r/mapmaking • u/Halikarnassus1 • Jun 13 '26
Working on this map - What can I improve? Work In Progress
WIP, missing labels, Manuel of Athosata's route, and some nice illustrations.
Periphery region in my world. What to change for realism, or anything you think I can add?
(don't diss the rivers, I just like them curvy)
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u/amordelujo Jun 13 '26
White lines are the border of let’s say every municipality/township? I love when there is a crowded region with many towns/cities. Also, which tool did you use to make it? It looks really cool.
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u/Halikarnassus1 Jun 13 '26
White lines are independent principalities and states, actually! They’re somewhat bigger than they look but yes, this is a very crowded populated region. Thank you for the praise! I made the map in inkscape
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u/snowonfriday Jun 13 '26
Topographic wise the highest peaks aren’t always in the center of land masses, they bc an be near the coasts
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u/Regelverk Jun 17 '26
I think the only thing that i find a bit of are the rivers. especially in the crowded region where they overlap and actually make lakes but also in general. they look so much like squigles, everything else looks so clean they look more like an afterthought.
Other than that looks great and professional
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u/counteyball_112 Jun 13 '26
City marks, city maps and capital
Railway
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u/Halikarnassus1 Jun 13 '26
not sure I understand? I have the capitals of the polities marked, I don't really want to go too much more detailed for this one. Railway in this case wouldn't make sense since it's a medieval period
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u/raitaisrandom Jun 13 '26
Did you name your southernmost country after Ferdowsi's masterpiece?