We are thrilled to release the first installment of our new maps, developed in partnership with Greg Van Wagner of SommGeo! This initial set of maps features 26 key wine regions around the world. For every region covered, we have both a topographic and an outline map. Stay tuned—more maps are coming soon!
These maps are a result of your feedback, so be sure to tell us what you think and which regions we should prioritize in the next installment.
Find all of our new maps in the Maps section, or head straight to the Topographic or Outline map gallery if there's a specific version you need.
Only had time to look at a few of these, but I'm somewhat familiar with the project before it went behind a paywall. Very similar concept to what I've been doing in Google Earth Pro (GEP) the past few years. Some of which I've uploaded in the past. These look way more polished than mine :) But I'm also able to manipulate the world so it's just a different way to do things.These kinds of maps absolutely address the biggest issue I've have had for decades with wine maps. They look amateurish. I've even commented that some look like a 4 year old drew them in crayon. Yes, more recently others are putting out accurate maps, but it's been a long time coming. As a fellow mapmaker, I can attest to the tedious work for long hours to get the information. Some of it is easy to obtain and download AND is frequently updated (cf. TTB's datasets), others require you to literally draw the boundaries because no one has access to the data. Or they don't know who does. Plus much of the data isn't free or is technically subject to copyright (even ones from a government agency). And don't get me started with the descriptions from Italy.Anyway, I look forward to checking them out and downloading the lot for myself! The days of me using GEP are numbered due to support being dropped both by Mac OS in the future and Google themselves not putting out more updates at some point in the future as well. There are other ways obviously to do my versions, I just lose certain flexibility and creativity for free.