry:
Flanaess Core 598 CY with heraldry (JPG 232.9MB):
Flanaess Core 598 CY (JPG 233.8MB):
This map is too big to effectively turn into PDF or PSD format from QGIS, which is one of the few things I miss from Illustrator. Adobe has to special tricks up their sleeve, PDF is a format created by them after all.
For those of you who want to make your own custom version you can use the latest GeoPackage. When I get back home from Gary Con I'm going to set up a series of seminars for Patreon members on how to use the Geopackages in QGIS.
Thank you again for all your support! 🙂
