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--- mapping_procedure [2021/02/03 17:00] – dave
+++ mapping_procedure [2021/02/07 12:55] (current) – dave
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 **1---MAP SCALE**
-hex on main map will equal 5  miles.
+hex on main map will equal 5  miles, approximately 22 square miles (math is too hard for hexagons, so that's really a guess).
 Each 40x40 hex map  will be approximately 40,000 square miles which equals:
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   * __Hamlets__ have a population of less than 200 people—will not appear on main map
   * __Villages__ have a population of 200-900 people—will not appear on main map
-  * __Towns__ have a population of 1-9 thousand people (but mostly 1-6 thousand)—will appear on main map as a solid dot.
+  * __Towns__ have a population of 1-9 thousand people (but mostly 1-6 thousand)—will appear on main map.
-  * __Cities__ have a population of 10-60 thousand people—will appear on main map as a dot surrounded by a circle.
+  * __Cities__ have a population of 10-60 thousand people—will appear on main map
-  * __Castles__:  population is included in the countryside population—will appear on main map as a circle with a cross inside
+  * __Castles__:  population is included in the countryside population—will appear on main map.
   * __Countryside Population__:  each square mile of settled, farmed countryside contains 50 people.  This population includes hamlets, villages and castle population, but not town or city population.
   * __Wilderness Population__:  each square mile of Wilderness should have between 1 and 10 people (or elves, orcs etc).