Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive exploration

Re:Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive explora... by chippy on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:46AM (#12262610)

If you like making fiction maps by hand (but not fantasy maps) - have a look at this great mapping project: Open Geo Fiction: http://www.opengeofiction.net

From the about page: "This world is set in modern times, so it doesn't have orcs or elves, but rather power plants, motorways and housing projects. But also picturesque old towns, beautiful national parks and lonely beaches. "

It's essentially a fictional OpenStreetMap, and actually uses all the same stack as OSM, with all the data as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Re:Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive explora... by critiqjo on Thursday August 11, 2016 @03:39PM (#12271050)

I was just randomly zooming in and found a city called Auflington (http://www.opengeofiction.net/node/19913404) --- that's a work of art!!

Update: And there are so many like that --- incredibly detailed, ordered and organic!

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Re:Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive explora... by TranquilMarmot on Thursday August 11, 2016 @12:20AM (#12266288)

Wow! I was looking for exactly this a few weeks ago for a story I'm writing. Don't know how I never came across this. Thank you so much.

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Re:Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive explora... by abelhabel on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @02:49PM (#12263962)

Thanks! Didn't know about that one.

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