Urban Geofiction

There’s a nice addition to the wonderful project Pinscher by Owen Reading (UK) now: the large-scale city centre map. Have a look at all the interesting details like tram tracks and stops, POIs like cafes and restaurants and even public …
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In 1912, the Austrian architect Adolf Loos developed an alternate plan for the Vienna Ringstraße, as he was not satisfied with the “results” he saw in the beginning of the 20th century – starting from the situation in 1859, when …
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Today, the new section of “Urban Variations” was added to the Urban Geofiction website. Surasti Puri’s diploma project “Mirages of the past” is the first project presented in this category. It describes three different histories for Bangalore (India): the real …
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A new project, including the twin-cities of Bremen and Hardcastle, was included to the Urban Geofiction collection today. Another wonderful, hand-drawn project by Nicholas Deibler. There’s even a quite new light-rail line connecting the two cities. Have a look and …
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A new, wonderfully detailed, computer-drawn addition to the urban geofiction collection: The city of Pinscher by Owen Reading with many different maps (e.g. a city centre map, a public transport map, a regional overview map). “Walk around” on the map …
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Jacob Burnley from Vancouver island in the very west of Canada is one of the youngsters under the urban geofiction contributors. Today, his wonderful city of Paltialar has been added to the urban geofiction collection—a nice addition to the group …
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As all existing cities, also fictional cities can be described not only in a graphical way, but also with words: stories set in an imaginary city, describing the people living here, the atmosphere, the history, the problems and potentials of …
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Based upon the setting of the famous German audio junior detective series “TKKG”, Felix Nebel has drawn the Millionenstadt (town of millions). As many other kids in German-speaking countries in the 80’s and 90’s, he became a fan of this …
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Dear friends of Urban Geofiction, today, we would like to present to you a new collaborative platform for the creation of fictional maps: Opengeofiction – http://opengeofiction.net/ Using the tools of the Openstreetmap project – http://www.openstreetmap.org -, Opengeofiction offers, for everyone …
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Fictional maps can be a useful playground or setting for workshops or teaching purposes in planning and education: Using an “empty” topographical map and let the people figure out where settlements are most likely to evolve, let the students figure …
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