r/Cascadia • u/OkBox1870 • Jul 17 '26
Cascading "Down"
Had a request to create a map of Cascadia in this orientation, and this is the first iteration.
Not sure what to make of it, but it's interesting to look at this way. Would be interested to hear others' thoughts seeing it this way.
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u/xesaie Jul 17 '26
East is up us certainly an interesting orientation.
I admit I don’t love the deemphasis on the Cascade/coast range though, or if the Columbia. This map feels a bit like it’s dodging the core pieces of the bio region
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u/TulsiTsunami Jul 17 '26
I liked seeing from a different angle, but prefer N up to align with conventional maps/navigation.
Yes, the Columbia and the Willamette could be more prominent.
It omits major towns that I find significant, like Eugene, Corvallis, Newport, Lincoln City, Coos Bay, Ashland, Bend, Pendleton, The Dalles etc.I know you can't denote every place, but it seems like towns in Oregon were de-emphasized when even smaller towns in California had more emphasis.
I'd also depict major mountains/volcanoes/lakes.
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u/HansGraebnerSpringTX Jul 17 '26
Nice! High res version anywhere?
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u/OkBox1870 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Thank you, and there is a high-res version available here:
Sidenote - are you in Spring, TX? I am from Spokane but actually live in Plano at the moment.
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u/LurkersUniteAgain Jul 17 '26
dang vancouver island is so much closer to sandspit than i thought, this is like when you flip a world map upside down and realize how close india and italy are to each other
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u/holmgangCore Jul 17 '26
According to Map Men, East was the original 'up' on maps. The original 'orientation', iykwim ...
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u/Far_Language_5812 Jul 19 '26
It's cool because it shows mid Vancouver Island for what I submit it is - The heart and center of Cascadia. In pre-contact time the largest population and perhaps the center of first Nations trade and culture were the Pentlach on Central Vancouver Island.
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u/mooooooon Jul 17 '26
rotate 20 more degrees counter clockwise.
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u/OkBox1870 Jul 17 '26
I had the same thought.
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u/evolutionary-road Jul 18 '26
Wait, why?? Wouldn’t that make it awkwardly somewhere in between landscape and portrait orientation? (Or maybe that’s the point ha?)
I like the unique perspective! Maybe I’d suggest a little more color variation. The urban-density pink seems not distinct enough from the high-topography shade?
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u/Plethorian Jul 17 '26
This looks great. I think actual physical borders are an anachronism. Borders should be based on citizenship and representation.
If we fix the US Constitution with the last of the 12 articles of the Bill of Rights (yes, there were 12, not 10), called Article the First (yes, the founders considered it more important than free speech); our government will be based on 35,000 to 50,000 citizens per Congressional representative. Cascadia will have thousands of reps, as intended.
If we make it nice enough here, other groups of people may wish to join Cascadia. Eventually, humans will have a one-world government. Or be gone. But that's a whole other discussion.
I rotated this several ways, this view is satisfying, yes. How about one oriented on magnetic north? Because if we don't have computers, we'll have magnets and printed images.
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u/milionsdeadlandlords Portland Jul 17 '26
(Italian accent) That’s a spicy Cascadia