Example of reality stranger than fiction, Cartographer edition

bearclaw · April 2011

One of the reasons I've really been drawn to mapping with CC3 is my facination with geography in general. And since really getting into mapmaking I see the way geography is shaped in the real world in a whole new way. I try to take that into my map making to get the best organic look to maps and have a lot of fun in the meantime.

I came across this satellite image of a river system in Bolivia that just struck me as truely awe-inspiring. I don't know if anyone else will feel the same way, but wanted to share it anyway. I figure, if there's any group of people who might get this like I do, it's other mappers.

Terraformer_Author · April 2011

I see what you mean Bearclaw. The main river meanders wonderfully - and the terrain types are surprising well defined.

Ralf · April 2011

It's a perfect example of a river always changing its course and leaving old, stagnant bits of the river bed behind.

Thanks for the image!

jslayton · April 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeander_River is the place that the word "meander" comes from. [ http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.619942,27.281542&spn=0.051328,0.068064&t=k&z=14 ] shows what such a river looks like in a well-populated area.

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