Valley alignment
The streets run along the valley floor, giving the town a stretched outline that follows the shape of the land rather than a planned grid.
Minimalist map poster · China
34.8511° N / 106.0017° E
A small Gansu town set in a valley of the Loess Plateau, its streets following the lowest, flattest ground

One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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On the wall



The map
Baituo sits in the southeastern part of Gansu, in country shaped by the Loess Plateau, where soft hills are cut by gullies and river valleys. On a map, settlement tends to follow the valley floors, and the town's streets line up along the flatter ground rather than spreading evenly.
The result is an elongated shape: a main road carrying most of the activity, with side streets and lanes branching off where the terrain allows. Beyond them, field tracks and paths wind along the slopes.
A Baituo map poster turns that pattern into a clean, linear composition. The town reads as a thread of streets within a larger, folded landscape, a very different picture from the grid of a plains city.
The streets run along the valley floor, giving the town a stretched outline that follows the shape of the land rather than a planned grid.
One principal road carries the town from end to end, with shorter streets attached to it like branches.
Around the town, winding tracks trace the slopes and gullies typical of the Loess Plateau, adding fine, irregular lines to the map.
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 Baituo
For people from Baituo, or with family there, a map of the valley and its streets is a quiet way to keep home in view, especially in a city far away. The spare design suits modern rooms well.
Write your own title and subtitle, set the coordinates line and choose one of five styles, from Classic black & white to Blueprint or Sand. Files come as 300 DPI PNG and PDF in six sizes for $9.
Order the Baituo 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.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
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.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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