Map skills can be tricky for students. Learn how to teach map skills with different activities, worksheets, videos, and books.
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If you want the coastlines to look like they’re popping off the page, then adding some cliffs is a great way to do it. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to do and it will instantly make your map look much more professional. In this Map Tip, you will learn some simple techniques to help your maps stand o
Plotted: A Literary Atlas by Andrew DeGraff goes on sale in October.
This book will guide mapmakers through the process of designing visually pleasing and easily understandable maps. Redlands, California——Mapmakers should always strive to create maps that look great and get their message across clearly and succinctly. According to Esri president Jack Dangermond, more emphasis today needs to be placed on map design, especially on the web. […]
book maps – spot any favorites?
It’s officially SUMMER! More beautiful words couldn’t be spoken, I’m fairly certain. With that comes travel! Where are you going this year? To assist you in your travel prep, Victoria came up with this clever foldable map concoction. You know those beautiful art maps you see at stationery stores? They’re so beautiful you want to buy them, […]
Map skills can be tricky for students. Learn how to teach map skills with different activities, worksheets, videos, and books.
Literary maps hold a special place in my heart, letting us visualize fictional lands and imaginary places. This is a list of literary maps, in their delightful and beautiful cartographic splendor, from a variety of genres and books. Most of these are fictional maps showing fantastical places, but a few of them are literary versions ...
Teach students all about maps, compasses and direction with this two-day kindergarten lesson. Includes a downloadable map worksheet for students, book suggestions and activities.
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The word “desert” conjures images of a desolate climate where nothing can survive. But, the reality is some of the most interesting animals, plants, and cultures live in these hostile environments. Deserts in our world make up roughly 1/3 of the landmasses, which means you will likely have them in t
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Sketched on a sticky note and posted to Twitter and Instagram, the “map of every city” quickly became a viral sensation as people read their own locations onto this wonderful work of subjective cartography. Designed by artist Chaz Hutton, the drawing is not really a map as such, but it does feature elements we recognize from maps.
Map skills can be tricky for students. Learn how to teach map skills with different activities, worksheets, videos, and books.
Placing cities and villages is one of my favorite steps in the map making process. It’s the moment a map goes from being just a landscape to having a history with a story to tell. The placement of cities and their relationship to one another is the backbone to a world with a sense of depth and reali
Illustration by Stanley Smith from 'The Gilbert Harding Question Book' devised by W. H. Mason, published 1956.
What is a realistic population size for a medieval or ancient fantasy setting? Should a city have a couple of million people? How about 500,000 or 20,000? Let’s delve in and give you some simple guidelines as well as a cheat sheet you can easily reference as you are writing your story and drawing yo
Map skills can be tricky for students. Learn how to teach map skills with different activities, worksheets, videos, and books.
Need a fantasy map for your novel? Check out his new release for easy steps to create one!
Martin Vargic's intricate cartography is basically porn for book lovers.
Learning many of the different parts of a map is so much fun with these parts of a map flip book and map lines mini book.
Published by Golden Books from 1961 to 1965, this is one of four books in a slip-cover set designed to excite families about the joys that awaited them in the World of Walt Disney. The books included: Fantasyland, Nature, America, and Stories from Other Lands. I found this copy of the Fantasyland book for $4 at my Friends of the Library Bookstore. Boxed sets on eBay run about $30 on the lower end. I like the old-school feel of the illustrations--this is the Disney I grew up with.
Map skills can be tricky for students. Learn how to teach map skills with different activities, worksheets, videos, and books.
This is a collection of 13 vector Fantasy Map Symbols for use on any Map or Game Project you like or even part of a logo as a graphic design element! Enjoy your Adventures with these Awesome Fantasy Map Symbols! After download you get: A. One SVG file format of the 13 symbols you see in the preview. B. One PDF file format of the 13 symbols you see in the preview. The Symbols are Fully Editable in any Vector Design Software (i.e. Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, etc.) IDEAL FOR PRINTING ON A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS (PAPER, T-SHIRTS, FABRICS, CLOTHING, CUPS, ETC.) THIS IS A GRAPHIC DESIGN ELEMENT, IDEAL FOR MAP or LOGO DESIGN, T-SHIRT STAMP DESIGNS, ETC. ------------------- Backgrounds, Watermarks, Titles, Typefaces & Ei8GHT Logo ARE NOT included in the download files! ------------------- THIS ITEM CANNOT BE RESOLD OR SHARED AS IS / AS AN END PRODUCT! (DIGITALLY OR PHYSICALLY) ------------------- You may not: Claim these designs as your own Redistribute or resell to others as is Transfer to others as is in an editable format ------------------- THANK YOU! for supporting THE Ei8GHT TEAM!
Normal people don’t have favorite cartographers, but I think many geographers do. I’ve simply fallen in love with the maps of Erwin Raisz. How? It’s not a name you hear too oft…
