Spieldesign - Random geo-strategic map

Generation of a random geo-strategic map with a given amount of areas and average connectivity approaching six for large amount of areas (randomised hex placement).

Steps:

1. Generate uniform random points on the sphere.
2. Run Lloyd's algorithm on it about 30-50 times with the right metric (see: great circle distance, area of triangles and polygons on a sphere, getting the centroid of a polygon on a sphere).
3. Generate the Voronoi triangulation for the point set; these are the areas.

For some non-uniformity, possible algorithm:

1. Randomise parts of the boundaries as per the polygon map generation article.

ToDo:

1. Random heighmap generation on the sphere (procedural planet?)
2. Moisture
3. Temperature
4. Evapotranspiration
5. Decide on biomes based on that

Idea: Sub-biomes per area? Possibly too much work and too little effect to bother