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Map design considerations

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:18 am
by jason_ac
Has anyone written-up thoughts/philosophy about considerations in map design? i.e.--considering symmetry vs asymmetry, defensibility of home/mid/other flags, use of water, etc.

Re: Map design considerations

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:38 pm
by vinylrake
here's one article dating back to TFL days with some comments.

http://mythgraveyard.org/003596

less useful. http://mythgraveyard.org/003582

Re: Map design considerations

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:29 pm
by jason_ac
Interesting articles, thanks.

That 2nd one, that guy seems to rather dislike symmetrical starts/approaches.

Re: Map design considerations

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:34 pm
by vinylrake
jason_ac wrote:Interesting articles, thanks.

That 2nd one, that guy seems to rather dislike symmetrical starts/approaches.
Yeah, it's not as analytical/thoughtful as the first one, but they are the only 2 I could locate. Pretty sure there are at least a couple more just can't seem to locate them. Then again, I could have just imagined them.