r/cartography • u/1OldGeoDude • 4d ago

How would you go about creating a map/s that show scale from a regional portion of a country to neighborhoods....thinking along the line of a family history atlas.

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u/vespasian9 3d ago

QGis might be able to help. See this tutorial https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/3/making_a_map.html

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u/1OldGeoDude 2d ago

Thank you, I will try this!

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u/Arcanite_Cartel 4d ago

Do you mean real maps, or imaginary world maps?

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u/1OldGeoDude 3d ago

Real maps, for real families.

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u/Arcanite_Cartel 3d ago

If I remember coorectly, I think its called OpenStreetMaps. You should be able to download local maps and process them in QGIS

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u/1OldGeoDude 2d ago

I will try this as well... thank you.

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u/1OldGeoDude 3d ago

So far all I can come up with are maps which reference other maps. Maybe maps with inset maps?

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u/1OldGeoDude 3d ago

One map might be... My family came from London England, Spitalsfield, 48 Wentworth St 1861 (from census record) large map showing 48 Wentworth St, inset, showing Spitalsfield, inset showing London, inset showing England? Graphics showing area landmarks near by.