r/Maps

Since I got cooked by my previous post, I fixed some problems and decided to clarify some things.

This map is based on geographic division, cultural and linguistic similarities. There are some places that are in two sub-regions simultaneously.

Western Europe is united by geographical barriers from Spain, Italy and some culture.

Northern Europe or Scandinavia is united by obvious geographical separation and shared culture, history, ect.

Britain and Ireland get their own subregion of islands as they differ from, for example, French quite a bit and are separated.

Since the map is inspired by a video about how Eastern Europe is an outdated soviet-infused term, the division of the east is hard with no geographic features splitting it nicely. So here are my ideas.

Central Europe, sharing some cultural similarities and historical ties.

Slavic Europe, sharing culture and the language similarities.

Daco-Roman as an island of Latin alphabet. It was the only option I could take because if I put Romania to the Balkans, Moldova is left with Slavs. Their unique corner deserved separation.

Balkans/Southern Slavic is self-explanatory already, but Kosovo, Slovenia and Croatia have ties to Adriatic, Italy and Albania(Kosovo).

Mediterranean is a group separated mostly geographically, and linguistically if we look at Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Baltics are baltics.

Any suggestions?

What if after the 1971 war with India and East Pakistan, Pakistan had gotten divided into multiple countries and only Kh****yber Pakhtunkhwa was left as Pakistan ?

Since I watched a video where it said Eastern Europe is a lie and they made many good points, I decided to do this. True Eastern Europe is Russia for obvious reasons and I'm a bit biased, then there are many more regions and some countries belong to two groups at the same time (Poland = Central Europe + Slavic) and I know that Balkans on the map are Slavic too, but you could add "Balkans/Southern Slavic" to it. I jsut didn't have space

If you guys have any questions, please ask!

Fitting some European countries in Afghanistan (this is now a series)

Made in thetruesize.com .

This is the classic mode but difficult version so based on the mercator projection with no distances.

There are also modes like sphere version which is alot harder as it is based on the great circle route. And of course easier versions like only countrys or capitals. https://visitwhale.com/city-angle/

https://www.tile.today/

Built this as a side project and now I genuinely can't tell if it's a brilliant idea or an elaborate way to get people to go outside for no reason.

Your first claim each day is free; €1 after that claims a real 50x50m square of land, permanently, but only if your GPS proves you're standing in it. You decide which category this falls into.

Edit: Global stats at https://www.tile.today/stats !

I saw this tattoo on a guy in Boston. I assume it’s a country or island border but can’t place which one.

Hi everyone, and welcome back to The American Atlas! I've been making hand-drawn & colored maps of every state in the US. Now I’m here sharing them all on one big journey across the country 🗺️🇺🇸

Today, I have Illinois, the Prairie State!

From the skyline of Chicago to the rolling prairies, rich farmland, and winding Mississippi and Illinois Rivers that shape so much of the state, Illinois has such a distinct identity and was very interesting to draw. Cities like Chicago, Springfield, and Rockford stand out, as well as beautiful areas such as the Shawnee Hills in the southern part of the state.

I’d love to come to Illinois myself sometime. Chicago, Springfield, and the Garden Of The Gods all stood out while I was making this map! Someday I’ll make it out here to see them for myself 👀

Let me know in the comments, what’s the most interesting place in Illinois??

As always, if you like this style, feel free to check out my others, and thanks for taking a look at my Illinois map!! 🇺🇸🗺️

In June 2026, there was a huge heat wave in Europe. The map presents a geographical overview of all-time maximum air temperatures recorded across European nations.

The data highlights that during the intense heatwave in June 2026, four countries established new national temperature records: the Czech Republic reached 41.9°C, Germany hit 41.7°C, Poland recorded 40.5°C, and Denmark reached 37.0°C.

The highest peaks are found in the south, with Turkey reaching 50.5°C, Italy 48.8°C, and Greece 48.0°C. In contrast, the northernmost and western regions maintain lower all-time maximums, such as Iceland at 30.5°C and Ireland at 33.3°C. The data confirms that the 40°C threshold has been surpassed in a large majority of European countries, including significant peaks such as 46.0°C in France, 45.4°C in Russia, and 40.3°C in the United Kingdom.

Note: The temperature records for Turkey and Russia shown on the map apply only to the European part of the countries.

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Author: u/maven.mapping
Partner: u/the.world.in.maps

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MAVEN MAPPING © 2026

Let me know if there’s any changes I should make:)

Hey r/gis,

I made a small free daily map puzzle called North Up Daily.

Each day, you get a real map split into 4x4 tiles, but every tile is rotated the wrong way. The goal is to rotate them back until the place looks right again - ideally with as few moves and hints as possible and as fast as possible. All names are hidden from the map.

I thought people here might enjoy it. There is also a practice mode where you can test various maps and combinations (there are currently 200+ maps).

Link: https://northupdaily.com/

I’d love your feedback, thanks!

PS: It's free, no Ads or anything. Enjoy!

It's fun to play around with it, tap on random spots on the map or find cities along the same line as your city. I have always been curious about this one.

Give it a "spin"

https://supersimple.reviews/supersimpleglobe/

These angles are based on the mercator projection of the globe. Can you guess the right city?

This is an example for the "difficlut-mode" of my game city angle: https://visitwhale.com/city-angle/

There are also other modes like sphere mode or the easy version.