We spent a whole summer painting these.

Link:

Tilted Earth Explorer

I came across these three world maps published by IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and thought they were worth sharing here.

They were made for different purposes:

1. Species Richness (2025) — showing global patterns of species richness across amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, freshwater crustaceans and freshwater fish.
2. Brazil in the World / Global South — produced in the context of the Triple International Forum on Global South Governance.
3. Brazil in the World / G20 — a world map produced in connection with Brazil and the G20.

What I find especially interesting is that they show how a national geographic institution can present the world through different subjects, priorities and perspectives.

I'd genuinely like to see more national mapping or statistical institutes around the world publish projects like these. Comparing how different countries choose to represent and analyze the world could be really interesting, since each institution would likely bring a somewhat different perspective to the same planet.

Source: IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The maps are available through IBGE's official website.

I bought these maps a few years ago at an estate sale for $20 each. I don’t know much about them, but thought I’d share them with you all in case you find them interesting or know any more info about them.

The backs are labeled as:
- 17th century global map by N. Visscher, with California depicted as an island
- Canada and the Great Lakes, by Guillaume de L’isle, 1720
- Map of Asia by the famous Blaeu Family, 1662
- Map of Europe from the Mercator Hondius Atlas, 1663, with portion of America in upper left
- The Holy Land, from Abraham Ortelius’ “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”, 1570

How trash is my unfinished drawing of the borders of Africa, I’m struggling so hard right now.

Since quarantine times, i’ve constantly been studying cities to the point where i can name aproximately 30-100 in each country. Recently I discovered a page called cityquiz.io where the goal is just to type in as many cities as you can. After 5+ hours and over 10.1K cities named the page has bugged out and is not letting me type anymore. If this bug didn’t ocurr I feel that i could likely make it to atleast 14.000 and potentially as high as 18.000, do any of you know any page that can let me try this?

Let me know your favorite country on this map

I made an animated historical map showing how the major front lines around Israel changed from 1948 through 2026.

The goal was to compress almost eight decades of wars, territorial changes and different fronts into one continuous visualization.

Video: https://youtu.be/IDxflFqly04

yes that is opinion but damn who don't like bringing back ancient cultures/languages/religions

I'm not talking about the omapping community, but the geotuber, and honestly, this community is bad

1- They fail to convey the correct information in their videos; they always have some kind of propagandistic tone or feel like they're trying to promote something.

2- They have a political bias; a YouTuber who does mapping and politics should be impartial without getting caught up in left-wing and right-wing narratives, but no, they resolve this. Few YouTubers in the community are decent because most generally defend things that shouldn't be defended; few are spared (there are some who aren't even centrists and yet aren't fanatics).

3- There are so many dramas; so many dramas that you wonder why, what Korac did was so questionable, so criminal.

4- There are some awful funk songs; what the Americans did to Brazilian funk was horrible, they turned funk into a completely over-the-top genre, and what's worse is the YouTubers putting these songs in their videos, that's why I don't have the courage to follow mapping channels, I only really follow a few.

I'm trying to distance myself from this community; I think Lurie himself is disappointed with what the community has become. Lurie pioneered mapping, but after 2025 he saw his work being wasted in front of him.

EDIT: I got confused, it's actually the geotuber community, not mapping.

So, with the new UN resolution about "moving away from Mercator" in favor of Equal Earth, lots of people are talking as if Mercator is still ubiquitous in classrooms (like, wall posters) and textbooks. Does anyone have actual data on this? (Or even recent personal experience.) My vague impression was that there's been a lot of movement away, not even counting Boston's adoption of Gall-Peters, or atlases long using various projections. But websearching failed to find anything really relevant.

I mention Boston, but non-US experience or data are equally welcome.

Never hear of this place before, wondering what the criteria was to appear on the new UN equal maps

In 2021 I illustrated this map (High Resolution on my Blog) as a print gift for my dad that compares two world maps created by a father (Willem) and son (Joan) between 1630 and 1665. To pull this off, I had to remap two different projections: Willems Mercator and Joans double hemisphere.

The maps beautifully show how society's view of the world shifted during those years thanks to new discoveries, like those made by Abel Tasman (you can see his route around Tasmania and Australia on the map). Joan already made a point of not relying on imagination and only included known places, while his father was still fantasizing about concepts like Terra Incognita.

Sources:

• Willem Origin
• Joan Origin

My understanding is that typically, a body of water gets named after you because someone crosses it and kicks your ass. Gulf of Mexico, named by the Spanish who crossed it to conquer the Mexica; Indian Ocean, named by the British who crossed it to conquer the Indians; English Channel, named by the Romans who crossed it to conquer the Angles.

Seems like having a body of water after you is almost an insult.

Am I missing something? Or are we just trying to get out in front of an imminent and likely successful invasion by the Mexicans and Canadians?

Waldseemüller map is essentially the birth certificate of America. It is the very first time the name was printed on a document.

But tbh strangest part to me is that it clearly depicts a massive ocean on the western side of the continent. Magellan didn't sail into the Pacific until 1520 and Balboa didn't cross the isthmus to see it until 1513.

I saw this map of the HOI4 TNO and I am wondering, which Russian districts would be in the area (circled). Does anybody know? I tried overlaying it but that hasn't worked