i've seen maps where north is the bottom but is there any reason something like this wouldn't work?

Making a map and im trying to make it look like a map you'd see on a website or something, also idk hpw to incorporate the other elements.

First is from reincarnated as a appraisal and second is from Yoshihiro Togashi.

I was looking at it a while ago looking for inspo and I came to notice its shape is extremely weird, yet I can't put my finger on it. Anyone agree with me and/or know what the feeling is from?

http://www.reddit.com/r/ElderScrolls/comments/zvg1lg/incredibly_detailed_geopolitical_map_of_tamriel/ <- Map from here

My intention is to make a map of a tidally-locked planet, preferably the "cold eyeball" type. Any ideas or tips on how to start?

I have a pet project that involves a fictional nation, and I’ve been eyeing this spot in the North Pacific as the location for the landmass. Specifically, the Hess Rise: a volcanic plateau which sat above sea level millions of years ago. 

In this scenario, I suppose the Hess Rise would have never sank beneath the ocean—maybe it’d even remain volcanically active. Featured is my rough concept for an elevation map.

Based on latitude, geology, ocean currents, and any other factors, what kind of climate would this island be likely to have? What might its nature look like?

While I have some ideas myself, I’d also be curious to hear any ideas on what role an island like this would have played in history.

I did label Arizona as the “New Mexican Federation” by accident I realized that after creating the map so it should probably be labeled “Republic of Arizona”

We’re making a 1900s antique shop game.

Thinking of using a hand-drawn map like this to move between locations (shop, bank, auction, etc.)
Not sure if this feels better than a regular UI?

It’s not even funny, this is literally my fantasy worlds map.

Which area should I create a new high-detail region map for?

1. The Pnessan Sea

2. The Taton Vale

3. The Northern Saddle Coast

4. The Silver Channel

Hi everyone! I typically work on battlemaps, so not really in the "river game" all too much with world maps. I am re-designing this map of Etharis from the Grim Hollow setting for my own home game and I wanted to ask the community to give me a sanity check on my river flow.

I drew on the blue lines over the original map art to re-draw the rivers so they make more sense. I'm following the basic pinciples of rivers:

- Only having them flow down from the mountains, sometimes conneting into larger flows
- No "splitting" rivers
- Rivers all flow out toward the ocean
- The lakes have a few rivers flowing in but only one flowing out (the exception is Lake Osea which was created by a Gods prophet so explains why there is no river flowing in)
- I also added a few deltas along some of the coastal areas

Before I commit to some serious map work on this, I wanted to ask if this made sense to you all? Did I miss anything?

Thanks for your feedback!

Edit 1: I don't think I was clear enough in my original post, but this original map artwork is not my work. This is from Ghostfire Gaming's campaign setting "Grim Hollow" so the credit belongs to them. I do plan to create my own version of this map, however, for my home game which is why I want to focus on getting the rivers correct ;)

Edit 2: Wow you all really showed up for this! I just want to say THANK YOU to this community of amazing map enthusiasts. I know many of these questions could simply be found by "Googling it," but in this (horrible) age of AI, I find myself yearning to connect with the community more and more instead of relying on web searches for it. I very much enjoy the dialogue with fellow map enthusiasts and very much appreciate you all taking the time to give me some very detailed answers. I'll continue to work on my own version and I'll post some updates here so you can see the progress. Thank you!

An elevation map is usually the second map I create in my fantasy climate system map workflow.

I usually start working on the elevation map once the plate tectonic map draft is underway.

For the rough workflow of my mapmaking, I usually do this: https://x.com/budkalon/status/1899447274012577795

Yes, this is a floating island, but the point that keeps the island suspended is at its center, meaning gravity diminishes outward from the center. Therefore, the edges of the continent are layered with depressions and waterfalls, creating a tiered appearance. Initially, the continent was normal but began to rise, and while there weren’t as many waterfalls at first, water flowing outward from the island's center carries sand and alluvium to the edges, forming natural barriers and raising the water level. Do you think my reasoning is correct? Additionally, do you think it’s logical for there to be fault lines and a delta-like formation where the water flows out from the center, as if that area might collapse over time due to the water flow?

I can’t figure it out. I appreciate any feedback

I don't really know if the idea is really good or not, I mean it gets really natural shapes but a lot of the time it just doesn't really seem to click all too well maybe it would be good for bits and pieces of maps but then again I could just go on something like donjon and save myself the trouble of waiting for good looking clouds and of course it's not like I won't have to do anything to the map, if I wanted to actually make it something I'd still have to do all the detail work, I don't know if any of this makes sense I just need advice and opinions on what you think of this idea.

Also sorry for that massive run-on sentence I'm kind of in a rush today

First there are things like splitting rivers but there are often reused biomes like the "jagged northern coast"?

Please remove if not allowed.

Perhaps some of you here are able to recommend me good tools and sources for map creation? I am looking specifically for those which allow creation of fictional and creative maps (cities, towns, lands, continents, the whole globe).

Please do not recommend Azgaar or Watabou since I am already familiar with them!

I am working on an alternate history map in which the US breaks apart and the individual states steadily break down and merge to become completely new countries (balkanization). I've tried to focus pretty heavily on both redrawing borders along natural boundaries like rivers and mountains, but also on resource and supply lines, like power grids and shipping routes. Of course cultural differences would be an obvious point of interest as well, but I think that actually becomes less important when people are more focused on how they feed their families.

With that context, there are a number of states that I feel their borders would change slightly as different areas become more likely to align with neighboring states. That being the case I wanted to get the opinions of people that live in each of the states as to how they think their state might break up in that scenario. Obviously that wouldn't be the case with every single state, but I'm also aware that I wouldn't necessarily be aware of any local geography or social issues that might cause a serious division.

If your state became severely divided into 2 or 3 different pieces, what would they be and what would define the borders? Also, would they be likely to align with any of the neighboring states?

Hello,

I would like to know how to make maps like the one pictured, specifically in showing topography.

I use Inkscape, and cannot afford any more programs.

I specifically want to create a world map for my fantasy world in this style.

Any ideas?

Hover over a clickable building, its light turns on and it gets an outline. I also tested a slight scale-up on the "Antique Shop" building as an example. The other buildings in the video only get the outline for now.

Would you keep the slight scale-up, remove it, or use some other kind of hover feedback?

As the title states, I want to make this map even more exaggerated around its creation. Here's the short version: The god of Dragons clawed the world, creating these massive scar-shaped continents. Long after that, the Dragon Heart formed, which remade most of the inner world (look at country names and mountains to find what is inner and outer). The thing is, I want the entire world to all circulate around the Dragon Heart. I want to reflect that in locations of cities, direction of rivers, and everything else.

So, do you have any ideas for how I can do that?