And finally, the #Petrofuture map of the USA.
66m sea level rise--melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map.

For now, that's the last of the North America Petrofuture maps. Next up--France.



More:
 https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/

**Portugal is not a small country**

“_A journey through the propaganda of Portugal's Estado Novo, as well as some of the most iconic maps of its propaganda production._”

https://www.cartographerstale.com/p/portugal-is-not-a-small-country.

#Maps #Cartography #History #Histodon #Histodons #Portugal #Europe #Propaganda @histodon @histodons

The #Petrofuture map of Seattle...we’re getting close to the end of the North American Petrofuture tour. 

Melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map.



More:
 https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/

**Known unknowns in the North. Uncertain maps of the Arctic in early modern times**

“_By zooming in on world maps and North Pole maps from the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries and examining them in a long-term chronological sequence, we can follow lines and lands that appear and disappear and trace the winding paths of mapping processes and practices through the centuries._”

van Netten, djoeke (2025) ‘Known unknowns in the North. Uncertain maps of the Arctic in early modern times’, International Journal of Cartography, pp. 1–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2025.2478270.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Map #Maps #Cartography #EarlyModern #Europe #NorthPole #Arctic #Academia #Academic @earlymodern

Hand-drawing a #ttrpg #battlemap every day until I get better! Day 44:

#Cartography is a Python tool that consolidates infrastructure assets and the relationships between them in an intuitive graph view powered by a Neo4j database.

https://cartography-cncf.github.io/cartography/

The finished, updated and extended land of Nicea. The new sections are to the far west and east. Seeing the ocean on both sides frames the continent and improves the map more than I would have guessed. The real delight of this map is how well loved the world is by the family that runs their dnd game there, I try to add details from the games and honour the representation of a very special fantasy realm. #dndmap #cartography #rpg #dnd #maps

The Columbia River will rise, and at the confluence with the Willamette--the #Petrofuture map of Portland.

Melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map. The Willamette Valley becomes an inland sea.

More:
https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #Oregon #Portland #worldBuilding #WillametteRiver #ColumbiaRiver

A #TikTok #handdrawn #map #video! How about a temple ruin?

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSr2WLxLb/

I am toying with the idea to build a (physical) globe myself. Preferably using #QGIS and maybe Inkscape for final touches (or other OS tools).

I would like to design the globe as far as possible in QGIS and then use an appropriate projection to output the lobes. Then glue to a sphere using wallpaper glue etc. - I imagine it difficult to get the labels right.

Surprisingly, I can find few resources on how to approach such a project.

Any pointers or own experience?

Another favorite…the #Petrofuture map of San Francisco. 
Melted ice caps on a vintage Chevron gas station map.



Higher-res images:

https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/petrofuturegallery/

Stamen recently collaborated with the Science Museum to develop an interactive exhibit about The Congruence Engine, a 3-year research effort to digitally connect industrial heritage collections across the UK. Read more about our collaboration, focused on the industrial city of Bradford, on our blog.

https://stamen.com/navigating-polarized-views-of-ai-in-the-immersive-museum-exhibit-the-connection-engine

Some years ago, I saw a site on which you can switch between different map projections and select any point on the Earth as the center point.
It was really cool, but I've never been able to find it again.

I love LA, so spare the bullshit celebrations of its demise.
…the #Petrofuture map of south Los Angeles & Long Beach. 
66m sea level rise — melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map. 

Higher-res images:
https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/petrofuturegallery/

#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #California #LosAngeles #LongBeach #PalosVerdes #OrangeCounty #worldBuilding

Map of Ontario County, New York (New York City, New York)

From Digital Collections of New York Public Library
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23c89f10-ccfe-0133-089a-00505686a51c
#NewYork #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYPL #US #USA #history #image #historical #maps #cartography

Another one of my favorites…the #Petrofuture map of California. 
66m sea level rise — melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map.



Higher-res images:

https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/petrofuturegallery/

#climateChange
#maps
#cartography
#climateCrisis
#greenWashing
#California
#Sacramento
#SanFrancisco
#LosAngeles
#SanDiego
#worldBuilding

Back to the west coast of Turtle Island…the #Petrofuture map of San Diego. 
66m sea level rise — melted ice caps on a vintage Shell gas station map.



Higher-res images:

https://conspiracyofcartographers.com/petrofuturegallery/

I just had an email from Gabe Moss at the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill alerting me to "the release of Livy Study Maps: Book 22, the latest addition to the Maps for Texts series."

More here: https://awmc.unc.edu/2025/03/20/livy-study-maps-book-22/

"... this set of twenty-three maps is designed for students and teachers working with Livy’s text, and offers detailed coverage of famous episodes such as the Battles of Lake Trasimene and Cannae, as well as of lesser-known campaigns from Book 22 of the History of Rome. The maps are available as free digital downloads under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license."

**Unconventional Theories about the Earth’s Shape: Both Ancient and Modern**

https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/03/unconventional-theories-about-the-earths-shape-both-ancient-and-modern/

At the beginning of the year, the Federal Office of Topography published the swissTNE Base, which summarises all transport routes (rail, road, cable and water).

Having this data, you can't avoid the temptation to recreate @benfry beautiful 2010 work All Streets