Terraformed Antarctica

So here's a map I've been working on. It's still a WIP



It's a terraformed map of Antarctica.

While there aren't many land divisions there will be plenty of bases that will let players fight over the land.

There's one thing I haven't decided upon though, should the bases all be independent of each other or should they be grouped by country?

Let me know what you guys think, thanks.

A couple of months ago I've been working on a similar project.
Edited the following map (6000 px X 5250 px):



The problem of using bases (as substitutes for countries) is that some are very concentrated geographically:
National Geographic Antarctica Map

Personally I prefer the white continent as it is (so far!). Anyways, good luck!

My grandparents are from Antarctica <3

I actually like how it was styled to look like Antarctica. My only question is how did you make it look this way?

That map is beatiful, looks like the default one
Where did you get it from?

Bases should be independent of each other. Having different countries, especially so little, will make reinforced harder.

Kirjoittanut Guest, 13.11.2013 at 19:12

There are plenty of pictures online and from scientific research showing what Antarctica looks like under the ice.

I recommend Using them as reference instead of just making mountains and grass where ever you please it will come out looking much better.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//bas_research/our_research/az/bedmap2/images/bedmap2_preview_large.jpg

Also your divisions... :/

I can make some changes to the appearance on the map, one thing I plan on fixing are the jagged edges on parts of the map, but I don't really want to remake the whole thing.

As far as mountains go I based it off this map, and I think the mountains are in the right places for the most part.



I think it would be impossible to know where the grass would grow on a terraformed Antarctica. Unless I study how the weather patterns would behave in an Earth where there are no ice caps, but tbh that sounds a bit excessive.

When you say that you don't like the divisions, do you mean that you don't like that I used the current land claims on Antarctica, or did you just not like how I drew them? The idea of making new borders and countries for Antarctica actually sounds interesting.

There is no need to divide the continent. Just define countries, assign cities (stations) and ready. No need to divide the territory. Just make a war between the stations in a 2150 scenario... "the ice has melted and there is fight over the resources kind of stuff"...

Wow :3

Kirjoittanut Flaneur, 19.12.2013 at 07:37

There is no need to divide the continent. Just define countries, assign cities (stations) and ready. No need to divide the territory. Just make a war between the stations in a 2150 scenario... "the ice has melted and there is fight over the resources kind of stuff"...

Well, for more realism...a treaty in 1991 -- that 50 countries agreed to -- banned the exploitation of natural resources on Antarctica for 50 years (that's until 2041).

Kirjoittanut Indurate, 24.12.2013 at 03:49

Kirjoittanut Flaneur, 19.12.2013 at 07:37

There is no need to divide the continent. Just define countries, assign cities (stations) and ready. No need to divide the territory. Just make a war between the stations in a 2150 scenario... "the ice has melted and there is fight over the resources kind of stuff"...

Well, for more realism...a treaty in 1991 -- that 50 countries agreed to -- banned the exploitation of natural resources on Antarctica for 50 years (that's until 2041).

Make it 1992, on the World Environmental Summit of Rio de Janeiro. I like the idea!