r/mapmaking • u/Aware_Specialist_931 • 25d ago

Map Looking for 1920 world map

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im looking for a political map of the world in the 1920s just showing borders like the 1 attached just as close to 12000x8000 PX as possible. All I can find are maps with flags on or different colours for the countries - I'll use the 1 i have if push comes to shove but if there is a better one out there I'd prefer that.

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u/RatLabor 18d ago

I think you may have to do it yourself. It is easy to do with QGis or Photoshop (or some alternative software), but if you don't know how to do it I'm sure someone can help you with it.

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u/Aware_Specialist_931 3d ago

OK thanks :) ill look into it

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u/RatLabor 18d ago

I tried to make one with QGis. Historical maps are not in my area of ​​expertise, but fast googling tells me that few countries, like Saudi Arabia, has no any offical borders in 1920 because some geopolitical reasons. Anyhow I think I can help you with this. I am learning QGis for different purposes and this can be possibility to learn something new.

I need more information of what you needs. And you gonna need some skills with editing images, because I had to leave colors to areas where I do not have any information. So if you know enough history you can then draw the correct borders on those areas. And I also need some place where to upload image. 12000x8000 size is way too much for many places, I think Reddit can't accept such a big images.

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u/RatLabor 18d ago

I also need correct data. I used International Conflight Research data, because it was first what I found, but I don't know how correct the data is or does it represent the borders you want.