Mark Richardson
@slavetothehat.bsky.social
Cartographer. RPG Game designer, creator of Headspace RPG. Dad, Neurodivergent, Alcoholic in recovery. Canadian. He/Him
Now I really need to get back to setting up my InPRNT account to be able to posterize this stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Now I really need to get back to setting up my InPRNT account to be able to posterize this stuff.
There are I believe 8 maps spread throughout the books.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
There are I believe 8 maps spread throughout the books.
Thanks it was quite the endeavour making that world from nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thanks it was quite the endeavour making that world from nothing.
Those maps are easily my best creative work to date, and I say that after 20 years of this stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Those maps are easily my best creative work to date, and I say that after 20 years of this stuff.
The article doesn't make it super clear but the maps they have are interactive.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Which Buildings in Manhattan Couldn't Be Built Again Today? (Published 2016)
Over the last century, changes in zoning have created a unique predicament for nearly 40 percent of buildings in Manhattan. Find out which of Manhattan's 43,000 buildings defy their zoning restriction...
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The article doesn't make it super clear but the maps they have are interactive.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is really interesting because due to a friends fun prod of AI and my early ideas the AI was advocating that Megastructures would be limited on Manhattan but it's mostly old science and assumptions. :)
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is really interesting because due to a friends fun prod of AI and my early ideas the AI was advocating that Megastructures would be limited on Manhattan but it's mostly old science and assumptions. :)
Report source for the nerds www.usgs.gov/publications...
Bedrock-surface elevation and overburden thickness maps of the five boroughs, New York City, New York
Digital maps of bedrock elevation and overburden thickness (depth to bedrock) were constructed for the five boroughs of New York City by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York Ci...
www.usgs.gov
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Report source for the nerds www.usgs.gov/publications...
Depth to Bedrock in NYC
This is what I was looking for.
This is what I was looking for.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Depth to Bedrock in NYC
This is what I was looking for.
This is what I was looking for.
Bedrock study by USGS
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bedrock study by USGS
Best is to just look at a real world place for context.
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Best is to just look at a real world place for context.
The root resource from this here, I found this gem while researching my last project for The Black Hunger maps.nls.uk/projects/api...
Historic Maps API - Map images - National Library of Scotland
maps.nls.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The root resource from this here, I found this gem while researching my last project for The Black Hunger maps.nls.uk/projects/api...
Related, I think a lot of people underestimate the degree to which society mapped the world in detail.
Browse google earth style the entire UK 1":1 mile (1:63,360), 1885-1903. This include hills!
These maps are like 140 years old now.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
Browse google earth style the entire UK 1":1 mile (1:63,360), 1885-1903. This include hills!
These maps are like 140 years old now.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland
maps.nls.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Related, I think a lot of people underestimate the degree to which society mapped the world in detail.
Browse google earth style the entire UK 1":1 mile (1:63,360), 1885-1903. This include hills!
These maps are like 140 years old now.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
Browse google earth style the entire UK 1":1 mile (1:63,360), 1885-1903. This include hills!
These maps are like 140 years old now.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...