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* Erin Hunter's ''Literature/WarriorCats'' and ''Literature/SeekerBears'' series both have two two-page maps per book: One is the "animal view" map, which is more decorative, having houses and trees and everything drawn out, and labeling it with the animals' names for landmarks. The second is a "human view" map, which labels the landmarks with human names. It also looks more like a proper map: rather than drawing the forest, there is a map key, and it just uses the symbol for "tree" lots of times.

* The map of the {{Pokegirls}} world qualifies, despite technically being Earth 300 years in the future. Due to the horrendous Revenge War in the early 21st century, and later happenings: Australia has been fragmented; something did one hell of a number on Africa; Europe & Asia are barely recognizable as such; North America has been split in two, lost the southeast US and most of Canada, and has been separated from South America; and South America has had a huge chunk blown off. The map can be seen [[http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/pokegirls/leagues.html here]].

** FanFic/ThePalaververse: [[http://i.imgbox.com/PeWTyLjq.png A map]] is included in the Changeling's exposition blog post showing the geography of the AU, including two main continents of Ungula (where Equestria and most of the plot-central nations are) and Dactylia, the island-continents of Ceratos and Saddle Arabia and the archipelagos of the Burning Mountains and the Asinial Main.

* FanFic/ThePalaververse: [[http://i.imgbox.com/PeWTyLjq.png A map]] is included in the Changeling's exposition blog post showing the geography of the AU, including two main continents of Ungula (where Equestria and most of the plot-central nations are) and Dactylia, the island-continents of Ceratos and Saddle Arabia and the archipelagos of the Burning Mountains and the Asinial Main.

* The original releases of the ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfSamuraiCat'' books featured a map of the areas visited in the book, showing them in relation to each other; they also all including an area labeled 'Vermont,' with a spot marked 'Author's House.'

* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' has an in-game map [[WideOpenSandbox that you must uncover throughout the game]]. Here is a [[http://images.roosterteeth.com/images/4ad6590960ef2_bighugemap.jpg complete copy]].

*** This eventually changed with the release of the ''Return to Dominaria'' storyline, which included the release of [[https://d1u5p3l4wpay3k.cloudfront.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/a/af/DominariaMap_2018.jpg?version=1607896a93de6c8d8a03411d0605d5ff a full world map]] of Dominaria, showing the locations and relative sizes of all of the previous Dominarian lands and seas. Among other things, this included the first depiction of the island of Shiv and a much more detailed depiction of Otaria, which included the subcontinent of Tamigazin being retconned to by located on Otaria's northern tip.

** Back in the '90s, Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast released several maps of the world of Dominaria, the main setting of the game, focusing on the continents of Aerona, Terisiare, and Jamuraa. There is also a globe of the entire world hidden away somewhere in [=WotC=] HQ, though no one outside the company has ever seen it. Since then, however, the only map they've published is a very sketchy one of the continent of Otaria. Today they just throw out a new setting every year with no indication of what's where in relation to everything else.

*** It's also worth noting that there is no complete map of Dominaria. Almost all the maps show a single continent, and the most comprehensive map we have shows only a part of the northern hemisphere. Then there are the continents with ''no map at all'', which we have to rely on the background story to fathom where anything's located. Damn you, Pete.

* ''RavenmarkScourgeOfEstellion'' includes a map of Eclisse, the game world. In-between missions, the player is shown his army's position on the map.

Maps of [[ConstructedWorld fantasy worlds]] have been a feature of {{Fantasy}} books ever since Creator/LFrankBaum's Literature/LandOfOz. A visual reference can be very handy. Often drawn in elaborate script, pointing out the DoomedHometown, TheKingdom, TheEmpire, various {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s, each of the FiveRaces' lands, many of the {{Wacky Wayside Tribe}}s, the dangerous ForbiddenZone ({{Mordor}}) and TheLostWoods. Creator/DianaWynneJones's ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'' has a few things to say on the subject of maps, including the fact that if you're on a quest you may expect to visit ''every single place'' [[LawOfConservationOfDetail marked on them]].

* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' likewise has several, although it's not always clear how the different continents relate to each other.
** A fan (and troper) created a map showing the continents in several different configurations and Steven Erikson eventually confirmed one as mostly accurate; it can be found on various fan sites.

** Long before the official map of Equestria came out, [[http://hlissner.deviantart.com/art/Equestria-and-beyond-rev-8-1-253465186 a particularly epic map]] of Equestria and the surrounding world has been under development for an upcoming fanfic, ''[[http://wtwe.wikia.com/wiki/Where_the_World_Ends_Wiki Where the World Ends]]''. It uses locations that appear in other fan works such as [[FanFic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor Gildedale]]. Many of the map's fantasy elements originate in the lore pertaining to the story it's written for. Needless to say, the map is significantly more detailed than the official one, and includes an enormous amount of fan-made lands. See that small green country near the lower right corner? That's Equestria.
** [[http://vikonaut.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-Equestria-MLP-FIM-263695231 Another]] pre-official map shows Equestria and surrounding lands as a [[AFterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] U.S. East Coast. It's nearly as complex and detailed as the one above -- Canterlot, Ponyville and Cloudsdale are all rubbing shoulders in a tiny patch of the northwest of the map.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': An official map has been present for a while, but has evolved and been added to fairly consistently over the course of the show. The [[http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/13c677ba-a271-44c1-bc88-267b9eeb4335/43658821-d205-45d6-aa54-169154af5c6a.jpg original version]] released was fairly simplistic and mostly showed Equestria itself and some areas around its borders. The [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5l0C_W9Ps/Vh9gxWnaXKI/AAAAAAAAA98/kYLCGxpkHmI/s1600/eq_map.jpg a second version]], released around Season 5, edited and retconned some of the old geography to include newer locations and expanded to cover some areas beyond what the old map did; the journey to A.K. Yearling’s house in the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don't]]'' can be [[http://cheezburger.com/7946296576 retraced on it]]. [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2017/10/6/1553160.png The third update]], released for [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], is chiefly an extension of the second, tacking on new lands to the south of the previous areas. As a whole, these maps make abundant used of HereThereBeDragons.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls Adventures: Redguard, VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind, VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion,'' and their related [[ExpansionPackWorld expansion packs]] come with paper maps (a cloth map, for ''Redguard'') packaged in the boxes. They are designed to look like someone who actually lives in ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''' world drew them -- ''Oblivion's'' map even has a watermark and signature.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' also comes with a rather detailed paper map of the province.

** The plane of Ixalan also got [[https://mtg.gamepedia.com/media/mtg.gamepedia.com/d/d4/Ixalan_map.png?version=58101e725f4e592dceedffca8c4eff54 a map]] of the eponymous continent and the surrounding seas, showing the locations of various story-important areas such as the cities of the Sun Empire, the merfolk territories, the conquistador forts and the floating city of High and Dry. Torrezon, the other named continent of the plane of Ixalan, is not shown, but this does not have much of an impact, since in-story it only exists as a place for the conquistadors and the pirates to have come from in the backstory.

** [[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Image:Kamigawa.jpg There is a mao for Kamigawa]], although it just shows a small, isolated part of the world.

* Back in the '90s, Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast released several maps of the world of Dominaria, the main setting of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', focusing on the continents of Aerona, Terisiare, and Jamuraa. There is also a globe of the entire world hidden away somewhere in [=WotC=] HQ, though no one outside the company has ever seen it. Since then, however, the only map they've published is a very sketchy one of the continent of Otaria. Today they just throw out a new setting every year with no indication of what's where in relation to everything else.
** Pete Venters (creator of the aforementioned globe) did release [[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Image:Dominariaglobe.jpg a map based on it]]. It only shows one hemisphere and there's a few clouds, but Aerona and other land masses are recognizable.
*** [[http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Image:Kamigawa.jpg There is a Kamigawa map]], it just shows a small, isolated part of the world.
** It's also worth noting that there is no complete map of Dominaria. Almost all the maps show a single continent, and the most comprehensive map we have shows only a part of the northern hemisphere. Then there are the continents with ''no map at all'', which we have to rely on the background story to fathom where they're located. Damn you, Pete.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': An official map has been present for a while, but has evolved and been added to fairly consistently over the course of the show. The [[http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/13c677ba-a271-44c1-bc88-267b9eeb4335/43658821-d205-45d6-aa54-169154af5c6a.jpg original version]] released was fairly simplistic and mostly showed Equestria itself and some areas around its borders. The [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5l0C_W9Ps/Vh9gxWnaXKI/AAAAAAAAA98/kYLCGxpkHmI/s1600/eq_map.jpg a second version]], released around Season 5, edited and retconned some of the old geography to include newer locations and expanded to cover some areas beyond what the old map did; the journey to A.K. Yearling’s house in the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don't]]'' can be [[http://cheezburger.com/7946296576 retraced on it]].%%The third update, released for [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], is chiefly an extension of the second, tacking on new lands to the south of the previous areas. As a whole, these maps make abundant used of HereThereBeDragons.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': An official map has been present for a while, but has evolved and been added to fairly consistently over the course of the show. The [[http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/13c677ba-a271-44c1-bc88-267b9eeb4335/43658821-d205-45d6-aa54-169154af5c6a.jpg original version]] released was fairly simplistic and mostly showed Equestria itself and some areas around its borders. The [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5l0C_W9Ps/Vh9gxWnaXKI/AAAAAAAAA98/kYLCGxpkHmI/s1600/eq_map.jpg a second version]], released around Season 5, edited and retconned some of the old geography to include newer locations and expanded to cover some areas beyond what the old map did; the journey to A.K. Yearling’s house in the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don't]]'' can be [[http://cheezburger.com/7946296576 retraced on it]]. [[https://derpicdn.net/img/view/2017/10/6/1553160.png The third update]], released for [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], is chiefly an extension of the second, tacking on new lands to the south of the previous areas. As a whole, these maps make abundant used of HereThereBeDragons.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uj5l0C_W9Ps/Vh9gxWnaXKI/AAAAAAAAA98/kYLCGxpkHmI/s1600/eq_map.jpg a map of Equestria]], and the journey to A.K. Yearling’s house in the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont Daring Don’t]]'' can be [[http://cheezburger.com/7946296576 retraced on it]].

* Long before the official map of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] came out, [[http://hlissner.deviantart.com/art/Equestria-and-beyond-rev-8-1-253465186 a particularly epic map]] of Equestria and the surrounding world has been under development for an upcoming fanfic, ''[[http://wtwe.wikia.com/wiki/Where_the_World_Ends_Wiki Where the World Ends]]''. It uses locations that appear in other fan works such as [[FanFic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor Gildedale]]. Many of the map's fantasy elements originate in the lore pertaining to the story it's written for. Needless to say, the map is significantly more detailed than the official one. See that small green country near the lower right corner? That's Equestria.
** [[http://vikonaut.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-Equestria-MLP-FIM-263695231 Another]] pre-official map shows Equestria and surrounding lands as a [[AFterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] U.S. East Coast. It's nearly as complex and detailed as the one above--Canterlot, Ponyville and Cloudsdale are all rubbing shoulders in a tiny patch of the northwest of the map.

* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' published full-color insert maps of the World of Two Moons (Abode) and its solar system in the 1980s. (They can probably still be found on the ''[=ElfQuest=]'' [[http://www.elfquest.com/ website]].)

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', during the Magic World arc various maps of the MagicWorld (global, regional and local) get shown, sometimes with the map of Japan superimposed for size comparison purposes. Actually a subversion as [[spoiler:its actually an accurate map of ''Mars'' with oceans filled in]] which you [[GeniusBonus might notice]] early if you know some astronomy.

* ''Anime/Acca13TerritoryInspectionDept'' is a mature show about employees of a government agency, most of whom are over 30, including the main character. It deals with adult relationships and political intrigue. It also takes place on a continent shaped like a bird.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'', also from Hiro Mashima, shows a large, similarly vague continent map early on, and in a much later arc shows there's a bigger continent across the sea. The original Fiore Kingdom gets turned into a PatchworkMap when a particularly powerful sorceress magically shifts ''the entire kingdom at random''.

* The map of Amestris and surrounding areas in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' are an important part of the plot later on.
** In the very first scene of ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood'', King Bradley stands next to a bigger, more well-drawn-out version mounted on a wall, as he briefs Colonel Mustang on his mission.