Nope, just by hand :)
And I'm also putting the Caribbean Netherlands in, I'll connect them to Antwerp and Rotterdam, the largest ports.

Impressive. The Massachusetts map I showed you was my first and I traced it by hand... LOT of work. And that was ignoring rivers and bays and harbors etc. that would greatly increase the outline of the territories.

Sadly, mine looks more like the second image that you disparaged...

Oh, the details are mostly in the coastal area´s, I´m putting less attention to the commune borders, except for making the overlap perfectly of course. I still have one more map to finish, it just needs some minor tweaking and then it´s ready to be released. It´ll be a bit like the Mr. T map. After that, I expect this map to be done by 2012.

Moros, you have won the Internet. You should get a royal award... we salute you.

Moros great map :) I would suggest putting ports along the coast, or eveb airports in major cities for this map to be able to connect from one to the other end fairly fast :) would make teamgames very focused around certain areas and would make your territories a lot harder to defend.

@Typhoon:
That's a very nice idea. I've always thought airlift cards are a bit of a hack; connecting airports together is a much nicer solution in my opinion (with the added benefit the AI can use those connections as well). It should go a long way towards solving the issue (on large maps) of armies being "stuck" on one end of the map that will never make it to the front lines again because they're dozens of moves away.

@Moros:
You're both crazy (for trying to make huge maps like Canada Big and this Benelux Big one) and brilliant (for not just trying, but actually pulling it off). If there's ever an award for map-making, I think you shouldn't be allowed to enter; that'd be too unfair to all the other artists. ;) [We could name the award after you though, "Moros Map-Making Award" sounds pretty cool!]

I second this award and Moros winning the internet

|> *Domenico*
|>By the way, I'm working on a restauration of The Netherlands. I've allotted all the |>municipalities to their real province, so Utrecht won't look like an ugly blot |>anymore.
|>I hope to start testing this map this week, and if it turns out it needn't be |>changed, I'll make it public the Fifth of December. How's that for a Saint Nicholas |>present?

Well, where is it?

And the rest, thanks for all the support, if anyone could give me a list of all mayor airports and ports in the Benelux, I'd be happy. Oh, and just done with De Biesbosch, look it up, it has a very nice coast to work with :) Btw, I'm putting aside the other map I was working with, now only this map to concentrate on...

I would be more than happy to help you with the testing with this map and future maps :). Send me an invite and I'll most likely be ready to join (Too sick to go to work :().

Still testing it... :| I'm hoping to make it public this weekend now...

@Domenico
It doesn't matter of your map, I was just worried if the Black Pete's took you to Spain :)

@Typhoon
I'm not in the testing phase yet, due to the large amount of images I use to trace the coastlines, it's way too big to upload. After I've drawn all of the territories, I can remove them and start adding connections...

I want to congratulate you all with the birthday of Sinterklaas today.

Okay, I've found a list of all airports in the Benelux, now just all large ports. I'll only connect the largest ports to the Caribbean Netherlands, Antwerp and Rotterdam, but what about the small ones?

Edit: I found the ports too, It's funny that Luxembourg only has one port, a very small one. And one airport, in the city of Luxembourg itself.

Maybe connect the small ports ahead a port or two to the next one, and maybe do the same with the airports too? It would be just way too chaotic if all the ports connected to each other, and same with the airports.

Yup, I thought of that already.

Thanks Oliebol, only a few weeks to new year :)

I would like to join the testing of the maps, when you two are ready.

AAAAAARG!!!
I switched the height and the width of the maximum map size! Now it's 3299 pixels high and 2306 wide, but the limits are 2400 high and 3330 wide! I'm afraid I'll have to tilt it now, since it'll become almost impossible to play it if I make it smaller...

Then you should tilt it so that east is up and include a compass.

Why east up? I was thinking of west up, so up is sea and down is Europe.

Any news of when you plan to release this map?