Ainkien: The Underdiscovered Country

[sobol 1]

I might want to live here... good work!

[panthersimcity4 162]

This is such a clever CJ. It perfectly captures a nice Oceania-ish region

[knarfmo 0]

Selles and Computer Guy - Thanks for the comments!

Sobol - I recommend a town home in West Bay overlooking the city.

Here's an update for you census geeks and numbers nerds:

[knarfmo 0]

Page flip bug...

And thank you for your reply, Panther.

[Schulmanator 5,813]

Awesome! I love this kind of stuff. Glad to see someone else interested in showing this kind of info.

[knarfmo 0]

Originally posted by: Schulmanator Awesome! I love this kind of stuff. Glad to see someone else interested in showing this kind of info.quote>

Yes, I'm a census geek. But, this seems to be generating some controversy in Ainkien...

[pagenotfound 53]

Great work!

[Follarch 327]

You're satellite style screens are impressive. I love em.

[saathoff37 11]

Very Nice!!

[knarfmo 0]

Thanks for your comments, everyone!

So -  what has been going on in Ainkien in recent years? That is the subject of the third and final part of the "tour" portion of this city journal.

Here is a map of Ainkien's boundary up to 2006:

And then:

This is the current Ainkien National Map:

[Hawkeye9 0]

Wow, great CJ you have here!!! You have done a great job with the charts and region views!!! Lookin forward to more!!!

[knarfmo 0]

Hawkeye: Thanks for the comment!

Today I'm going to share some news about Ainkien's economic stimulus act, which has been underway for nearly 9 months:

[S1acker 0]

Seems like a great package, looking forward to seeing the results .

[Schulmanator 5,813]

It looks like the government package is getting a lot done. I look forward to a speedy economic recovery.

[Petrovar Ambassador 15]

nicely planned out stimulus package, cant wait to see it in action!

[Jay Ess 15]

Such an active government!

[knarfmo 0]

Thanks for the comments, everyone - Ainkienians seem to be happy with one of the projects:

[edit -  I think I fixed the typos]

[jacqulina 162]

great status reports my friend,love the region view,your city is growing well.wonderfull newspaper too

[knarfmo 0]

Thanks, Jacky!

Here is some information about Sussex County, starting with a map:

 

 

 

[technicallydead 1]

Great Update! Question: How did you make your region view flat (the pictures on the lower right)? Good luck and God bless!

[Schulmanator 5,813]

The inset maps look awesome and are a great touch!

[knarfmo 0]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Jon paulo: you take screen shots of your region (I had to take four), and then you put them into a graphics editor (mine is Photoshop Elements, the "light" version of Photoshop). You play with the stretch, skew and distort until you square up the corners, then match them all together like a puzzle to get the entire region's view.

It's really not that hard, but you have to be patient with the stretching and skewing process if you have a lot of ocean water involved. My Ainkien map was relatively easy, but I've never gotten the Nalsa Islands map (several pages before this one), quite right.

[danielcote 9]

I like the town of whitstable!

[knarfmo 0]

Thanks, Daniel Cote, Whitstable was inspired by the small rural places in Frogface's Thames.

Here's something else you can do with a "flattened" region view: put it in GoogleEarth!

[danielcote 9]

Very neat way of doing it I havnt yet found how to do that yet.

Too bad Frogface doesnt operate that MD any more it was nice.

[Follarch 327]

That aerial region view is quite the eye catcher, a very well done show of your region, great work.

[Schulmanator 5,813]

What a cool idea. It fits in well there too!

[Twenty20 28]

Beautiful pictures, the aerial view is very nice and I like the rail network very well done.

[technicallydead 1]

Thanks for the tutorial! Good luck and God Bless!

[knarfmo 0]

Newcastle is making a bid for a regional headquarters of the International Simlympic Committee: