Questions tagged [maps]
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In the rainshadow of an equatorial mountain, would savanna (Aw) or hot desert (Bwh) replace rainforest?
This is a map of the area in question (pink/brown = mountains, lime = savanna, and dark green = rainforest). The top line is the equator, and lines are 10° apart. Would the area in the upper area of ...
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Are these tectonic plates believable?
I am in the beginning stages of creating another imaginary world and would like other Worldbuilders feedback on my planet’s tectonic plates. I have done a fair bit of research. I have watched videos, ...
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How to measure land area for a map?
Is there a site, app, or technique that you can use to measure the area of your world’s continents. It is rather easy to find the surface area of your world if the map is equirectangular or just a ...
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How to map arms of the galaxy?
Some background:
My interstellar civilization(s) have fled our home Solar System, spreading throughout the nearby systems in the Orion Arm. They possess FTL, but for plot reasons, they have only just ...
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Mapmaking: How do I project svg (and vectorial) maps?
I'm currently creating a worldmap. For technical reasons, I want to do it on a computer, as a vectorial image (I can't use pixel images because I need small details).
For more accuracy, I want to have ...
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Maps of our real world without borders, towns, etc?
I am starting to work on an alternate-timeline story on Earth. Is there a web site or software that will let me see just the mountains, rivers, etc. without national or local borders, or cities and ...
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How could I logically place cities and towns on my map?
The setting is a medieval fantasy, think general dnd or LotR. I have already created a map and it’s existed for a while now but I desperately want to know where cities and towns might logically pop up....
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Are the rivers in my fantasy map accurate?
Color legend: The brown shapes are hills, the darker the brown the higher the mountains and the highest peaks I've made white. They are mostly clustered on the east and west edges. The green shows ...
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Creating a map of a planet with a strange shape? (edited) [closed]
I have a planet that has an odd pull of gravity because it’s shape is an amalgamation of large landmasses merged together, and held in place by magic forces. Aside from the fact a shape like this on a ...
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How big would the lakes presented in the two pictures presented be in square mileage?
The reason I posted two separate maps instead of just one is that in the second picture, Megalakes Chad and Congo look much bigger than on the first one. How big would each and every one of those ...
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Draft 2: Are my tectonic plate formations plausible?
Ignore the biomes and stuff, I’m going to change that later. The world is spherical, and this is a map of the whole world. A quick note: Fennalore, the continent in the middle of the bottom row, is ...
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How do I draw a fault line on a map? [closed]
One of the continents in the map I’m working on has a transform plate boundary that forms a fault line. How should I draw this fault line on the final map? I’ve looked at the San Andreas fault line, ...
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Mountain ranges and tectonic plates -- how can I make my world map more plausible?
This is the first world map I’ve ever made. I tried a smaller one a while ago, but now I’m attempting a map of a full planet. As always, this world is Earth-like, etc. I also have yet to finish it, ...
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I need feedback on the geographical plausibility of my map
This is my first ever map. I’m not sure how plausible it is, and I’d appreciate any feedback or advice on how to make it more plausible. I haven’t put names or anything on it yet because I want to be ...
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Converting an Equitorial-Centered Azimuthal Projection into Equirectangular
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I made a map of a tidally-locked world under the premise that I was drawing it as an Azimuthal Projection, or a Planar Projection or something like that (I'm afraid I don't know the ...
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How do I work backwards from a political map to writing out my world's geographic history?
Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries ...
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How to transfer a fantasy map onto a globe and back
I made a nice fantasy map with some really interesting geographic constellations, fitting my story. The climate zones don't fit, however.
I found the tool, Map to Globe where I can upload my map to ...
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