GB & Ireland remake

I would try all the colors as they are, but red and green to trade places each other. Last version: http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/resources/GB/GB8.jpg

I swapped orange & blue back with each other to first meet Matty's original colour change request. [spoiler=GB9 Half Size][img]http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/map_resources/GB/GB9-half.jpg[/img][/spoiler][spoiler=GB9][img]http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/map_resources/GB/GB9.jpg[/img][/spoiler] [spoiler=Territories & Borders]The territory dividers are 99% accurate to the actual county/district borders. The main reason for odd shapes is merging multiple counties. The exception is Lancashire, which had to connect to Durham for game-play. http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/maps/uktowns.gif Cumbria has Lancashire stealing its south border. Powys has now incorporated Monmouthshire hence the funny shape, which was perfect for ridding us of the mountains (the old map had Monmouthshire in Glamorgan and under the mountains). Oxford is this shape because it is 4 counties merged (Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Northamptonshire). Essex also has 4 counties merged. The tiny Rutland has been stolen by 4 territories to eliminate 4 corners. Connaught couldn't keep its real border to Leinster & Northern Island which would also include Leitrim http://www.spirited-ireland.net/map/_counties/ireland_map22.gif because of game-play. Donegal's southern border was moved away from the coast slightly for intuitiveness. Most of the territories have at least 2 counties merged. Nothing is false, apart from Lancashire's north border, if anyone can show me a way of reaching Durham without affecting another border, please do.[/spoiler] You guys will have to compromise on the names of Ireland soon, because the proposals are all different. Please remember, popular or not, it is bad to have cities referenced in one country and counties/districts/provinces in the rest and I have pointed out (a) the scale of the map being too large for cities, (b) there are more than one major city in a lot of the territories and that would really upset a lot of people. [spoiler=Example of multiple cities]The two biggest cities in Wales are Swansea & Cardiff. Cardiff was chosen over Swansea to be the Capital city because it had a cathedral which, in the UK, made it a city, whereas Swansea only got city status in 1969, even though Cardiff was far smaller at the time of being made the capital. Both of these are in Glamorgan just 40 miles apart and there is a lot of rivalry between them. Swansea was also once the biggest port in the world and was at the heart of the industrial revolution. Would you label Glamorgan as Cardiff or Swansea? (No Jokes!)[/spoiler]

New look is awesome aeron...prefer the new hills( Mountains) as well,i think some of those would look good here an there on the map in areas that have them,for example the highlands to depict its hilly terrain,but not used in a way to change map connections,would give the map a little more character as well...

I like the colour arrangements as The_Bishop has suggested above.

The borders are incontestable. Especially good call on the Powys expension to remove borders. About labels in Ireland I'm fine with the current ones. The only thing I'd change though is Meath->Dublin, both are counties but Dublin is much more recognisable. And I'd move the Munster label right, the Connaught label a couple of px right, and the Cavan and Meath labels a bit south (if Dublin is chosen, set the label on the right side of the territory and the circle to the left). And maybe Leinster would see its circle better below the label, as now overlaps the two borders and feel a bit weird.

Bishop's suggestion was before I put the light blue and orange back where they were so that Green & Red could stay swapped as Matty first suggested. To swap these back now would be to put them exactly as they were in GB6 before all the suggestions to move them around. @Psymon, thanks for some well considered feedback about borders and names. I will use your suggestions and the advisers can remark from there.

I love the look of the map. My only (small) points are: 1. Why is Surrey there? Surely that's London or greater London, and 2. The union flag doesn't look quite right in that position. Seeing as the name of the map refers more to the geography rather than the nation states perhaps it would be better to drop the union flag altogether and reduce the RoI flag to the same size as the others.

I think the blue next to the green in ireland looks horrible. I think the colors in GB8 were fine except you could try turning the orange toward a brown.

I think with these colours the balance is a bit gone. Now the cold colours are all on the left and the warmer colours on the right.

Cireon is right. Orange doesn't fit with green, but the blue next to green doesn't fit that well either. I can't really think of a colour to put in place of the light blue, but I'd really want to get rid of it. And if possible, a warm colour that looks nice next to an overwhelming green... Can't you just cut out the ireland part, place it 8 times next to eachother and just vary the colour of N Ireland? Just to see what colours look well next to green...

@maafi, some earlier maps had no Union Flag and a normal sized ROI flag as you suggested, but were suggested to be put on in this way. I can easily take them back the way they were. Does anyone else want this? Surrey is merged with Greater London and as we are going for mainly County/District names, this was chosen over London. @Vexer, Cireon & Matty, I will try putting the colours back to GB8 and changing the orange to more of a brown as Vexer suggested. This should eliminate the cold and warm colour separation and solve the (orange / blue next to green) issues.

I like the flags as they are right now, although one can always try new things and revert back later if it turns out to be less appealing.

Being a Surrey boy, I'm obviously happy to see my county of birth expanded to encompass London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire et al. ;) I do prefer it without the union flag but I bow to those with more experience.

I don't dislike the British flag in the background. The map also include Ireland but the main nation here is the United Kingdom, since it can stay for me, plus it's almost invisible. As for the colors, my suggestion (post 61) has been rejected, but everything is good for me. I can't wait to play this map with the new graphic arrangement!

Very nice looking map. I like colors and land texture. Maybe water texture can be better also try to be more artistic with title font.