Misunderstanding about maps

McGuiness wrote:

n7axw wrote:Probably the best way to handle the maps is not to take them too seriously. I know that MWW fanatics like to micrometer stuff, but therein lies the path to insanity.

I personally just try to trace where things are relative to each other in the story line and then leave it at that.

Don

We also have to take into account the fact that the map is left intentionally vague to allow RFC to have a better idea later if it occurs to him.

+1

As RFC says:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3080&p=66861&hilit=map+detail&sid=9afa92799323e74a85fd92902bfcf34e#p66861

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3361&p=77704&hilit=map+detail&sid=3032e1540147603a5daeb01c587889c9#p77704

Some of it is INTENTIONALLY vague as it is his and allows him to not be painted into a corner if the story develops a bit while writing.

I have appreciated having that much detail over the years to double check things (especially when reading snippets and I don't have a book handy to check the map).

Drusus wrote:

n7axw wrote:Probably the best way to handle the maps is not to take them too seriously. I know that MWW fanatics like to micrometer stuff, but therein lies the path to insanity.

I personally just try to trace where things are relative to each other in the story line and then leave it at that.

Don

We also have to take into account the fact that the map is left intentionally vague to allow RFC to have a better idea later if it occurs to him.

McGuiness wrote:+1

As RFC says:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3080&p=66861&hilit=map+detail&sid=9afa92799323e74a85fd92902bfcf34e#p66861

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3361&p=77704&hilit=map+detail&sid=3032e1540147603a5daeb01c587889c9#p77704

Some of it is INTENTIONALLY vague as it is his and allows him to not be painted into a corner if the story develops a bit while writing.

I have appreciated having that much detail over the years to double check things (especially when reading snippets and I don't have a book handy to check the map).

I understand his leaving things vague until he needs them - why paint any corners he doesn't have to My problem was that I could not reconcile the scale of the stuff I was looking at with the maps them self on a macro scale. It appears I was looking at the wrong scale and have since (as a result of things said in this topic) resolved my problem. Thank you one and all.