Urban Geofiction

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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Finding names for towns and villages is an important part of geofictional work. Sometimes, it seems like even more creativity and brainstorming is needed to find the right names than to imagine the topography, the streets and so on. So, …
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Today, two new wonderful contributions to the urban geofiction collection have been published. It’s the hand-drawn maps of Anchester (Ontario, Canada) and Tiner (UK) by Nicholas Deibler. Have a look at these maps, which are perfect representations of the urban …
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New versions of Levengrand maps by Tobias Schmalzl have been published on the Levengrand city page, including the brand new light-rail-network map. The light-rail network of Levengrand consists of 16 lines (16-31), operating in almost all districts of the city. …
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Another inspiring hand-drawn map: Los Angeles by Lucas Ezequiel Breska from Argentina. He drew a map of the city with many interesting details, as well as an overview map of the Greater Los Angeles region. Have a look! And by …
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Another very nice hand-drawn map: As-Perdenoy, a city by Thilo Stapff (Frankfurt). It’s a very nice drawing style. A perfect hand-drawn copy of German official topographic maps (with some elements taken from the French ones) including hillshading. Have a look …
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What a wonderful new addition to the collection of Urban Geofiction! At least, that’s my opinion. But take a look at Milerno yourself and I’m sure you want have another meaning about it. And it’s also a fictional city with …
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Holger Fiedler (Treuchtlingen, Germany) constantly continues in drawing the country of “Mauzlands”. The new part of the map shows the region of “Gelderland”, with Lotternheim being the administrational and economic capital. The city has a population of 1.5 million. See …
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