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[betamax]

This is a small problem I've noticed: very occasionally, migrants will spawn on a tile somewhere in the map rather than on the edge. I don't know if this is affecting anyone else or if anyone has spotted it yet, but I've made a save during migration just in case.

[Barag]

I'm bumping this cause I just had migrants spawn inside of my fort and right next to my front door. It also seems to be ignoring population_cap. I have it set to 30, but still receive migrants. I also have a save.

[Shoruke]

This happened to me once, but it only occured for one wave. They usually came from the southeast or southwest corners, but one time they simply jumped out of a cliff face with no slope (at ground level, thankfully).

[Demonic Gophers]

I just saw this... migrants appearing well away from the edge of the map.  It was also the wave when the baron, etc. first showed up.

[Nesoo]

This has been reported in previous versions, here for example. I think there were other threads on it as well, but I'm too lazy to do more searching. I think the consensus in one of those other threads was that the dwarves were doing that when the edge that they wanted to arrive on wasn't connected to the fortress/embark z level/ meeting zones/etc. (though I may be remembering incorrectly and am unintentionally making making stuff up), though I don't see how that could happen in the current versions with the ramps on every level that aren't removable.

Edit:

Okay, I decided to be unlazy and search some more, here's where I got my "consensus" from, though it was refuted in the same thread... and here's Toady saying (as of 38c, anyway) that he doesn't know the cause yet.

[Noble Digger]

Speaking of which, I liked back when there were mountains with sheer unclimbable cliffs. Gave the map a sense of disconnectedness that was very interesting and enjoyable.

[Captain Mayday]

Speaking of which, I liked back when there were mountains with sheer unclimbable cliffs. Gave the map a sense of disconnectedness that was very interesting and enjoyable.

You can still have that by disabling periodic erosions.

[BatCountry]

I particularly like my island volcano fortress with a sheer 20-z-level drop to the shoreline.
If it wasn't for the fact that I never get any invasions, merchants, or immigrants, the place would rule. =P

[Untelligent]

Speaking of which, I liked back when there were mountains with sheer unclimbable cliffs. Gave the map a sense of disconnectedness that was very interesting and enjoyable.

You can still have that by disabling periodic erosions.

No, I tried that. Still smoothed the cliffs.

[Captain Mayday]

Speaking of which, I liked back when there were mountains with sheer unclimbable cliffs. Gave the map a sense of disconnectedness that was very interesting and enjoyable.

You can still have that by disabling periodic erosions.

Have you removed erosion altogether?
No, I tried that. Still smoothed the cliffs.

[Mister Thou]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but this applies to sieges as well.
I've had a wave of migrants and the first squad of a goblin siege show up near the center of the map.
The second squad of goblins appeared at the edge like they normally do.