@PaulonFire and @CrazyPirate1 Thank you, very useful. I will sign “Wind” as “Wind” for now, maybe one day the name of the founder and of the city will pop out.

@souldin1 Thank you, I was waiting to know what happened to the Crusaders of the Void. I will add Khaos for the June Piratecraft Map. May will stay as it is for history. One day you will be able to see how the server’s face changed through time. Do you know if there are other remarkable crews who were formed after splitting from Cov?

@GodsDead Sadly I knew the graphics were overdetailed, overtextured and unclear. It resulted more in a painting rather than a practical, useful map.  Thank you for the material, I would probably choose the custom weapon pin in order to keep the map in a pirate theme. Also, the current town names in the icons are too small, I will probably just add a number instead right next to the pin that you can then check on a separate list with settlement names for each number of the map. The problem of the crews up right are the textures on them, not the font itself, but I will see what can be done to maximize the readability, probably a flat white colour with pins next to them.
A second, minimalistic, clear, flat map is always an option.

It would be interesting to have a fusion between the map and the wiki in this way: I don’t know if a site, a WordPress plugin, a software can do such thing, but imagine a page where you have this map with zooming tools like on Google Maps. Imagine that the town icons were coded to be working icons: if you move the mouse cursor on a settlement, a small window appears next to it with the name. If you click on it, you get redirected on the related wiki page, where you could find screenshots and description. It would be a general improvement in geography and history awareness. I don’t know how site coding works, so it will remain a small idea, at least for now.
Would it be possible to do this for the current live map icons, as a start? They already show town names, can’t they redirect to wiki pages?
Also, couldn’t a donator copy all the settlement locations found here and copy them on the live map? Temporary icons could be used while waiting for the owners posting the proper ones.

Would it be difficult to put the crew icons on the live map with the locations of this topic’s map? Some could probably be abandoned or moved to another crew, but you could re-check at the start of each month the changes and modify them. Is it difficult to edit/delete the icons on the Dynmap? Besides, the Dynmap lacks a lot of Elven Empire towns, which will probably last a lot of time anyway. And what about the links to the wiki? If you could click on a town and get redirected to it’s wiki page, people could read their history without searching them in the crew pages. It would be a more immediate way to aknowledge ourselves about some settlements and even easy to find the ones that still need a wiki page.

Edit: crew homes shouldn’t be revealed, I am talking only about the towns I show in my map. If they are here, they can be shown in the Dynmap too, at least those of the most old and strong crews, which will stand for a lot of time.

Regarding the map, I will soon start the first version of the june edition, trying to define the recently formed crews and then I will try to create the clearer one with pins.

I have made the first try of the June version of the Piratecraft Map. I followed the advice of using icons or push pins and made a separate image for the crew list, so they can be read better. Each town doesn’t have it’s name, which was too small anyway, and now feature a number, which will be used in the topic description to find the town name and information (I still need to do this part). I tried two different designs. The push pins are too office themed, but they divide crews very well. I don’t really know which version should be used between:
A: Push Pins
B: Crew Icons
C: Old design
D: New design (your suggestion)
As always, it would be nice if you could provide me the settlements that are still missing here or correct my possible mistakes.

Push Pin Map

Zoom: http://i.imgur.com/4Hjv6sZ.jpg

Icons Map

Zoom: http://i.imgur.com/q4Tcsb2.jpg
I should update the Timeline soon too, adding Khaos, Elite and the merging between SPQR and VRE. I plan to insert links on every town name in the first page list so people can click on them and be redirected on their wiki pages. I would like to insert basic information like coordinates, map screenshot and ingame screenshot for each settlement’s wiki page.
I am more than happy for any suggestions.

Edit: I have an issue, I cannot change the topic title anymore nor insert town list information. The “Edit” button disappeared. Is it because I have made too many modifications during the map updates? Am I forced to open another topic?

@Bgraph Isn’t the West Sea on my map exactly on the western pole of the dynmap? I based myself on this wiki page also, which talks about the North sea, which seems to be located in a different area.
http://wiki.piratemc.com/North_Sea
I was thinking to call the sea between the West one and the North one “North-West sea”. Tell me your thoughts.

Is there a way to get an updated, high quality render of the DynMap?