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AzurePlanet's CartoBlog

Welcome!!!

I will post here my "Favourite Maps" and all related stuff that could not find a proper place in the Forums.

Sometimes a map is something more than just a simple image: in my case I could pretty say that some of my maps have grown up with me, and this is the right place to share them and their histories with you.

This is my first attempt to make up a blog, and I am doing it in English which is not my mother tongue, so please forgive me if I make some mistakes...

Please, feel free to do any comments or feedback.
Have fun!

  1. Where my Avatar comes from

    Back in 2002 I found out the software Wilbur and I started playing with it, just to make a whole planet for a draft sci-fi story of mine. A planet with bright blue vegetation.

    So, after many tries and tweaks I came out with the following images:

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    I was quite satisfied with the global result, so I tried to get a more detailed image of a smaller part of the surface.
    Here is shown an ...

    Updated 11-18-2015 at 06:46 PM by AzurePlanet (Lost links)

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  2. Some more information about the USN

    Quote Originally Posted by AzurePlanet View Post
    Hello everybody,
    I'm happy to share with you my just "finished" map.
    [...]
    Here you can have a look at the original WIP.
    [...] You can think about the USN as a contemporary place on Earth, it is not a fantasy or sci-fi world.
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    This is definitely my own favourite Fictional Place.

    Before starting to tell you how I invented it, just a note to point out some basic issues:

    ...

    Updated 11-11-2015 at 08:18 PM by AzurePlanet

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