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allAll of the provided answers here seem kindofkind of sad to me. no offence, just my personal opinion. so i hope you get this and try out these websites. this isntThis isn't a totally perfect mapmaker but at least try it.   

https://topps.diku.dk/torbenm/maps.msp there

there are lots of options for map color and style. i personal suggest setting the size to 1000w x 500h and the projection type to square. this will set you up perfectly for using this amazing and free software: https://www.maptoglobe.com/ youYou can make your map on the planet maker, the first link, and see it as a planet with the maptoglobe application and from there you can make a gif of the planet rotating and quickly store it to look at later and easily show to your friends. back

Back to the planet maker, a quick tip: 
personal i dontPersonally, I don't like the placement of mountain ranges and the sizes of them in this worldmakerworld-maker, a few fixes are to select the box that says "non-linear altitude scaling" but my personal preference is to set the contour lines to "coastlines" and the map color to white. itIt will appear as a blank white slate with outlines of the land. dontDon't let yourself get confused though, while itsit's like this itsit's easy to mistake the land for the water and visevice-versa lol. good luck and have fun

all of the provided answers here seem kindof sad to me. no offence, just my personal opinion. so i hope you get this and try out these websites. this isnt a totally perfect mapmaker but at least try it.  https://topps.diku.dk/torbenm/maps.msp there are lots of options for map color and style. i personal suggest setting the size to 1000w x 500h and the projection type to square. this will set you up perfectly for using this amazing and free software: https://www.maptoglobe.com/ you can make your map on the planet maker, the first link, and see it as a planet with the maptoglobe application and from there you can make a gif of the planet rotating and quickly store it to look at later and easily show to your friends. back to the planet maker a quick tip: personal i dont like the placement of mountain ranges and the sizes of them in this worldmaker, a few fixes are to select the box that says "non-linear altitude scaling" but my personal preference is to set the contour lines to "coastlines" and the map color to white. it will appear as a blank white slate with outlines of the land. dont let yourself get confused though, while its like this its easy to mistake the land for the water and vise-versa lol. good luck and have fun

All of the provided answers here seem kind of sad to me. no offence, just my personal opinion. so i hope you get this and try out these websites. This isn't a totally perfect mapmaker but at least try it. 

https://topps.diku.dk/torbenm/maps.msp

there are lots of options for map color and style. i personal suggest setting the size to 1000w x 500h and the projection type to square. this will set you up perfectly for using this amazing and free software: https://www.maptoglobe.com/ You can make your map on the planet maker, the first link, and see it as a planet with the maptoglobe application and from there you can make a gif of the planet rotating and quickly store it to look at later and easily show to your friends.

Back to the planet maker, a quick tip: 
Personally, I don't like the placement of mountain ranges and the sizes of them in this world-maker, a few fixes are to select the box that says "non-linear altitude scaling" but my personal preference is to set the contour lines to "coastlines" and the map color to white. It will appear as a blank white slate with outlines of the land. Don't let yourself get confused though, while it's like this it's easy to mistake the land for the water and vice-versa lol. good luck and have fun

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all of the provided answers here seem kindof sad to me. no offence, just my personal opinion. so i hope you get this and try out these websites. this isnt a totally perfect mapmaker but at least try it. https://topps.diku.dk/torbenm/maps.msp there are lots of options for map color and style. i personal suggest setting the size to 1000w x 500h and the projection type to square. this will set you up perfectly for using this amazing and free software: https://www.maptoglobe.com/ you can make your map on the planet maker, the first link, and see it as a planet with the maptoglobe application and from there you can make a gif of the planet rotating and quickly store it to look at later and easily show to your friends. back to the planet maker a quick tip: personal i dont like the placement of mountain ranges and the sizes of them in this worldmaker, a few fixes are to select the box that says "non-linear altitude scaling" but my personal preference is to set the contour lines to "coastlines" and the map color to white. it will appear as a blank white slate with outlines of the land. dont let yourself get confused though, while its like this its easy to mistake the land for the water and vise-versa lol. good luck and have fun