NovaCameron

Since I am going to be putting up more and more maps and stories to go with them I shall describe what you are looking at besides pretty colors. For without a key to interpret the maps they are kind of useless. There are going to be four types of maps: Biome, Physical, Political, and Historical. Though I might add more types in the future. First type is the biome maps. A biome is an area with certain climates that support certain plants, animals, and weather. It's the most colorful map type and the most useful for RPing as just a glance you can tell what the weather and setting will be. (oooo colorful...) This is a Biome chart. Due to the way Fractile Terrains computes the map from the data through this image it is flipped from what is usually found. The x-axis is temperature from around -15C to 25C left to right. The y-axis is how much precipitation the land gets from the top which is zero to greater than 250cm per year at the bottom. The diagonal across the middle is what is allowed by nature. I colored it below that line so white or black spots didn't appear in the maps in case an area got more rain than it 'should'. There are four general trends in the colors you may notice. From left to right they are Polar, Arctic, Temperate, and Tropical. I'll attempt to provide a general description of the climate and biome. Polar consists of Ice (White) on the far left, Polar Desert (Grey) on the top, and Tundra (Light Teal) ontop of the grey. The other two below Tundra are nameless cause they don't exist in nature. I'd like to call them Polar Swamp and Polar Lakes. Ice Is just that. Ice and lots of it. Thick Greenland or Antarctica Icecaps. No Polar Bears or Penguins here. Most you get is some lichen, the polar microscopic type. No life to be found here. Make sure to bring lots of food and wood, or better yet, just stay away. Polar Desert! (Grey) This is a desert that is cold. Really cold. So cold and dry it can't snow. Nothing but wind swept rocks and glaciers coming down from the icecaps that are probably nearby. Best to stay away. Think the rocky part of Greenland. Though! If there is an ocean nearby it will have lots of fish and life. Tundra! (Light Teal) This is the only Polar biome with actual life. There are no trees, barely any grass or shrubs. Only the hardiest ponies can survive out here. Though Caribou/reindeer do make this their summer home. In the Winter is a snow swept wasteland, but in summer, for however brief it is, grass, shrubs, and plants bloom. Think Siberia, Northern Canada and Alaska. Not the pretty tree part that's farther south. Ohhh and it's late... I'll post this and start up Arctic/Cold Temperate tomarrow. Night and thanks for reading! I do have more maps. I brushed up the Crown Lands and have them all ready to post but first I need to teach people who want to read them how to. This will be a long project and I thank you for waiting. Twilight approves learning! Arctic Biomes Arctic is the next column and actually get trees and complex climates. From the top, Polar Desert (Grey; see Polar Climates above), Cold Shrubland (Dark Blue), Cold Grassland (Light Blue), Cold Savannah (Blue), Taiga (or Northern/Cold Forests; Dark Teal), Cold Rainforest (Teal). Cold Shrubland (Drak Blue) is a cold semi-desert. Warm summers and extremely cold winters. Few living things and very much like tundra, except less life usually. (Tundra covers a wide range) Much like the Gobi Desert. Cold Grassland (Light Blue) covers a real grassland that has really cold and snowy winters. Think northern central Canada, the Prairie Provinces or Russia. Cold Savannah (Blue) is the area between the grasslands and the forests. Trees do grow here but this far poleward they will be pines. Mostly grass with a few stands of trees here and there. Canada. Very Cold winters and Warm Summers. Taiga (Dark Teal) or Cold Forests are the pine forests of the north. Climate can range from mild cool all year like northern British Columbia to warm summers and frigid winters more inland. Cold Rainforests (Teal) are rare. They get a lot of moisture compaired to other Arctic and Polar biomes. Usually considered the same as Taiga but with more rain and snow. Usually a bit warmer to. Other arctic biomes below this one should be considered 'fake' or unnatural. Here is the Biome pic edited into the original chart is got the information from: (So you can see what I am talking about.)

Updated smaller map of the Old Lunar Federation: (size: 1.75MB) I replaced the enlarged 512 biome map with a regular 1024 background so it is clearer. A little bit of background, which I should start writing more of to fit this into the World of MLP: The Lunar Federation was created at the beginning of the Nightmare Civil War to support Luna's side of the war. It was the main population in the Thestral and Twilight Lands that formed the most of the Federation's armies. The Unicorns of the March of Stars provided support. Ascalon and Ponturia were lightly populated at that time and would only become a proper part of the reborn Federation upon Luna's return. Elysium and the Glowing Fields were the breadbaskets and Earth Pony centers. The Forest of Dreams held numerous Pegasi cities on the slopes of the mountains of Night.

Thanks! I moved them around so here they again: If you want me to decode the Biome maps for you just ask. They are accurate for rainfall, tempurature, and altitude. Also any suggestions, questions, and the like are welcomed!

Ugh ya you are right. Need to learn how this forum puts up images. Well I'll resize them and that should help.

Haha. Thank you all. I've started my Equestria Atlas thread in the Art Forum so I can finally get help to make maps! Twilight would be proud.

Greetings! This will me my Equestria Atlas thread. In here I will post maps, timelines, and other things related to the Atlas. Please do suggest places, cities, rivers, forests, nations, and history. I put in a large part of Equestria but it's not very detailed and I need your help to fill it! I shall call taking an Earth name and making it fit into the world of Equestria 'Ponyizing'. You will find many ponyized places on the map and I hope you can add more ponyized and original places as well. I made this world in Fractal Terrains so It is a complete world. Except Deserts and rainforests don't match up well to where they 'should' be. But Equestria is a world of magic so I shall not worry about it. I tried resizing them smaller but then the fonts became unreadable... This is the 'main map' so far. I'll see how linking the pics works... Yay! offsite links work better so you can down load the maps.

My Favourite Mane 6 Pony: Twilight Sparkle How did you find MLP Forums?: Google. I wanted to find a Pony Forum. I found it. How you became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Netflix. Marathon watched each season. I was skeptical at first but now I am a brony. There is no cure. I am... Well 26, live in the US and love Everything Pony I read fanfic (good fanfic please) and am disappointed in the fact that were are no good detailed Equestria maps that satisfy me. SO! I am fixing that. I am mapping a huge map and am working on a back story that makes sense to it. Ponies forver!