Charting at the Speed of Travel

A Cartography Capstone of Brent Forrester this capstone does the following:

Charting at the Speed of Travel Brent has become so proficient at mapmaking that he can craft maps while traveling without impeding his speed. All geographic features and details he obtains this way must be within eyesight in order to be accurate. This means that when he is traversing large open plains, looking down from a mountain top or traveling by flight, he can cover much greater areas on his map compared to traveling on foot in a dense forest or jungle. On the other hand, if traveling by flight, any obscured forest trails or caves or hidden streams would not be within eyesight and therefore he would not know of them to add to his map. Brent can still make some broad assumptions, such as mountains usually form ranges and rivers flow downhill towards the sea, but these may be inaccurate if he was unable to see these features during his travels. On a similar note, any place names would need verification from someone who knows the land unless he happens to come to the same descriptive name (e.g. Black Tower).

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