Hello, fellow mappers.

I hope you had a fun time taking on last month's challenge, which focused on culture. The comments indicated some cool projects were being considered. I'd love to know how everyone did.

Unfortunately, different things in life limited my ability to finish work in Iola as I would have originally liked. I was able to finish the streets and pedestrian areas in the old city of Iola and begin building work around the ancient amphitheatre. There are a couple things like a café called "La Ekterra" (The Underground), which is right across the plaza from the entrance to the catacombs. A few streets are named after former monarchs or important saints, too. I'll try to keep working on it this month, as I've enjoyed working in this area.

Mapper's Challenge #14 — By Air and By Sea

The challenge for this month is to work on an air or sea transport option in your country. For this, airfields, airports, seaports, ferry terminals, and other air or water-based transportation hubs are welcome. There are quite a few major airports in the OGF universe, but what about smaller commuter airfields or agricultural-based landing strips? As for the water-based transportation, seaports are always an option. Don't forget about commuter routes like ferries or recreational places like marinas. Even if your country isn't on an ocean, river transportation is just as important. Major trade can be done by navigable river, too. (Just ask Vienna; or for an even smaller town with 3.5 times the tonnage, check Huntington, West Virginia in the United States.)

So, for this challenge, try to determine what the needs are for your country right now. There is a great guide for building airports over on the wiki. Seaports are definitely going to be a bigger challenge and require some more advance mapping, in my opinion. Once you've decided on your task, go for it! Give it a try and see what happens!

I'm personally going to attempt work on a seaport for Iola. It might be a bit ambitious, but I'm already planning to do coastline work on the western part of La Kaufama. I've received some great feedback from a couple users on the coastline, so it's part of what I'd like to tackle. We'll see how it goes!

All the best, —A