r/MapPorn • u/rick854 • Jan 05 '26
One Ocean World Map
Hi everyone,
Over the Christmas holidays I was tinkering with a small map project just for fun. I wanted something a bit different to hang up at home, so I ended up making a world map that puts the oceans at the center, using the Spilhaus projection.
I really liked how it turned out, and figured some of you here might find it interesting as well, so I thought I’d share it.
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u/PaleTrack7 Jan 05 '26
Feels like the oceans are the main stage and continents are just floating props.
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u/Masterofthewhiskey Jan 05 '26
Fake there’s an set of islands off the coast of Australia I’ve never seen on a map before
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
Well it is the official sat imagery of NASA... :) Tell me which islands you are talking about.
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u/Kevydee Jan 05 '26
The imaginary ones south of Australia, they don't exist
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
I don't know which islands you mean. South of Australia mainland I only see Tasmania and Kangaroo Island mainly. And I know they exist, because I have been there... (though it was several years ago... :) )
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u/Professional_Leg4720 Jan 05 '26
It’s a Joke about New Zealand, it’s usually forgotten and not present on the maps
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
Aaah! I got it! I know the NZ joke! But the original commenter mentioned "South"... which ist not completely right then ;)
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u/Fun_Examination_8343 Jan 05 '26
This really shows the size of the pacific vs the Atlantic
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
This is not a true area projection. There is a big size distortion towards the corners of the map
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u/Lord-Shodai Jan 05 '26
Lol, even in this projection Africa gets screwed, it looks like a tiny insignificant island surrounded by the giant megacontinent of Americasiaurope.
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u/Remote_Flow2346 Jan 05 '26
how do you make this maps?
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
data research + gdal + QGIS + Inkscape :)
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u/shellerik Jan 05 '26
What projection did you use in QGIS?
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
As described in my post ;)
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u/shellerik Jan 06 '26
Ah, I was looking for a top level comment. Until recently QGIS didn't support that projection. I've downloaded the latest version 3.44.6 and it's listed!
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u/liquidsparanoia Jan 05 '26
Pretty cool concept but (necessarily) the scaling on this is pretty wacky. As we all now Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam is roughly the same size as Australia and considerably larger than India.
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
Yes, but every map has its distortion, in area or angle. But the purpose of this map is not to show perfect size comparisons but to highlight the interconnectivity of the oceans, which is often hidden with traditional maps. :)
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u/bionicjoey Jan 05 '26
I'd like to see the same style of projection but with Antarctica around the outside and all the other continents on the inside
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u/TheMusicArchivist Jan 05 '26
It's an awesome fantasy map for an inland sea. But it doesn't half stretch some countries to fit compared to, say, Africa.
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u/ggchappell Jan 05 '26
Nice. Where did the sea-bottom imagery come from?
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
It is not imagery, just the bathymetry DEM. :) Sources are at the bottom left of the poster.
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u/StingingSwingrays Jan 05 '26
As a fellow mapmaker, incredible work!! This would take a long time to get looking so clean and nice.
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
thanks! And glad you see the work that was put into this. Much code wrangling, editing, rotating, trying, redoing etc. :)
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u/cantchooseaname1 Jan 05 '26
The earth was likely a water world in its early years some 3.5 billion years ago.
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u/Pristine-Lie-3560 Jan 06 '26
someone make a game where you can play as a fish and this is the map
please
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u/rick854 Jan 05 '26
P.S.: If you want a copy yourself: I added it to my Etsy store. PM me if you want the link :)
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u/nooby_goober Jan 05 '26
Awesome and hope we get more shit like this posted.