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Antique map of South Africa's Southern Coast


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This map was created with QGIS using a variety of cartographic and procedural techniques to recreate historical mapmaking aesthetics. Most features have been downloaded as raw OSM data, whereas DEM data was filtered and polygonized for escarpment, hilly and mountainous areas. Custom SVG markers that resemble antique map symbology scattered inside designated areas, whose filepaths were dynamically constructed through data-defined expressions combining attribute values with filenames.

03 December 2025
04 December 2025
04 December 2025
Kotze
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Great job, very nice map!

Reviewed by gabrieldeluca 1 week, 3 days ago

gabrieldeluca approved these changes 1 week, 3 days ago

This Map is made available under the CC-0 license.

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