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Both maps locations described in fiction and stand-alone works of imaginary cartography belong in this category. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
OpenGeofiction (abbreviated OGF) is an online collaborative mapping project focused on fantasy cartography and worldbuilding of a world analogous to Earth. It uses OpenStreetMap software and processes in a separate environment, providing an outlet for artistic expression that avoids interfering with OpenStreetMap's mapping of the real world and potentially mitigates the risk of vandalism there.
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Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a real-world geography in a fantastic style. [1] Fantasy cartography usually manifests from worldbuilding and often corresponds to narratives within the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe. [1] Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history, geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers. [2]
J. R. R. Tolkien's design for his son Christopher's contour map on graph paper with handwritten annotations, of parts of Gondor and Mordor and the route taken by the Hobbits with the One Ring, and dates along that route, for an enlarged map in The Return of the King [5] Detail of finished contour map by Christopher Tolkien, drawn from his father's graph paper design.
Full Obverse view, British Museum site; Full Reverse view, British Museum site; Line drawing, Obverse & Reverse; British Museum, Map of the World, Photo & Analysis; Google Arts & Culture – Map of the World from the collection of the British Museum [dead link ] Tablet photo, and graphic of map with names Archived 2021-11-23 at the Wayback ...
Elisabeth Barrington reviewed The Fantasy Cartographer's Field Book in The Space Gamer No. 31. [1] Barrington commented "If there are any avid gamers who don't need this book, I would like to meet them. [...] The publishers even suggest using these pages for submitting your designs for publication.