Cartography - Min. Longitude polar to equator [Archive] - Wizards Community

Cartography - Min. Longitude polar to equator [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Morgengrauen
05-21-07, 05:08 AM I want to find a scale for my map. How could the length/longitude (N-S) for my continent be reaching from the cold north to the equator? Are there any geographic rules? How small could it be for a still realistic world? I thought about 1800 miles (3000 km), is this realistic?

What scaling do you have in your maps?
Naderion
05-21-07, 09:26 AM You mean 3000 km from the equator to the poles? That would be 12.000 km length of the equator, and about 4000 km from the core to the surface, and a surface of 201.062.000 km²
For comparison, the earth has a an equator of 42.000 km and a radius of 14.000 km, and a surface of 2.463.000.000 km². That would be really small, about 10% the surface of the earth.

3000 km distance from arctic to tropic climate would be a different thing. I don't really know how global coordinates work, but I would think this would make a distance of about 6000 km from pole to equator and therefore 24.000 km around and 8.000 km radius. That's a surface of 804.000.000 km² and about 40% of the earth. Still small, but I think one could really work with this.
Holy_Beholder
05-21-07, 09:30 PM 40% is good, but remember, campaigns way up in the air, underground, or underwater are your friends. This should allow you to layer the world and pretty much increase its surface area.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Morgengrauen 05-21-07, 05:08 AM	I want to find a scale for my map. How could the length/longitude (N-S) for my continent be reaching from the cold north to the equator? Are there any geographic rules? How small could it be for a still realistic world? I thought about 1800 miles (3000 km), is this realistic? What scaling do you have in your maps?
Naderion 05-21-07, 09:26 AM	You mean 3000 km from the equator to the poles? That would be 12.000 km length of the equator, and about 4000 km from the core to the surface, and a surface of 201.062.000 km² For comparison, the earth has a an equator of 42.000 km and a radius of 14.000 km, and a surface of 2.463.000.000 km². That would be really small, about 10% the surface of the earth. 3000 km distance from arctic to tropic climate would be a different thing. I don't really know how global coordinates work, but I would think this would make a distance of about 6000 km from pole to equator and therefore 24.000 km around and 8.000 km radius. That's a surface of 804.000.000 km² and about 40% of the earth. Still small, but I think one could really work with this.
Holy_Beholder 05-21-07, 09:30 PM	40% is good, but remember, campaigns way up in the air, underground, or underwater are your friends. This should allow you to layer the world and pretty much increase its surface area.