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I build fictional worlds as a hobby, and sometimes I need to make a map of a globe and find myself in need of a program that can draw vector shapes onto a globe
by lrpe 4y ago
I build fictional worlds as a hobby, and sometimes I need to make a map of a globe and find myself in need of a program that can draw vector shapes onto a globe and project it onto a 2D map afterwards. The simplest way I've found to do that which fits my workflow is a program called GPlates. A program that simulates plate tectonics. I've never touched the simulation part, although it might be useful in my worldbuilding at some point. All I use it for is drawing colored shapes.
- a1369209993 4y agoHonestly, that seems to be a common use case for GPlates (see eg[0][from 1]), and might even be more common than actually using it for plate tectonics work. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQvwgPFSN-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQvwgPFSN-I 1: http://www.youtube.com/user/Artifexian http://www.youtube.com/user/Artifexian