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Maps have been around for centuries- they help us know what cultures were aware of in terms of their neighbors, other lands, and so on. Map making continues today, as we map other planets, the bottom of the seas, and continually produce high quality maps here that measure various aspects of culture, demographics, and geography.

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Update on my WIP using Krita

The map so far. Any comments on the current state. Should I change or move anything? Next is forests and lakes. Any recommendations on best place to put them?

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2024/12/01
23:46 UTC

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Eastern Hravytoinen, Hand-Drawn Map

A map I drew up for a DnD campaign. Inspired by the bocages and villages of Northern France.

Please tell me how my make my mountains less... striking?

2 Comments
2024/12/01
23:40 UTC

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"The Forsworn Frontier" - An Island of Factions discarded by humanity.

7 Comments
2024/12/01
23:38 UTC

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Map of the Republic of Foreska

I created a map of the Third Foreska Republic in the fictional world.

2 Comments
2024/12/01
22:32 UTC

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Tips? Fantasy World Map

The world was created by a single formless being. This creature wandered through the cosmic nothingness for thousands of years until it suddenly sensed a presence. It found the world and began to create the first beings on the world due to its own loneliness. Beings that matched the respective elements it first perceived. In order to communicate with his creatures, he created giant tendrils that reached from the earth to the sky. In order to enable communication, he let part of his energy flow into the tendrils through which he could now mentally communicate with beings that were near a tendril.

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2024/12/01
19:17 UTC

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A plan for a massive development of a high-speed rail network in the United States around 4 rail companies ! Artist : MapMythos

1 Comment
2024/12/01
17:30 UTC

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The Empire of Lichaea at its height in 569 AA

17 Comments
2024/12/01
16:35 UTC

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SKATERS/BIKERS/MAP NERDS: I made a website to map skateable routes

hello mapmaking community,

so as you may know a lot of roads are too bumpy, too busy, have too little of a shoulder, or are simply too dangerous to skateboard on. I personally have ate dirt one too many times trying to cruise down a road that simply wasn't well paved enough. I realized there was no tool that shows which roads are good for skating, so I decided to build one.

skateable allows you to simply click two points on a map and rate the smoothness and the safety of the road (or trail/path) between them. You can also view other people's ratings of existing routes and update them if you feel they're incorrect (such as when a road has recently been paved).

Lemme know any feedback you guys have and I hope y'all find this useful/interesting.

Check it out:

skateable

0 Comments
2024/12/01
16:26 UTC

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How to make this map more realistic?

7 Comments
2024/12/01
07:03 UTC

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The Mityatel

2 Comments
2024/12/01
02:19 UTC

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What's the best way to visualize Vassals/autonomous regions on a map?

So I've been creating a map for my worldbuilding project and I've found myself stuck trying to make a visually cohesive and instantly readable map whilst also adding as much detail as I can and I'm finding a hard time visualizing Vassal regions that are part of a big empire. Anyone know a good way to show that kinda stuff on a map?

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2024/11/30
22:14 UTC

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What would you improve about this map?

2 Comments
2024/11/30
20:28 UTC

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Ancient map

0 Comments
2024/11/30
20:01 UTC

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Western Europe in 476

3 Comments
2024/11/30
18:33 UTC

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Need some suggestions

5 Comments
2024/11/30
17:41 UTC

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The Holy City of Stormcrest - Free Map

9 Comments
2024/11/30
17:41 UTC

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Gplate simple drawing?

This program is super complex, cool, but i dont need it.

I just want to fix the shape of the continentes with the distortion of map projection so the landmasses are in the right size, save it into a rectangle normal map and put it back into my map making software. I just need the shapes I searched for simple sphere painting softwares but didnt find any that worked for me. There should be a way to kinda paint into Gplate, right? At least make the shape of the landmasses with lines somehow. Anyone did it before?

3 Comments
2024/11/30
16:18 UTC

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WIP What do you think about the mountain placement so far?

10 Comments
2024/11/30
11:36 UTC

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Any website to compare maps side-by-side

Any website that lets you to compare maps side-by-side?

- For example for a given lat/long, I want to be able compare using Google/Bing/Yandex etc in a grid.

- Something like nakarte.me but multiple maps visible at the same time

I really couldn't find a website like this.

4 Comments
2024/11/30
07:46 UTC

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creating a satellite map of your fantasy map is just as hard as my math test

its so difficult, anyways im glad that i can be able to do this because im just an artist prodigy (before). And also this continent is so large that the center of it can't be reached by moisture, and its also mountainous at the south of it, Plateaus are challenging to satellite map if it was hand drawn.

3 Comments
2024/11/30
07:21 UTC

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Can you guys help me map the ocean current?

i am veryveryvery confused, please help or is this enough? Not completed yet. Im gonna make the ocean current map before the koppen climate and mext will be the realistic map.

4 Comments
2024/11/30
06:34 UTC

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A topographic map of a small continent. The western part has more raining. On the other hand, the interior is drier. How the erosion results look like?

3 Comments
2024/11/30
01:10 UTC

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Known World

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2024/11/30
00:47 UTC

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Literally no idea what am I doing. Tips?

14 Comments
2024/11/29
22:30 UTC

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Update on my world map, any tips?

3 Comments
2024/11/29
20:23 UTC

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