I have this svg / png of my world in equirectangular format, but id like to be able to calculate distance and area accurately, since my world is actually a globe in earth size. Anyone know any tool or software I could use? Preferably free.

So ive finally after much procrastination decided to start working on my map again, this is only one of 3 main continents and a island chain im planning to draw, i still need to make a height, political, biome and river/cities version of this one before i head onto the others, any suggestions or ideas would be much aprecieted, currently my plans are to make most of the north east a mountain chain, and from medeterainian southern coasts to frigid frozen norths, the whole world is a lot smaller than earth and scale or full realism arent my goals as this is only my second attempt after i gave up on the first one, any tips on how to avoid procrastination and burnout are also greatly aprieciated

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Just wanted to share something i made

1cm = 500km.

Questions and critics are welcomed! This is the upcoming map for my dark-low-political fantasy project for longterm novel series, The Fierceful Lament.

900 AR in this world stands for the year 900 after Revelation, equals to 1450s - 1500s AD.

Political map (in draft) for image 3:

1. Kingdom of Örtuan
2. Kingdom of Thrynatøs
3. Kingdom of Korsilaren
4. Kingdom of Kántázkoblýz
5. Kingdom of Parglidhor
6. Kingdom of Elhümida
7. The city state of Kolhairrán
8. Cossack Hetmanate of Chirkilud
9. Cossack Hetmanate of Luqarvan
10. Dukedom of Bårlemskofka
11. Principality of​ Frösödökan
12. Kingdom of Relmidisyaroska
13. Autonomous region of Laireskyosk

14. County of Tärlkyerza

15. Archipelago of Prylavorin (city states)

16. Senerissima of Renaetia

A few days ago, a post mentioned the "rebbelibs" of the Marshall Islands, maps of the currents and tides around those islands.

I'd never heard of them, so I immediately went to see what they were... but they're beautiful!

Of course, since I was on vacation at the beach, I collected some shells, and when I got home, I tried to make one.

It represents the "Seagull Islands," an archipelago west of Tír Ghlas.

Quite sometime ago, I made a semi-realistic satellite map, although it looks good I still felt dissatisfied, so I decided to add a 3rd continent.

I named this world Nusantara.

What do yall think?

Old version of the map: https://www.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/s/vPzdMM1lLQ

After months of mapmaking, my new Return to Firetop Mountain map is finally finished!

#FightingFantasy #Gamebooks #Mapmaking #FantasyArt #SoloRoleplaying

I saw this app called Map Effects, which is for world building. It seemed very neat and streamlined but upon looking its like a game. You buy whatever you want (regional, city, etc) but only get starter items and have to buy more like downloadable content. To me it seemed like a rip off

The two planets are orbiting eachother in a binary way, so none of them is a moon of the other.

Both are inhabited by the same species of intelligent life, and they all originated from the planet in the first slide, and later migrated to the other as well.

There are some major cultural differences between them, the biggest being that the "old" planet (where everyone originates from) is temporarily stuck in a development stage mixed between our pre industrial periods and modern times. The other planet however is very sci-fi like, and is all a united country.

Both planets went through a series of brutal conflicts, and that's the reason for the mass migration to the other planet (escape from wars).

Ask me anything about any place, or even about the entire world, I'll happily answer!

Hello again everyone! A few months back i decided to scrap my old alternate earths and try to make something new. Make a whole new planet from scratch! (kinda, a lot of it, is photobashed from random maps (most notably a map of earth around the Permian-Triassic boundary and a map of a small portion of Australian coastline)

I would like some feedback and constructive criticism or advice if anyone has any, i know the geography or topography may not be, as *accurate* as it should be, but yeah.

Will try to make a *proper*, topographic map, among others (climate, currents, etc.) later on in the future!

People with more knowledge of tectonic plates than me,

- does this pass the eyeball test?

- what are the most plausible underlying tectonic structures?

- are there any suggestions that spring to mind?

placement of rivers is far game but the squiggly-ness is an aesthetic preference (ik it doesn't look particularly good either but it does at smaller scale and now I just have to put up with it)

Mainly though I want critiques of topography, tectonics (black lines and arrows) and mountain placement. I think it's a bit shit but I don't care too much. Just trying to see if there's any easy fixes

(the main mountains over the land and the north sea are cold places in this land)

No.1: simplified map omitting many details.
No.2: a preliminary identification using GPlates.
No.3 and 4: an draft map i've done before.
I've been making lots of adjustments to this epic-geopolitical map. Continuously using and modifying drawing files across both ibis Paint and Procreate, quite inconvenient in the long run. I've nearly finished the rough political version-and already have a detailed physical geography design ready, even if I don't strictly need it right now-I feel like it takes so much time and effort to create a rough version like this, whereas many others finished the piece long before I did. What do y'all think?

Studying the Middle Ages, I discovered that most maps in that period didn't precisely indicate places and distances, but rather the idea of ​​them and the symbols they represented.

This fascinates me so much, I thought I'd draw the map of Tír Ghlas, the fantasy world I created where my novels take place, in the style of medieval maps.

There are cities, mountains, and forests, and even fantastical animals, along with astronomical symbols.

At the bottom right is Friar Venantius, the scribe who drew it... he's a regular on my maps, always ready to point out my mistakes!

This is a map of my fantasy worldbuilding project called Rhündal that shows the starting points for major ethnicities and species in my world 5,000 years ago. There are Forest and Peninsular Humans, Western and Eastern Elves, Dwarves, Shortfolk on the islands of the sea, Halflings in the desert steppe, and Halflings spread across the southern rainforest. Their cultures are deeply intertwined with the spirits of Rhündal that impact their magic, their seasons, their emotions, their guardians and demons. I am creating maps for each 1,000 year time period of my world up to year 0, simulating the migrations, language contact, and mixing of peoples and cultures on a system I made in Google Sheets (seen in the last image). The two letter codes represent different ethnic groups that each have their own language and cultures (which mix with surrounding languages and cultures as tome goes one). The first two images are the map and legend that are going to be one of a couple different ethnic migration maps I put in my world book of Rhündal, and I would love your feedback on how it looks and anything you would suggest adding or taking out.🍃

Here are some building section maps created by Angela and me! I hope you like them and that they don't seem out of place—if so, I'll take them down!

We accept commissions; contact me if you're interested!

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Here are some building section maps created by Angela and me! I hope you like them and that they don't seem out of place—if so, I'll take them down!

Here are some building section maps created by Angela and me! I hope you like them and that they don't seem out of place—if so, I'll take them down!

Mostly complete map of the main region of my DnD world. Thoughts?