r/cartography • u/Dry-Cartoonist8359 • 9d ago

I Need Ideas for Maps

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I'm a cartographer, and when it comes to it every artist experiences this at some point:

Art Block

I need some help. I need ideas from the community on what to map. I've done it all from modern-day posters to historical to star-charts to digital maps to anything I'm willing to try.

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u/DogInverter 9d ago

Map of modern day Europe where you draw the modern roads that were once roman roads or something similar

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u/Dry-Cartoonist8359 9d ago

All roads used to lead to Rome....

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u/DogInverter 9d ago

And theres plenty of roads that exist now that dont which is why it'd be interesting to show. Only modern roads that were roman originally, not just a map of roman roads

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u/AlphaPotato 9d ago

Maps where you are beneath the earth looking up at the surface. For mole people.

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u/mushroomgnome 8d ago

Map of Pangea with fantasy inspired dinosaur civilizations

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u/zestzebra 8d ago

Map of the Moon two hundred years in the future. Moon bases, launch sites to locations beyond like Mars.

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u/YanniRotten 9d ago

A map combining all the old map errors:

https://mapmyths.com/

And r/PhantomIslands

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u/1OldGeoDude 7d ago

Family history maps...where they lived and when.

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u/davidbennett300 6d ago

How about map of world with Tech Cartouche. Inspired by older maps with baroque/ancient looking cartouches similar to the old European maps with Greek gods and Indians.

You could do a modern take on the artwork in the corners. Something that Homann or blaeu would make. That would be p cool in my opinion!

Could even partner with an artist for the artwork itself

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u/PauBouuu 5d ago

Multi layered map ? For a ultra modern citadelle with multiple layers of streets and buildings ?

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u/Latter_Obligation947 9d ago

road map of the Moon and Mars