Quote Originally Posted by RobA View Post
Another couple of variants of this technique are to invert the water/land and play with scale. For example the first map of upstate Michigan (100 km across the whole map) can represent the edge of an entire continent (1000 km across). Landscapes are fractal and self similar enough that this works well.
Wow I never thought of doing something like that for a map. Inverting it makes so much sense. Feeling inspired, thanks for the tip