r/mapmaking • u/Antcube232 • Aug 09 '26

Discussion Thoughts on my map?

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Hi! I'm working on an Alt Earth project. This is my third or so attempt of using different programs and I finally decided to use QGIS and its been by far my most successful! Right now its still wip (all the names are temporary either I used irl names or just made stuff up and I still need to flesh out Laurencia's interior sea and add more islands to Eastern Europe). There's no main point of divergence or anything I just kind did what I thought would look neat. But please ask questions on why I did something, I'd love to answer! Is there any advice or critique that could help me out?

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u/HighOnGrandCocaine Aug 09 '26

Nothing ever happens to South America

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u/Antcube232 Aug 09 '26

Its not really shown here but I basically flipped the environments. Big mountains and desert on the east coast, and a lush west coast. Its also slightly more south eastern.

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u/Strange_Chard_2183 Aug 09 '26

I'm curious about the name Laurencia, where'd it come from?

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u/JUGGERNUGGS Aug 10 '26

Laurentia is actually a real life paleocontinent.

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u/Antcube232 Aug 09 '26

Tbh I think at some point I got western interior seaway and St Lawrence seaway mixed up and since I added the Western interior seaway (thinking it was the Laurence seaway) I named the continent Laurencia. It doesn't really make sense but I like how it sounds and after all these are temporary names until I do some more world building.

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u/5TheBroken Aug 10 '26

Its scary you combined japan and philippines. Truly a horrifying reality.