Hi folks,
As the title says, I recently made a map of lost places in Wharton State Forest. It was actually for a grad school mapping assignment (I'm a masters student) so I took the opportunity to pore the ancient scrolls left for us by Henry Charlton Beck, John E Pearce, Arthur Pierce, John McPhee and others to try and put together a cohesive map of these locations and capture the lore of what makes this area so special to me.
I made it using the information I had from the books in my library and a few internet searches, but throughout the process I couldn't help but think that this forum would be the best source to verify what actually is and is not. So essentially I'm asking yall to roast my map and tell me what could be done better.
For example, the sand roads are split into two classes, one for the more forgiving sand road thorofares and another for the, uh, shittier ones where you're likely to get stuck if you're not careful. These are completely based off of my own experience and are incomplete. I think it would be cool to include former cranberry bogs that are now overgrown young cedar swamps.
I'd love to continue to add to it. I have a lot of respect for the collective knowledge between all yall, would be great to collaborate.
Also I kind of used generic but still relevant 18th and 19th century illustrations for the surrounding text. Would be cool if local illustrations of the industries, landmarks, etc are available.
Here's a link to hi-res version so you can see everything nice and clear:
drive.google.com
As the title says, I recently made a map of lost places in Wharton State Forest. It was actually for a grad school mapping assignment (I'm a masters student) so I took the opportunity to pore the ancient scrolls left for us by Henry Charlton Beck, John E Pearce, Arthur Pierce, John McPhee and others to try and put together a cohesive map of these locations and capture the lore of what makes this area so special to me.
I made it using the information I had from the books in my library and a few internet searches, but throughout the process I couldn't help but think that this forum would be the best source to verify what actually is and is not. So essentially I'm asking yall to roast my map and tell me what could be done better.
For example, the sand roads are split into two classes, one for the more forgiving sand road thorofares and another for the, uh, shittier ones where you're likely to get stuck if you're not careful. These are completely based off of my own experience and are incomplete. I think it would be cool to include former cranberry bogs that are now overgrown young cedar swamps.
I'd love to continue to add to it. I have a lot of respect for the collective knowledge between all yall, would be great to collaborate.
Also I kind of used generic but still relevant 18th and 19th century illustrations for the surrounding text. Would be cool if local illustrations of the industries, landmarks, etc are available.
Here's a link to hi-res version so you can see everything nice and clear:
WhartonLostMap.png
drive.google.com
