Gallery: Interactive Post-Apocalyptic Map Turns Your Town Into a Space Colony

  • Paris
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
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    Paris

    "Paris is probably my favorite city to look at while designing maps. I love all of the large round plazas and intricate buildings all over the city," Lutz said.
  • Atlantic Coast
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    02

    Atlantic Coast

    "I took advantage of TileMill’s extensive text customization to change the names of all major cities into space colonies. I also removed all of the water labels, since they distracted from the illusion of floating in space," Lutz said.
  • Manhattan
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    03

    Manhattan

    The tip of Manhattan, with exaggerated markers for points of interest to simulate city lights.
  • SF Bay Area
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    04

    SF Bay Area

    San Francisco "Colony" and the surrounding Bay Area.
  • WIRED HQ
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    05

    WIRED HQ

    The area around WIRED's headquarters in San Francisco.
  • MapBox HQ
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    06

    MapBox HQ

    The D.C. headquarters of MapBox are marked by a spaceship.
  • Canada
    Illustrations by Eleanor Lutz/MapBox
    07

    Canada

    "I also made fake grid lines by outlining forests and other land types that are normally left hidden," Lutz said.
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