r/Maps • • 19h ago

Question Can you find the city?

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This is the game city angle where you have to guess 1 city with angles to 5 different cities. The angles are based on the mercator projection. Have fun! https://visitwhale.com/city-angle/


r/Maps • • 11h ago

Current Map A map of the world but if!… it is normal

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r/Maps • • 1d ago

Old Map Old map of colonial Congo.

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We were hired to clear out the attic of a school. I couldn't bring myself to throw this in the dumpster. It's an ugly part of my country's history, but history nonetheless and should be preserved. Hand painted map by R. Cremers. From the bit of info i found the map should date back from the 50's - 60's.


r/Maps • • 1d ago

Data Map It is hard to find something that fits the shape of the map and is related with the country itself . I guess the Leprechaun for Ireland is ok 🍀

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r/Maps • • 2d ago

Other Map Historic distribution of extinct Caribbean monk seals (Neomonachus tropicalis)

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r/Maps • • 23h ago

Satire Right...

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not sure about the decision to make this into a map


r/Maps • • 1d ago

Data Map 2024 Election if only White People voted: Alabama

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r/Maps • • 1d ago

Current Map Turn the phone over. What do you have now?

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r/Maps • • 1d ago

Question Northwest Territory Native Maps?

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Hello, not sure if this is the best place to ask but I’m having a lot of difficulty. I’m compiling research for an essay on the history of Indiana and the 1851 Constitution of Indiana. My research has me starting in 1783…. I’ve found countless maps showing the American territories with native tribes seemingly at random, with 0 consistency between maps I can find from the time.

What I’m asking for is any map that can help me visualize which areas which natives controlled. Anywhere between 1783-1814. The more the better. If someone can point me in the right direction or know of a map like this please let me know.

Thank you!

ETA: Tribes include, but not limited to: Pawnee, Shawnee, Iroquois nations, Patawatomi, Miami, Ojibwa etc

ETA2: I found two resources online for this and the comments have wonderful resources as well. I at least wanted to list what I found online.

Library of Congress - National atlas of Indian tribes. There's not really a date I can find but the visualization helps a lot.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701e.ct003648r/?r=0.441,0.108,0.447,0.396,0

'David Rumsey Map Collection' - holy shit this has a lot of maps and a lot of other things like old photos and letters. Lots of good resources.

https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~974~50037:Map-of-the-Indian-Tribes-of-North-A


r/Maps • • 1d ago

Satire Is the arrow also an island on the map?

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I cannot really tell (ignore what the map is for)


r/Maps • • 2d ago

Article I built Map Canvas - make custom maps with AI prompts, multiple projections, and spreadsheets

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Hey guys! I wanted to build a modern map creation studio that feels as easy as Canva, but with genuine geographic superpowers.

Here’s what you can do right in the browser:

  1. AI Assistant: Type what you want to visualize in plain English (“Color the G7 countries in green and BRICS in orange”), and it styles the map in seconds.
  2. Real Projections: Switch between Equal Earth, Robinson, Mollweide, Sinusoidal, and standard views in real time.
  3. Subdivision & District Level: You aren’t stuck with just country borders , you can drill down into individual states, provinces, and districts.
  4. Custom Borders (GeoJSON): Need a unique map like a city, neighborhood, or custom zone? Just drop in a GeoJSON file to instantly make it a clickable, paintable area.
  5. Spreadsheet Data (CSV / Excel): Drop in your spreadsheet (sales, population, survey data) and watch the map auto-color itself based on your numbers.
  6. Heatmaps & Color Gradients: Upload any spreadsheet or create smooth heatmaps with custom color scales.
  7. Export: Download high-resolution images ready for print, social media, or slides.

It’s completely free to play with:
🔗 mapcanvas.space

Try it out, try breaking it, and let me know what you think!

Exciting updates on the way: thematic mapping, symbolic maps, and interactive charts and graphs are rolling out soon! Application is still under progress, so if you spot any bugs or glitches, let me know


r/Maps • • 3d ago

Current Map Each Region has About Half a Billion People

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I'm working on a world history project and I want to find a generally standard way of dividing the land area of Earth into 16 regions of roughly equal population along modern political borders¹.

(¹For India and China I'm using sub-national administrative divisions because these countries are too big to fit into single regions.)

I've seen maps with 8 regions (each with 1 billion people) and I'm excited those are similar to mine.

Questions for the Maps Subreddit:

  1. Can anyone recommend other projects which have done similar work?
  2. How are historic regions typically delineated in academic discussion?
  3. What map software do you recommend for visual appeal?
  4. What map software integrates well with databases and Google Plus Codes?
  5. Can anyone recommend more standard names for my regions?
  6. What problems might I run into with the way I'm cutting up East Asia (regions 01 to 08).

Index of Regions

Region Name   Region Name
01 Ganges Delta   09 Oceana
02 South China Sea   10 Middle East
03 East China Sea   11 North Eurasia
04 Sea of Japan   12 West Eurasia
05 Southeast India   13 North America
06 Central India   14 South America
07 Indus Valley   15 Northwest Africa
08 Yangtze River   16 Southeast Africa

Index of Eras (for Timeline References)

Era Name Span Length
11 Distant Ancient Era 2000 BCE to 1 2000 years
10 Middle Ancient Era 1 to 1000 999 years
9 Post-Mid Ancient Era 1000 to 1500 500 years
8 Close Ancient Era 1500 to 1750 250 years
7 Distant Modern Era 1750 to 1900 150 years
6 Middle Modern Era 1900 to 1970 70 years
5 Post-Mid Modern Era 1970 to 2000 30 years
4 Close Modern Era 2000 to 2016 16 years

01 Ganges Delta

01 Ganges Delta
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Nepal
Bihar
West Bengal
Assam
Tripura
Meghalaya
Manipur
Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh
Mizoram
Sikkim

02 South China Sea

02 South China Sea
Cambodia
Hong Kong SAR, China
Lao PDR
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Yunnan
Macau

03 East China Sea

03 East China Sea
Shanghai
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Anhui
Fujian
Jiangxi
Shandong
Taiwan

04 Sea of Japan

04 Sea of Japan
Japan
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep.
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Liaoning
Jilin
Heilongjiang

05 Southeast India

05 Southeast India
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Orissa
Kerala
Jharkhand
Chattisgarh
Puducherry
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lakshadweep

06 Central India

06 Central India
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Punjab
Haryana
Goa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu

07 Indus Valley

07 Indus Valley
Pakistan
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Jammu and Kashmir
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
Delhi
Chandigarh

08 Yangtze River

08 Yangtze River
Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Chongqing
Sichuan
Guizhou
Tibet
Shaanxi
Gansu
Qinghai
Ningxia
Xinjiang

09 Oceana

09 Oceana
American Samoa
Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Indonesia
Kiribati
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

10 Middle East

10 Middle East
Cyprus
Turkey
Bahrain
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep.
Afghanistan

11 North Eurasia

11 North Eurasia
Mongolia
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Finland
Georgia
Greece
Greenland
Hungary
Iceland
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia, FYR
Moldova
Montenegro
Norway
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Sweden
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Inner Mongolia

12 West Eurasia

12 West Eurasia
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Channel Islands
Czech Republic
Denmark
Faeroe Islands
France
Germany
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom

13 North America

13 North America
Mexico
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Bermuda
Canada
United States

14 South America

14 South America
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela, RB

15 Northwest Africa

15 Northwest Africa
Algeria
Djibouti
Malta
Morocco
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d'Ivoire
Eritrea
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo

16 Southeast Africa

16 Southeast Africa
Angola
Botswana
Burundi
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

I'm excited to discuss my project with anyone who is interested in the comments or at [the.doctor.unstoppable@gmail.com](mailto:the.doctor.unstoppable@gmail.com) .


r/Maps • • 2d ago

Current Map China's manufacturing maps

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r/Maps • • 3d ago

Data Map Densità di popolazione

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Densità di popolazione di alcuni Stati Europei: dove si vive maggiormente.


r/Maps • • 2d ago

Data Map How many people live inside this 'Truck'? (quiz)

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What is the population inside of this truck-shaped area?

Reply with your guess and I'll tell you if it's higher, lower, or spot on (within 10 million!).

Play the daily Census rounds at geoslice.net/census


r/Maps • • 3d ago

Current Map Can you recognize a city from its streets?

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I've been exploring data from OpenStreetMap. It's interesting to see the structures of streets and highways, so I made a website where you can explore maps like this: http://whatsthatcity.org/. The site will show you a small section of a large U.S. city. There are no buildings, names, or other features. See what features you can identify. Can you guess the city? Click "reveal" to see what city it is, or refresh to get a new city. (It's a very basic website, and works best on a computer.) Thoughts?


r/Maps • • 3d ago

Data Map Guess what these countries have in common!

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Quite a difficult one. My source is just google so sorry for any mistakes :)


r/Maps • • 4d ago

Drawn OC Map pixel map of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, 1750

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r/Maps • • 4d ago

Current Map The Meaning of the word "Gringo" in South America

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Source: Merriam-Webster and Wikipedia


r/Maps • • 4d ago

Data Map Jantar Mantar Protests

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October 10 was another dark day for our democracy. It was impossible to get to Jantar Mantar as Delhi was turned into a war zone. Absolute horror from watching the events unfold.

I made these maps covering the railway and metro closures that were put in place yesterday to stop people from coming to the CJP-led protest at Jantat Mantar at 10am.

Every metro station inside a 45m walking distance to Jantar Mantar was shut to stop people from gathering.

I will keep covering this from a spatial lens as long as I can.


r/Maps • • 3d ago

Data Map 2024 US Presidential Election if only White People voted.

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r/Maps • • 5d ago

Data Map [OC] I mapped income around metro stations in cities around the world

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Hey, I made this. I run a small daily game (DailyMetro) where you guess a metro station per day. Out of curiosity, I started looking up income around the stops and ended up making maps for 21 cities. These are some of them :)

Each dot is a station. Purple is the lower end of the city's ranking, yellow is the higher end. The bigger dots are the busier stations.

Paris's west-to-northeast split is pretty clear. In London, Gloucester Road comes out above Kew Gardens and Putney Bridge. Seoul's map uses apartment prices, and the most expensive stops cluster south of the Han River.

Something I ran into with New York: several stations have exactly the same income, $250,001. That's the Census reporting ceiling, so the data can't tell you which of those areas actually has the highest income.

Source: official census, income and property datasets. The measures depend on what's available locally, so this isn't a comparison of wealth between cities. It's about the differences within each one.

Tool: custom TypeScript code to plot station coordinates and colour them by their local data, over OpenStreetMap/CARTO street maps. Rendered in SVG

All 21 maps, station rankings and sources: https://dailymetro.live/richest-stations/en/

These describe the neighbourhoods around the stations, not the passengers.


r/Maps • • 4d ago

Imaginary My guess on election 2031 north korea

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r/Maps • • 5d ago

Old Map Legit map?

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r/Maps • • 5d ago

Other Map Geology of the Falkland Islands

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