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ORIGINAL: Froonp

I played around with names in the Victoria State of Australia.

I find it difficult to see which of the railroad crossings that are suppsed to be Ballarat. Would it be possible to place that name further to the right?

On your map it looks like the left railroad crossing might be Ararat. Perhaps replace Hamilton with Ararat?

Not that I have any idea on how it really is in this part of the world. I just look at the nice map Froonp found.

ORIGINAL: Orm
I find it difficult to see which of the railroad crossings that are suppsed to be Ballarat. Would it be possible to place that name further to the right?

On your map it looks like the left railroad crossing might be Ararat. Perhaps replace Hamilton with Ararat?

Not that I have any idea on how it really is in this part of the world. I just look at the nice map Froonp found.

Well, in game it is easier to know what is where, because the game "knows" which hex is named Ballarat, Hamilton and Geelong.

Otherwise, for all the named locations that don't have an icon on the map, I always tryed to put them so that they are written immediately to the right of the imaginary icon that would mark the location's position, except when it would put the name in a difficult position like for Geelong here that would have been in the sea and obscuring the coastline.

Just a question regarding all the non game chrome on the map.
Will it be possible to diable it to make the map less clutered.

ORIGINAL: BallyJ

Just a question regarding all the non game chrome on the map.
Will it be possible to diable it to make the map less clutered.

These small names that Patrice is adding do not appear unless the zoom level is 6 or higher. At zoom levels 1-5 the program automatically removes them (for the reason you gave).

Here is a little more information about drawing labels/names on the map. This is from my embedded comments in the code.
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// Large labels (size 13 or more) are always shown. Smaller than that are not
// shown at zoom level 0. Large labels get a shadow, except at zoom level 0,
// when they are all made very large (size 30) and shown without shadows.
// If the hex has storm or blizzard, then shadows are added for labels that are
// difficult to see: during blizzard, black shadows are added for white labels
// while during storm, white labels are added for black and maroon labels.

Thanks for the reply Steve.
I know some people like this stuff.
From my point off view it is just clutter.
Be nice if it could be removed with a press of a button.
Keep working on that mountain.
I will be a customer when it is finished.
best regards John

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: DaleKent
The railway running from Melbourne to the south-west ends at Geelong.

Are you sure of that ?
There are reasons it does not feel right.
First, Geelong is not in that hex, it is in the hex to the NW.
Next, here is a map of this area from 1944, that seems to show some railways going to "Forrest", and another non named location.
The MWiF hex where the railway stub arrives is about inthe circled area.
So, which name should I put at the end of that railway ?

To be honest, I wouldn't bother with Forrest. It's a town of 120 (2006 census) that supplied timber via the rail head in those times. Railway was closed 1957. Leave it how you have it, looks good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest,_Victoria