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Youtubia Part 3 - Provincial capital climate booklets

Hello and welcome to part 3 of the Youtubia series. As an extension to part 2 of the Youtubia series, which describes the continent's 16 provinces and their capital cities, I am pleased to announce that I have now released three electronic booklets for climate data for each of the capital cities on the Youtubia continent for digital download.  So what are the three types of electronic booklet? The three variations of the Youtubia climate data booklet are as follows: The climate data table booklet   provides a full, detailed overview of climate patterns in each of the 17 provincial capitals, including record high and low temperatures, with both metric and imperial units used for temperatures and rainfall.  The graph version booklet (in metric) provides a simple, visual graph overview of temperature and rainfall, as well as total precipitation figures for each of the provincial capitals, using European units such as degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for rainfall. The g

Joining the Cartographers' Guild

Over the last few months I found this really interesting website called the Cartographers' Guild , a large community forum where people go to share their fantasy map projects and post interesting tips on how to improve their fantasy map drawing skills. What particularly interested me on this site was a post from one of the community members there on the forum about the "Eriond" fantasy map project that they were working on, which featured a tutorial on how to create photorealistic fantasy maps in the GIMP program. This would prove to be of big use for the Youtubia fantasy map project that I am currently working on.   At an important time where I am currently working on my business idea, I believe that it is important for me to be part of a place where I can share my ideas and be able to build business relationships with other like-minded people in the fantasy world.  Therefore, I have decided to join the Cartographers' Guild forum and I hope to be able to post my fan