Irrigation-led lanes
Many roads run alongside the canals and ditches that distribute water across the oasis. Together they form long parallel lines that give the map its underlying structure.
Tabula geographica minimalis · China
38.4127° N / 77.2303° E
An oasis settlement beside Yarkand, where canals, straight lanes and field boundaries form a fine rural grid





Una urbs, quinque animi
Tange formam ut eam in pariete videas. Omnis forma eodem pretio constat — typis impressa, compagine inclusa, vel ut fasciculi HD.
Pixelli veri · fasciculus impressionis 24 × 36″Ad imprimendum acuta
Haec est particula 100% fasciculi impressionis veri. Omnis tabula — typis impressa, compagine inclusa, vel demissa — in servis nostris ad 300 DPI conficitur, usque ad 7,200 × 10,800 pixellos, ut etiam angustissimae viae in impressione 24 × 36″ nitidae maneant.
In pariete



Tabula
Gulebage lies in the Yarkand oasis in southwestern Xinjiang, on the edge of the county town of Shache. Water from the mountains shapes this landscape, carried across flat land by canals and ditches. On a map the result is a patchwork of straight lanes, long field plots and clusters of houses. The desert is never far beyond them.
The Yarkand oasis was a stop on the southern Silk Road route around the Taklamakan Desert, and its settlement pattern reflects a long farming tradition. Roads tend to follow irrigation lines, so the grid comes less from planning and more from how water is shared. Lanes and channels run side by side, and the fields between them read as long, narrow rectangles.
A Gulebage map poster captures that quiet order in fine lines. Streets are denser toward Shache and thin out into village lanes further away, until cultivation gives way to dry ground. It is an unusual subject for a wall and a meaningful one for anyone with ties to this corner of Xinjiang.
Many roads run alongside the canals and ditches that distribute water across the oasis. Together they form long parallel lines that give the map its underlying structure.
Toward the county town the street network thickens into a denser urban pattern, in clear contrast with the looser rural lanes around it.
Between the roads, cultivated plots form narrow rectangles and irregular parcels. They leave pale areas on the poster that reflect the oasis farmland.
Tuam fac
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
Specimen gratuitum resolutionis humilis est cum nota aquatica. Impressiones et fasciculi HD ad 300 DPI conficiuntur, usque ad 7,200 × 10,800 px, sine nota aquatica.
Cur Gulebage
An oasis map has its own beauty: a small world of order held together by water, set against a much larger emptiness. For people from the Yarkand area, or for anyone who has travelled the southern Silk Road, it is a personal and uncommon piece to frame.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line are all editable, so you can write the name in your own spelling or add a date. Choose one of five styles, from Classic black & white through Noir, Paper and Blueprint to Sand. Download 300 DPI files for $9 or order a printed poster.
Eme tabulam Gulebage| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a {printFrom}, missione inclusa.
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a {framedFrom}, missione inclusa.
Missio ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quaeque tabula a proximo nostrorum sociorum impressionis in plus quam 30 nationibus imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies operis pervenit. Statum et vestigationem sub Emptionibus Meis sequi potes.
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.