Quiet Maps

This page tries to collect information about maps visualized in vintage style. It is de­signed to serve as a muted back­drop for over­lay­ing data visu­al­iz­a­tions. The goal of a Quiet Map is to re­move ex­traneous de­tail, but re­tain enough in­form­a­tion for the re­gion to re­main re­cog­niz­able.

Quiet Maps:

• A muted, open-source base layer about Southern California by the Los Angeles Times Data Desk: Quiet L.A. See Making Maps from OpenStreetMap Data.

QGIS

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/