One of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing people from sharing their map tiles publicaly it that inevitably their base will be revealed for all to see. No one wants to help a map project if it means their base is going to get raided. Simply put it's often just too revealing to share map tiles. However because this server is so new we have the perfect opportunity to make a map before bases are built.
This project can only be a success if we work together.
How You Can Help:
By sending me your collected map tiles
Or by exploring uncharted regions of the new world and sending me those tiles
What Do You Mean By Unaltered Tiles?
What You Get In Return
1) Once the map is about 75% filled in I will make the map public so everyone has access to it.
2) However, anyone who sends me map tiles will get access to the map early as well as all the raw unaltered map tiles I have collected.
3) I also plan on making a stylized version of the server map based on early New World maps. Here are a couple of examples:
Meta-Game
Special features of the map need names, and you, the first explorers of the new server should be the ones to give those places names. The first person to map a feature and send me their tiles gets to name that place. For instance if you are the first one to send me the tiles for a big lake you discovered you get to name that lake. And I will use that name when I make the stylized Salem map.
If you are interested:
If you have suggestions or worries or want to just show your support and commit to send me your tiles leave a comment here or send me a PM. I will be updating this post over the next couple of weeks with short how-tos as we get closer to date of the wipe.
UPDATE:
Due to computer issues, I will probably not be able to play Salem or work on the map for the first couple of weeks after the wipe. However, I do still intend to make this map I will just be a bit delayed. This should not stop you from joining the project, collect as many tiles as quickly as you can, this map will be made!