#area estimate

This is my first long post regarding Genshin worldbuilding this year!

Here are various links to the writeup:

Reddit(r/Genshin_Lore) | Reddit(r/Genshin_Impact) | PDF

I paste here a copy of the abstract:

This is a continuation of the area and elevation estimates of various locations in Teyvat, following a line of work that started with areas accessible in Genshin Impact version 2.2 regarding analysis of in-game size and speculative in-lore size based on semi-historical and geographical details mentioned in the 2021 Moonchase Festival. The method is mainly a pixel to in-game then hypothetical in-lore direct conversion further compared with areas or phenomena that have similar magnitudes in real life. This study added area approximations for the above ground Chasm and Dharma Forest, Sumeru. The calculated sizes were briefly analyzed with respect to other regions in Teyvat and more extensively with respect to various real life places, institutions, and phenomena. The hypothetical in-lore size of the above ground Chasm was analyzed as an impact crater and was found to be comparable to some of the largest impact events on Earth. The in-game Chasm was similar to medium to large scale open-pit mines in real life. In a similar fashion, Dharma Forest and its various subareas were compared to various forests, cities, and academic institutions in real life, with emphasis on comparisons mostly with SSWANA countries. Overall I find that this particular conjectured in-lore conversion factor coupled with the hypothetical qualitative interpretation remains to be one reliable way to consistently resize the world of Genshin impact from in-game to plausibly realistic in-lore dimensions.

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I hope you enjoy!

I finished the web pages to archive my writeups! Which should work well for the browser versions of Tumblr. Idk how to make it not scuffed through the mobile app.

Genshin Studies — Genshin Writeups (tumblr.com)

The list of contents has webpage redirects to three categories:

Geography and adjacent topics

Allometry and large objects (allometry is the study of the size of growth and proportions of body parts of living things)

Various topics

My desire to establish my writeup archive on Tumblr was prompted mainly by Reddit deciding to auto-block any direct links to Google Sites (which is what I originally used as my writeup archives). Also, Tumblr being a blog site lends itself more easily to sharing and crossposting stuff, so now this is going to be my most updated repository for genshin-related stuff.

I know it says "AREA ESTIMATE OF THE GOLDEN APPLE ARCHIPELAGO", but it also has links to my previous studies, such as:

AREA ESTIMATE OF TEYVAT (v1.3) aka Mondstadt + Liyue

ADEPTUS SKYBRACER - size estimate using antler length

I hope you enjoy reading!

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