Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.17.68.254-20130907025506/@comment-14909251-20150412232400

73.Anon.52 wrote: that is a map.... you don't draw maps with the lighting of the area in mind... rather you base them on other factors which easily explain what you are describing... namely elevation, population density(grimm), and familiarity.....

if you made a map darker due to how dark it was when you were there... caves would remain unmapped and cloud formation would apply to cartography... something that I don't believe has ever occurred in our own world.... Except the lighter and darker areas neatly correlate to areas that are population centers and areas that have little or no discernible activity repesectively. The further you move away from population centers, the darker it gets. Only exceptions are areas not suitable for life such as deserts or tundras.