Inverted World Map

Explore different ways of looking at the world with upside down, rotated, or inverted maps. Learn about the history, culture, and geography of various regions and perspectives from an upside down perspective.

It's incredible that it works as two world maps. Many thanks to Mr. Faiella for sending in this map. Find out more on his map-based art at his Pataphysical Atlas. Strange Maps 594.

Oriented with South at the top, this quotupside-downquot world map presents a disconcerting image, but clearly conveys a message that unconventional world views can be meaningful. Prepared for an organization that reports on global poverty and inequality, the map helps to teach quotpeople to see the world from a broader, more inclusive perspective.quot

Upside Down maps also known as South-Up or Reversed maps offer a completely different perspective of the world we live in. Learn about the history, effects and features of this map orientation and see examples of Upside Down World Map.

The Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by al-Idrisi in 1154 The Blue Marble photograph in its original orientation 1. South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside-down maps or reversed maps.

Explore a fictional planet where the oceans are mountains and the mountains are oceans. Learn how this inverse map affects the climate and the land area of the world.

Stuart McArthur's Universal Corrective Map of the World, first published in 1979, is a famous quotupside downquot view of the world, where the South is at the top and the North is at the bottom. It's considered a corrective map because it attempts to challenge the traditional Euro-centric bias often occurring in world map depictions.

An Inverted World Map. Frans Blok has created an incredibly detailed inverse map of the world, where all the current landmasses have been turned into water and oceans, lakes, and rivers converted into land.. Not only the coast lines are reversed in this world. Also, the relief is consistently the opposite of reality.

The south up world map reminds us that a large part of how we view the map and by extension the world is unconscious and automatic. By looking at an upside-down world map the machinery of the mind is revealed. On these unconscious foundations stand all our prejudices about the world and the people, plants, and animals that inhabit it.

Explore a topsy-turvy world where land and water switch places, creating a different climate, landscape and culture. See the detailed map, inspired by the Blue Marble maps by NASA, and learn about the features and challenges of this inverted planet.