I made this map mostly for fun, but I might end up using it. At the very least, I'd love some feedback on its accuracy for my own peace of mind. I know the shape is a bit off, but this is just a draft. My friends suggested I post it here, so hopefully, you all know a bit more than they do!

Looking for a map published in 1946-1947 showing the different sides of the cold war in europe, Anyone knows where I could find one online ?

I am a historian. In the near distant future, I'm thinking of hiring a cartographer to create about 5 maps from a collection of others so they are uniform in appearance and format. The current maps range between medieval hand drawn and modern digitized and cover the same geographic area. The idea is to demonstrate shifts in political boundaries overtime.. Does such a service exist? If so, any advice on how to go about this?

I am aware there will be minutiae involved, like copyrights, publishing rights, etc. At the moment the maps would be for private use but could be used in articles in scholarly journals and possibly a published monograph. I'm not there yet so I don't need specific advice about those points but that's the trajectory of the idea. I imagine they factor into any answers for the current inquiry as it may relate to ownership and sizing.

Cheers,

Does anyone have any recommendations for coloured pencils? I've only ever done maps in pencil but I want to to start adding colour to them. Every set only seems to have vibrant colours and i'm looking for some more natural colours.

Looking for a website or software where I can design my own world map in the Gall-Peters projection (area-accurate). I want to hang it in my living room, but the ones you can find online don’t look that great. Any recommendations?

I mean for a large portion of the year the major portion of the Arctic Ocean is covered by ice and appear white. I mean you could literally (if the ice condition is right) walk form Canada to Russia passing by the North Pole (like it was done during the Soviet–Canadian 1988 Polar Bridge Expedition). Knowing this, why do Google map show this region as liquid water, open air ocean when normally there is a layer of ice on top? It is quite inaccurate, and knowing it’s satellite imagery, how did they even make sure there would be no bit of ice in the imagery? If they took a picture or a scan (or whatever type of tech they use to do the imagery) shouldn’t they have detect the ice and it appear white?

I hope this is okay to post and the right place to ask, i have some old maps that i want to display framed in my home and was wondering, how i could do so avoiding further damage to them. They are already not in the best shape, as they were in storage before i got them, and i am not worried about the value, i just want to prevent them from further falling apart.

I am grateful for any tips, also potentially pointing my to another sub better suited for this question if this is the wrong place to ask! Thanks in advance!

https://preview.redd.it/o8ckqhnsx7de1.png?width=1211&format=png&auto=webp&s=232f14d7a12269a8a96a6e40101f33cfc0e51186

Hello. I don't know is this subreddit is where i can ask this question but: I am looking where to buy some big maps looking like the one above and i have a lot of trouble to fine some good websites.

-About 100*150cm²

-Topographics (mountains, deserts...)

-Not too much writing (less than the one above)

-Pretty. I want it in the living room. I don't want something too much like a school map. The one above is quite good. The colors are a bit too vibrant

-Ideally in french but english is still ok.

-Shipping possible in France.

Thank you!

Credit for the one above: originalmap.fr /

Hi guys im from Venezuela as you guys know theres a lot of weird shit happening in here...so basicly theres a lot of web pages and social media that is locked soo like google maps soo i need help to make a really specific map from a few areas send me a Dm here an we can talk about it

I have some maps I want to be printed out, they are pretty large and have a lot of detail. What are some print services that can do high resolution and detail prints, while not being to expensive?

I'm sure this has been asked before but I have not seen it. I am on a project that takes potentially older coordinates and I need to place it in the current format. The data which is just scanned documents from as early as 1980 with survey coordinates. Is there a list of what system was used and when other systems came into play for survey coordinates. They did not covered this at school. Thanks for the help. Dm me if you can help me figure this out. The data come from Colorado, USA.

An older person I know loves doing puzzles of usgs straight up topo maps. To each their own. Their source for puzzles recently seems to have gone out of business. I was hoping to download hi res images and have puzzles made. But the usgs sources I can find either sent me a low res image, or always way they are temporarily out of service. Opentopomap is gorgeous but it doesn't seem to be made to download this. I apologize that I'm not that into maps, and a lot of what people post about goes over my head. I can do fine with computers, generally, but... In any case, is there any hope for free hi res images? TIA

Greetings so i had a discussion with a friend i said that Columbia is below Kuba he said that i can't say this there is no up and down on a map and nobody understands this there is only left right forward and backwards or North South East West

And said i should ask the Question in this subreddit and see if i get stoned alive or get more then 5 upvots.

Hey all, i've been playing with adding surreal qualities to my maps lately and wanted to share my latest creation: a topographic map of the Shenandoah mountains integrated into a 3D model of my face, taking inspiration from the famous portrait of David Bowie by Brian Duffy. Lots to improve upon for the next iteration, but I'm happy with this as my first attempt. More carto-weirdness coming soon!

Life On Mars/Self-portrait 1

Is there any app where I can type in a number for lat or long and it will draw a line on a Google maps or Google earth campus?

Like say I put 32.234 North latitude then it highlights that latitude across the globe and I can see which cities towns it goes through etc