Converging roads
A handful of routes meet in the town centre and then fan out into the countryside. On the map they read as a loose star shape with the settlement at its hub.
Minimalist map poster · Madagascar
17.0101° S / 48.5731° E
A small highland town on the rolling hills north of Lake Alaotra, with red-earth tracks leading out through open farmland

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Andilamena sits in the Alaotra-Mangoro region of eastern Madagascar, on the rolling uplands north of the Lake Alaotra basin. From above, the town is a compact knot of lanes. It thins quickly into scattered homesteads, fields and unpaved roads that run across the hills. Few streets are paved, so the linework is light and irregular. It follows the ground more than any plan.
The town is best known outside Madagascar for its link to the gem trade. Around the turn of the millennium, ruby finds in the surrounding district drew miners and dealers to the area. The name still turns up in gemological writing. Beyond that, Andilamena is an agricultural town and a local market centre for a thinly populated part of the island.
A black-and-white rendering suits a place like this. With no dense grid to fill the frame, the Andilamena map poster is about spacing: a few converging roads, a cluster of built-up blocks, and wide stretches of open ground around them. The result is quiet and spare. It reads more like a sketch of a settlement than a diagram of a city.
A handful of routes meet in the town centre and then fan out into the countryside. On the map they read as a loose star shape with the settlement at its hub.
Beyond the last houses, the map opens into broad empty space. It shows the rolling upland terrain between the Lake Alaotra basin and the forested escarpments further east.
The core has no formal grid. Its short lanes bend and branch as the ground allows, which gives the centre a hand-drawn, organic texture in fine black line.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Andilamena
For people with family roots in Alaotra-Mangoro, or anyone who has worked or travelled in this part of Madagascar, a map of Andilamena marks a place that rarely appears on printed maps at all. The spare composition also works on a wall as a piece of minimal graphic design.
You can set your own title and subtitle, change the coordinates line, or add a meaningful date. Choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. The warmer Paper and Sand tones suit the earthy character of the landscape.
Order the Andilamena poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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