More closeups #cartography

Website at: will most likely open next week. Mauritius, minus the outer islands. I started this as very contrasty map, but eventually decided to go with low contrast, light theme so I can add some text boxes around the map. #mauritius #indianocean #maps

I went for chaos in typography. THAT might change yet. #typography

Why not make a map of Africa (work in progress). I'm suffering a heatwave currently, there's about 800 degrees celcius in Finland for couple of weeks. I'm fed up with it. So fed up. #Africa #MapMaking #geography

Haha. What if Appalachian Trail map would be in the spirit of yesterday's Chile map? Too funny. #appalachiantrail #hiking #thruhike

More closeups. #geography

Chile. Got a little too busy today and I have to check… just about everything. The relief works nicely and liking the type. #chile #southamerica #andes

Tell me everything you HATE about this map. Once again, not a finished product yet. #america #geography #maps

This inverted South America printable file is now available at: This is a big one, 24x36 inches but there's also an A3-version included with slightly less labels for your convenience. #southamerica #brazil #chile

Nobody asked, so I made this upside down South America thing. Just a small fun thing to do. #southamerica #brazil #argentina

Three versions from the same project data. Left we have a light shaded relief suitable for complex labelling and thematic data. Middle: hypsometric tint with vintage'ish colours, and right: the same tint with relief enhancement. #newjersey #mapping #geography

You can also make maps without shaded relief and just use hypsometric tint. Yesterday found an old large Atlas from my closet, forgot I had that book. Maps are produced by Bartholomew and Son and wanted to try something similar. #yugoslavia #baltics #geography

Making exaggerated and dramatic shaded relief maps is fun. For the first 300-400 times. But eventually one needs new challenge. Now I'm doing my best to make some informative maps. Starting with Tennessee, because the shape is awesome. More later. #tennessee #america #geography

I like the texture on the terrain. #northamerica

Today's random place: Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico. Focused mainly on the terrain. It's a blend of several raster- and adjustment layers. Also painted rather random colour overlay. #coahuila #mexico #geography

White lines on the sea are unfiltered ferry routes from OSM. #openstreetmap #cyclades

Continued from yesterday. My vintage experiment is still pleasing my eyes. So here's Greece and adjacent areas. #greece #balkans #geography

More delicious explorations towards vintage look. I'm doing well. #greece #balkan #vintage

I'm taking a break from my typical maps and looking for new inspiration as well as just doodling around. This time it's 'neovintage'. Saw one US Army duotone map from 1944 and tried a similar style. It's fun. #greece #crete #vintage

Here's a freebie. Union Territory of Ladakh, India. The image is georeferenced so you can add it to QGIS or some other software and it sits in the correct place. You can then label your own map. Geotiff image: Link expires in a week. #india #ladakh