Cartographical collection reconstructed

Quite awhile back I remember mentioning the sad condition of my old maps. A few months ago I completed the reconstruction on my map collection, and began detailing the last unfinished map I had started so long ago. 

All of the new versions are taken directly from the originals and prepared in the same fashion. I have the new versions within more protective sleeves and in a special loose leaf binder covered in cloth and zippered. In fact the binder also houses my vast vexillolographical collection as well as any heraldic drawings, military insignia, architectural design, and other sketches. 

Honestly, I wouldn't have combined it altogether except I found a Z-style dual binder with two 2" D ring sections. It's quite heavy, although nothing like the many binders my teammate stores MTG cards in. I developed a different system to store my card collection as I could see how quickly it could become overwhelming.   I place all but the initial collection in a set of plastic boxes to reduce amount of space required to store a rapidly expanding hobby. 

Meanwhile my artwork completely dominates the Z binder. It took a few different tries to find a suitable means of storing the initial set for each expansion, but I settled on an 8 1/2 x 11" 9-card style binder that can house a core or major expansion completely, or hold 2 minor expansions together in one binder. 

Back to the maps. Since I have finished the initial reconstruction, the next step is finding time to scan all 23 plates, both in whole and in provincial sections. Each province will be saved digitally, then printed and prepared in the same manner as my hand drawn maps. Then I will scan those completed maps and save them as well.  Further details will only be added for key areas of interest, like Founder's Forty for an example.  

The Forty refers to an agriculturally fertile valley where several plantations provide a variety of foodstuffs for the local populace and for nearby island provinces.  Portions of the back story are kept in a small notebook as notes at this time, and as I build the characters and stories, I will also add local maps to the collection. 

Oh, on a side note...I dislike the "new" journal interface. What in the heck are the programmers at DA thinking? This may be fine and dandy for a computer, but it S.U.C.K.S. major big time on a mobile device!!!!! Stash writer throws the skin selection pane right over the textbox. And writing a journal entry is not an option in "mobile view" - or at least I couldn't find how to access it easily without first changing to desktop view.  I've come to be very disappointed in websites forcing mobile view then not giving proper supporting tools to accomplish all the tasks. 

The mood reflects my chancing onto whole collections of flags, maps, and related artwork within the past 24 hours.  I have many more to add to my faves and watching list.