Category: Low-Effort Post

I’ve neglected this weekly posting for half a year – mostly feeling I didn’t have anything new or interesting to share. A lot of my mapping has been ‘support and cleanup’ work on my own topo layer stuff, where small incremental changes and a messy overall appearance mean it’s rarely worth sharing. Let’s not call it ‘weekly’ anymore.

Anyway, my low-effort brag-post, this time, is to show the western end of the Wachacha Peninsula, the area known as Sunset Township, with the towns of Luciantown and Saint Michael. These are on the southwest edge of the state of Makaska. The economy in the area, such as there is, is mostly tourism-related. I’m pleased with how the towns fit to the hilly terrain of the area – these are not huge mountains, but the topography is meant to resemble the western part of Michigan’s “Upper Peninsula.”

Here is the area in regular view.

Here is the area in topo view.

This area is found on the opengeofiction map here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=14/-42.7526/143.9197&layers=V

My low-effort brag-post for this week is showing the “twin towns” of Glensheen and Paine River, in the southeast part of the state of Makaska. Like all of region surrounding metropolitan Ohunkagan, these towns are currently stuck in a time-warp, sometime around 1920, as I try to develop the whole region chronologically. In the 1920’s, Glensheen, with its active port and industrial base, far exceeded Paine River in size. However, my expectation is that by the contemporary era, the towns will have equalized in size, as the industrial base in Glensheen declines and the exurban clout of Paine River grows. Paine River will be the modern southernmost terminus of a commuter rail line all up and down the “Silicon Shore” south of central Ohunkagan. The farm and forestlands are still a bit schematic, and need detailing, but the basics are definitely in place. I’m particularly pleased with how you can see the interaction of topography and landuse in the topo view.

Here is the area in regular view.

Here is the area in topo view.

This area is found on the opengeofiction map here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/-43.1165/145.8464&layers=B

My low-effort brag-post for this week is the central part of a city called Midesapa, in the northern part of the state of Makaska. It’s a rust-belt city on a river that connects two large lakes, so in that sense it occupies an economic position similar to Detroit, but it’s a much smaller city, with maybe 200k in the metropolitan area. There is still much detailing to be added but the basics are there.

This neighborhood is found on the opengeofiction map here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/-41.3257/147.3513&layers=B

My low-effort brag-post for this week is the neighborhood around Grants-Hogarth University, in the imaginary city of Ohunkagan (including an enclave jurisdiction called University Village). The mapping is currently in a time-warp, not yet having reached 1920, and it’s not really complete, but I’m running out of things to post. There are some easter-egg type jokes in the map, including “Chomsky Hall” near the intersection of Government Avenue and Binding Road, thus near the Government & Binding station on the elevated railway.

This neighborhood is found on the opengeofiction map here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=16/-42.3298/146.0850&layers=B

My low-effort bragpost for this week is something I created last month. This is a small town (maybe 8000 residents) in the northeast of my imaginary state of Makaska, named Ragged River, with a matching, smaller community across the parish boundary, called Howard. I haven’t completed it, especially the rural surroundings, but it’s complete enough to show I guess.

Here’s a screenshot of the location.

The link to the slippy map is here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/-15.1153/146.7819&layers=B

My low-effort bragpost for this week is an area of Makaska I have called Stroadland. It’s a bit of a joke, of course. I posit a pioneer in the area with the name Stroad, who is thus memorialized in the name. But of course “stroad” is a currently popular term for major streets in North American, car-oriented suburban development. Not really a street, not really a road: a stroad.

I still have a lot of detailing I want to add. I’ve only named a few stores or amenities, for example. I have a goal to make something that could easily be mistaken for OSM at zoom=15. I don’t think I’m there yet, but I’m making progress.

Here is a screenshot showing the area.

Here is a link to the area on the OGF slippy map: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/-41.2515/145.8573&layers=B