User:Lemuria/Development of Lutang

Notes for Lutang (AR014). An application to put Lutang in AR014 is currently ongoing.

Basic Standards

Lutang's mapping style is "Lemurian Filipino". This is the term used by Lemuria for his personal interpretation of the Filipino map style.

OSM's mapping conventions for the IRL Philippines are a good starting point.

• Distance between rails: 6m
  • Distance between 1435mm track centerline and platform: 1.5m at most 2.5m.
    • Oops, turns out a 65mm gap doesn't account for loading gauge..
• Side of road: right

Candidate Territories

Primary

• AR014^∈⊾ - Chosen! Tropical climate. And, nearby areas already have Spanish/US influence; making it a better place for a Lemurian Filipino style country.

Mapping

Most of my attempt to demonstrate the Lemurian Filipino style on the site took place in BG04 ("Lunazon").

Urban

Urban Lemurian Filipino mapping. Influenced by Manila and the suburbs south of it, where I live in 2023.

• Bagong Bandila - The capital city. Supposed to be influenced by Manila.
• Panapaan - A city; not as large as Bagong Bandila.
  • Subtraction Hills^∈⊾ - The name is a nod to Addition Hills in San Juan City where I used to live, in the mid 2010s.
  • Araminta^∈⊾ - Upper middle class area just out of Panapaan. Meant to take inspiration from Bonifacio Global City, Makati, Taguig, and other "richer" parts of Metro Manila.

Rural

• Taginang, Katumangan^∈⊾

Natural

• Kahoy Forest - Kahoy is "wood" in Tagalog.
• East Lunazon Forest
• West Lunazon Forest

Current Lunazon issues

• Roads might be too much or simply unrealistic. I ran one-lane roads everywhere whereas Manila has a plethora of roads that would be better represented as two parallel ways.
• Transitions might be bad. Araminta contains both slums and upper middle class buildings.
• Scale issues.
• Natural mapping is being neglected in favor of human features.

Names

Names come from a variety of sources. Either I make up something in my head that fits Tagalog spelling rules, use the already-existing name of a small (and obscure) town in the countryside, or find a Filipino word.

Country

The country name is Lutang, officially the Republic of Lutang or Republika ng Lutang in Tagalog. "lutang" is a Tagalog word meaning "floating in water", or figuratively, being prominent.

Lunazon is an old name, used for BG04; where I worked on developing the Lemurian Filipino style.

Capital

Possible candidates for the capital and largest city:

• Bagong Bandila (lit. "New Banner")

Automated listing

A full list of places in Lunazon. Cache duration is 1 day to prevent overloading the Overpass server.

Place names: Lunazon -

Brands

Mostly chains.

• ZN - A mall chain. Similar to the real-world SM; but the "S" became a "Z" and the "M" got pushed back into the mouth and became an "N".
• FastPC - A computer store chain, like the real-world PC Express (not to be confused with the Canadian one which has a Wikipedia article while the Filipino computer store doesn't)
• Peasant - A restaurant, like the real-world The Aristocrat.
• Pritong Isda ni Irene (Tagalog for "Irene's Fried Fish") - Seafood-oriented fast food. No real-world equivalent
• Astig na Kape ("Cool Coffee", "Awesome Coffee"; see Wiktionary entry on "astig") - Coffee chain
• Pambansang Kape ("National Coffee", "Coffee of the Nation") - Another coffee chain
• Desirabilitea (play on the "ty" in "desirability" sounding like "tea"), inspired by the real-world "Serenitea", which does the same wordplay
• Bagong Baril ("New Gun") - a gun store.
• Banko ng Araminta ("Bank of Araminta") - nationwide bank

Bulalo Center

Bowl of bulalo being served at the Araminta Bulalo Center.

Bulalo Center - Might be nationwide; but at the moment only active in Araminta. No real-world equivalent; aside from all those bulalo shops you will find in Tagaytay. Bulalo Center locations are named "[LOCATION] Bulalo Center", and name= tags should be set accordingly. Set operator= as "Bulalo Center" and branch= as the text in front of "Bulalo Center".

• Bulalo is a Filipino dish.
• Spelling: Always use "center", even in countries where British English spelling or "Ingerland Ingerish" is the standard. Not that the Bulalo Center wants to go international (yet).
• Example: 30701078 - Araminta Bulalo Center

amenity=restaurant
cuisine=filipino
name=Araminta Bulalo Center
branch=Araminta
operator=Bulalo Center

See also

• Forum:Request help/Perfect place for a Filipino-themed territory - where I asked for help finding a place for a Filipino-themed territory