Conmap

If you've thought about the geography of your planet, you'll eventually need a ConMap to organize the information. This section deals with how to make good, realistic, and eye-pleasing maps.

Table of Contents

 * Getting Ready
 * Projections
 * The Basic Outline
 * Nations
 * Mountains
 * Thematic Maps
 * Finishing Touches
 * Examples of Conworld Maps

Computerized mapping
Mapping software tools provide a wide array of options for creating maps at many different levels as well as rendered scenes of landscapes based on those maps.

Free software

 * TerraJ by Martin Smith, an open source Java cross-platform solar system generator combining Fractal Planet, StarGen, and Planet Generator
 * GeoMorph relief editor
 * G.Projector by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a free cross-platform Java application that can reproject a map from a cylindrical projection to a Mercator projection, for example
 * AutoRealm is an open source mapping utility for creating maps of castles, dungeons, and cities

Commercial software

 * L3DT by Bundysoft, a comprehensive commercial terrain modeling solution.
 * Fractal Mapper by Nbos Software, targeted at maps more similar to human-drawn maps
 * AstroSynthesis by Nbos Software, a star-mapping tool that maps the positions of groups of nearby stars in 3D
 * Daylon Leveller by Daylon Graphics, a terrain sculpting application for Windows
 * Terragen by Planetside Software, a terrain generator and rendering application

Unknown status

 * Wilbur by Joe Slayton, a free digital terrain sculpting application for Windows
 * The Galaxy galaxy generator by Dmytry Lavrov