User blog:Squirrel719/Squirrely Blog Article No.1

Hello! I've decided to make a weekly news blog thing. I'll do it every Saturday (Monday for this first one because I am impatient).

It will be about me talking about stuff I'm working on and random stuff I guess. I've wanted to make one since september last year but I mostly forgot the idea. I hope it doesnt end up like a cringefest though.

Biomes Map
I am currently working on a biomes map that is intended to be actually good.

These are the reasons to why all other biomes maps suck, and why I wanted to take it into my own hands:
 * 1) Many are way too small for how much detail they have
 * 2) Ugly anti-aliasing and blurring effects
 * 3) Ugly country borders
 * 4) Not all areas were filled so some small islands remain white
 * 5) Hard for colourblind people to see (I can't tell some very pale colours) and weird colours (Lime green for jungles?!))
 * 6) Not all are accurate and some have way too many biomes
 * 7) Grids in maps make it look cluttered and the anti-aliasing makes it even worse to remove if you want to improve the map

http://w3.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/biomemap.jpg This is the first google image result, it's terrible isn't it.

Why have I chosen the biomes I've chosen?
12 is enough biomes for a basic biomes map, but then I discovered the ones I chose fit into a grid where nothing is out of place!

Those biomenames on the table are scientific, and need proper terms too. Here is a list: I might rename Cold Desert and I don't know a common term for Temperate Rainforest (Maybe you can suggest ones in the comments). I chose "Chaparral" over Mediterranean/Prairie/Plains/Thicket/etc. because Mediterranean and Prairie are centric to one location, Plains have to be flat, and Thickets are more transitional subiomes between Forest & Chaparral.

Suggest any things I should change in the biome map! Please comment mistakes where I've done the wrong biome.