Napa Valley Retrofuture Detail
Napa Valley Retrofuture
Here is the Napa Valley edition of the Retrofuture Series maps. Say goodbye to your jammy Zinfandels and structured Cabernets. This is the restored 1902 Napa Valley map from my…
Los Angeles Detail
Past, Present, and California Retrofuture
California Retrofuture…a 1879 Department of the Interior map with 218’ of sea level rise—if all the world’s ice caps melted. I’ve added modern shaded terrain to accentuate the landforms. The…
Cartographic Time Machine–Glen Canyon
The sprawling arms of Lake Powell were once the side-canyons of Glen Canyon. This map shows what the canyon looked like before being filled by the reservoir. With the climate…
Greenland Sea Level Rise Detail
Global Melting–The Inland Sea of Greenland
When its ice melts, Greenland's interior will become a vast inland sea...
Speculative Cartography and World Building–Burner Face
Seattle, 2121...in a world of climate change and genetic manipulation, a new society has emerged
San Francisco Retrofuture
Here is the first San Francisco edition of the Retrofuture Series maps.I’ve always avoided making sea level rise maps focused on San Francisco, because @burritojustice already made that map. The…
Past, Present, Future: The LA Retrofuture Series
Showing the north shore of the Bay of LA after all the ice sheets melt, these six maps align perfectly in a row, from Pacific Palisades to Whittier, going through Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Downtown LA, and East LA.
Seattle Retrofuture--Detail
Introducing the Retrofuture Series
I've always been fascinated with maps from the 1800s into the 20th century. Old enough to show a very different world from today, but modern enough to be accurate, maps…
Detail of a Fictional Landscape
Fictional Landscape, Part 2
I've been meaning to post this second part of the fictional landscape for a while. I did this nearly a year ago, so I think it's finally time that I…
Brisbane Sea Rise
All the names have been vetted and approved by the Select Committee on Climate-Related Place Name Revisions
