> I don't know how well my figures jive with yours in terms of > distance (Have you been able to make a good guess about the > distance from the pole to the equator, for example? Or have > you just been using Earth as a template for the maps' distances?) To my knowledge, there is only one reference to any point south of the Equator (Landsight), and that does not specify a distance, so no. I understand what you mean about the relative meaning of 'roughly', but that nearly seems like an absolute compared to most of the things Steve's written about Dragaera's geography... > It's interesting that the enclouding doesn't seem to > adversely effect the production of many crops that on Earth > depend greatly on sunlight. For example, there are some > excellent wine-producing regions that are apparently within > the Empire (Khaavren, for example). http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi?1:mss:14445:200407:cecihpcpilk hkkgihbie Bryan