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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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WIP Map of the Roman empire...#11 Moesia superior, Moesia inferior, Dalmatia

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2024/02/28
18:41 UTC

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My First City Map, Kossura

7 Comments
2024/02/28
17:03 UTC

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Map of the Solar Eclipse in the style of Red Dead Redemption

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2024/02/28
11:20 UTC

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Fallout DND, need help with map making resources

My friend is GMing a game of fallout in the DND style. He's currently drawing all of his maps on mediabang. Any tips to either streamline the process or just particular map makers with apocalyptic style assets would be appreciated. For example he uses stuff like knives in a table or other little details to designate what's a table and what's just flooring, says this take up extra time.

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2024/02/28
05:57 UTC

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This is my first map I made, any suggestions?

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2024/02/28
04:44 UTC

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City of Santos-Easthaven. A fictional map drawn by hand

This is a modernist city map, I drew it years ago for a university class presentation. It has all the features of a large industrial city in Europe or North America that matured around 1900. Brick buildings, tramways and commuter rail, steel bridges and a few sanitary parks and gardens.

11 Comments
2024/02/28
03:04 UTC

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Asgaars alternative?

Been lurking here a bit. Was wondering if there was any kind of software similar to Asgaars fantasy map generator. Love the idea of an interactive map where u can plot cities and have all this info in an interactive map, but the performance of asgaars is truly truly horrific. nearly unusable. It would be an otherwise perfect software with how much depth it has.

7 Comments
2024/02/27
20:09 UTC

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How to do flaming forest or rivers of lava

This is my first time dming a campaign and I decided I want to make a map. I took some inspiration from the maps in Tolkiens work cause I always thought they looked good. I'm stuck on how to do flaming trees and rivers of lava. I have two regions where I want to implement this, The flaming forest and the lands of flame. Any suggestions?

1 Comment
2024/02/27
15:58 UTC

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Fixed my old map in Photoshop and planning on expanding it eastwards

9 Comments
2024/02/27
15:28 UTC

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Serpentine Falls Isometric Map Pack [40x30 - 2k][OC][ART]

3 Comments
2024/02/27
11:04 UTC

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A old map I made for my old Worldbuilding Project

I think that this is a map from when my project started but considering my age that time I think this is from late 2000s or early 2010s

0 Comments
2024/02/27
07:02 UTC

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Almost Done Drafting

Almost done drafting up the "charted world' map for a DnD setting I've been working on for a few years!

Aiming to make the framed area the main area of play. Things should come together well from here, but I'm unsure of the climates in the box.

I'm mainly unsure about the east coast of the southern continent between 35 and 25 degrees.

Really kinda confused how that whole mini-ocean would affect the "inland sea-esque" coasts within the frame.

Thanks so much! IK this sub sees alot of this content but once I figure this out its smooth sailing.

Also, any ideas for geopolitics appreciated. Here for all your cool trade routes and empires.

Thanks!!

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2024/02/27
04:18 UTC

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Looking for feedback

I am hoping to get some feedback on this map. I am working on it for an upcoming TTRPG campaign and have been struggling to get it to feel right. I used Azgaar's map creator to generate the map and have been agonizing over changing the heightmap, the temperature, the precipitation, etc.

I understand that the biome output from Azgaars is a suggestion and not always super accurate. I am hoping to get some more experienced feedback regarding how this map should actually look biome wise as well as some suggestions on how I might be able to improve it.

https://preview.redd.it/buy2obm6u1lc1.jpg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c546038a2a184406c1a59c9bab8bebb274dc356b

https://preview.redd.it/yxaltdm6u1lc1.jpg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83c8b71c492d94249a053422c46d57ebe8988a72

1 Comment
2024/02/27
02:09 UTC

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Need flowline help in gplates

So I've been making a map in gplates but when I tried to add a flowline it was off the point I expected it to be. This has never happened to me before. Any advice in appreciated

4 Comments
2024/02/26
21:04 UTC

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Agathea - topographical map

5 Comments
2024/02/26
18:05 UTC

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Map of the 2024 in the style of a War Room Map

9 Comments
2024/02/26
12:03 UTC

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the bast possible map of north america acording to me

4 Comments
2024/02/26
11:50 UTC

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Started today to make the map for my fantasy novel. I really need feedback about my progress please.

3 Comments
2024/02/25
22:09 UTC

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Avatar the Last Airbender map

15 Comments
2024/02/25
20:52 UTC

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Start of a new map.

Hey everyone. This is my first post here. I'm working on a new map and figured I would show the barebones of what I have now. I'm using inspiration from 17th-18th century cartographer Daniel Stoopendaal as a stylistic inspiration. This is just free form fictitious map making. Right now it's just the water front, a religious center, and the outline of the castle right now. The terrain will be outlined soon and will shape the city here. I'll update yall as I work. I wanted feedback on the river structure as it is now. This is rough as it is and I'll be going over in ink for the final product. Let me know what you think!

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2024/02/25
19:14 UTC

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Been Working on this map for a really long time and I love making it! I will probably always be adding something to it and it IS my passion project. If you have any questions, or constructive criticism feel free to put it in the comments!

8 Comments
2024/02/25
16:52 UTC

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Map of the 2024 Eclipse from the perspective of the moon

1 Comment
2024/02/25
14:05 UTC

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