Treasure Maps

This page tries to collect information about maps visualized in vintage style. This means, they look like an old sketchy map, a treasure map (de: Schatzkarte) or a pirate map (de: Piratenkarte), but with own or actual data.

Treasure/Pirate Maps:

• Treasure-Map: HSR

A Treasure-Map, created for the HSR AppQuest 2013.

Showcases and Tipps:

• QGIS:
  • Blog "Vintage Map Design using QGIS" [1]
  • Master Thesis by Tabea Probst, ETHZ, 2013 [2], see "Schatzkarte"
• TileMill:
  • https://github.com/ajashton/pirate-map
  • https://github.com/Kotaimen/maps-ModernAntique
• Other showcases:
  • http://kartograph.org/showcase/italia/

Suitable fonts/typefaces:

• Aquiline
• Mutlu

See also:

• OpenStreetMap based on art maps
• Really old maps...: OldMapsOnline.org.