Forum:Territory application/AR120-56 - Oclon

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	Territory ID and proposed name
	The Territory ID (from OpenGeofiction:Territories, e.g. AR123a) and proposed name of the country

Territory ID: AR120-56^∈⊾

Proposed name: Oclon

	Physical geography
	An overview of climate, topography and landscape of the country. It is advised to also create a sketch, you can add a link to this (hosted on imgur or similar)

Oclon, a mostly flat state that lies above level, has some elevated areas ontop hills in the southernmost part of the state, near Inconvenience Lake. Climate is fairly typical, it has all 4 seasons (winter, summer, fall & spring).

	Human geography
	A brief description of the territory demographics, economic development, land occupation, infrastructure and mapping style

Most of the state consists of a lot of farmland (consistent with midwestern USA) with a lot of smaller communities. However the capital city, Oclonia City, would be a metro area with a few suburbs surrounding the city. Oclonia City metro area can be found towards the center of the state. Oclonia City would encourage the use of public transit as well as walking and/or riding bicycles to get around. The public transit bus system would run 24/7 all around the city meanwhile the subway system is somewhat limited.  There is a canal system running through downtown Oclonia City, the canal connects Lake Sauganas and Lake Betaouais. There is also a canal found connecting Lake Seneppi and Lake Sauganash. There would be outside train connections for use when traveling from Swanashaw, Barre Harbor and Varnel (working with neighboring states to get connections made, of course). There will be motorways statewide with the primary motorway running from Marketville through Oclonia City to Varnel. There will also be other motorway connections going from the main motorway to Barre Harbor, as well to connect with a motorway that runs through the state to the southeast (AR120-57). There would be a passenger & freight train line running in near-parallel with the motorways.

Motorway, train lines & location of Oclonia City Drawing

(Please excuse my bad drawing, I'm not used to drawing like that with a mouse)

	History & culture
	A brief description of the intended culture and language

Oclon would consist of mid-western USA culture and would be a primarily English speaking country.

	Past mapping
	To support your request provide links to areas of OGF mapping which showcase your mapping skill. Mapping relevant to the requested theme & geography is especially useful
	The {{coord}} template can optionally be used to link to the OGF map - it results in a nice formatted link. Or you can paste in a URL.

I recently spent lots of time creating the village of Grand Basin, a small community with a mid-western feel to it.

Grand Basin can be found here: https://opengeofiction.net/#map=13/-35.7658/157.3218

Grand Basin may not show that much experience but here are some areas on OSM I’ve spent alot of time on:

City of DeKalb https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/41.9292/-88.7517

City of Aurora: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/41.76440/-88.36907 (Current project)

Village of Lee https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/41.7951/-88.9413

Village of Shabbona: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/41.76430/-88.87517

Village of Waterman: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/41.7702/-88.7701

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Xem0861 (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

	Territory application closed
	Hi, please continue to map on OGF, and build up a wider mapping profile to support a future application. It is really hard for us to get anything meaningful from OSM mapping changesets. It is built upon the mapping of others, while also using real life imagery. The skills are very different here, even though it is helpful to have experience of the tools. Please continue to map in Michisaukee, although making sure to cover a much wider area, so to also include rural and natural mapping. Alternatively, you could request a BG territory and map it as you would your target territory - that mapping could later be moved. Thanks/wangi (talk) 10:59, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
	The following resources can be useful in building up mapping experience: Help:Portal, Help:Making realistic countries, Help:Making realistic cities and also OpenGeofiction:Site policies