1) Give your map a title

A good map needs a title, location reference, borders and a purpose. Define these criteria early-on to concentrate development.

Decide what people will be able to see and do.

Gather data about everything in your world. Record the size, shape and function of everything.

Be as accurate as you need to be.

Take lots of photographs.

Talk to local people.

Find plans and schematics.

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