Hi All.

This is going to be my first map, and my first time documenting my work through this forum.

I thought I would dip my toe in fantasy cartography by trying to capture the 'on surface' movements of NASA astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin over the 22.5 hours they were on the luna surface.

Hopefully there will be enough elements contained within the poster to test some cartographic devices and play with scale and various information types. Im really looking forward to seeing how this turns out as I’ve always been a fan of space exploration and technology.

I have made a rough schematic of the poster - A3 proportion - so could scale to A2 if information density is getting too great.
I will work through the various elements as time permits.

At the moment i am trying to bed down a visual style for the map - Modern, period (~1970’s), or something left field. My inital thoughts are towards a 70’s graphic approach with a modernist twist within the diagrams / typography - we’ll see.

Has anyone else had a crack at illustrating moon terrain?

C & C’s welcome.

Cheers Tom.

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