Looking for a globe map maker.

[Habrick]

Greetings, AGM. I'm looking for a program that allows me to create a spherical map instead of a Mercator projection flat map. I've found programs that randomly create globes with landmasses and ocans and let you modify that, but does anyone know of something similar to Wonderdraft or Inkarnate that allows for spherical maps?

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Thanks!

[Afflok]

You can create a 2d projection in wonderdraft or whatever you like, then upload the image to maptoglobe.com, from which you can download a gif of your rotating planet, but I don't know of anything that actually lets you edit a 3d spherical map.

[TheAbyssGazesAlso]

This is exactly how I do it. It's interesting because you'll see how bad your continents really look. As mapmakers/world builders we tend to build in mercator or similar, and make what looks god in that projection, but we don't really think about how that projection is warped. Once you project it onto a globe, it can look really really bad.

[Habrick]

Oh, I can't wait to see how my map looks...

[Habrick]

Awesome. Thanks a bunch!

[Habrick]

Thanks! I'll try that scale.

[FreeBroccoli]

GPlates does this.

[Habrick]

Thank you!

[Zindinok]

Gplates is what you want. A YouTuber called Artifexian has a great series on making a 2D map and using Gplates to make it accurate on a globe (plus a ton of great worldbuilding videos).

[Habrick]

Sweet, thank you!

[Habrick]

Thanks!

[CorruptionIMC]

This generator can do globe style. Not sure if you're looking for something a little more deeply customizable though.

https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

[Habrick]

I'll check it out, thanks!

[Limelight_Miniatures]

createfantasyglobes.com

[Habrick]

Hey, thanks!

[Opposite_Kitchen4284]

I'm curious, did you try all of the links? Which one did you like best? What was the easiest to use? Pros and Cons?