Branching lanes
Narrow roads fork and curve between house plots instead of forming a grid. They produce a fine, root-like network that fills most of the frame.
Minimalist map poster · India
10.3764° N / 76.2015° E
A green Kerala settlement where winding lanes, scattered houses and paddy land blur into one soft, irregular pattern

One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
This is a 100% crop of the real print file. Every poster — printed, framed or downloaded — is rendered on our servers at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, so even the smallest lanes stay crisp on a 24 × 36″ print.
On the wall



The map
Porathissery is in central Kerala, in the low country between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. It does not look like a compact town from above. Houses are scattered along lanes that bend around coconut gardens, ponds and small plots. The result is a dense, organic web with no clear centre and few straight lines.
This kind of settlement pattern is typical of Kerala, where villages and towns often merge into one continuous inhabited landscape. On the map, roads rarely meet at right angles. They split, curve and rejoin, following old property lines and slight rises in the ground. Where the land is too wet to build on, open patches mark paddy fields.
Printed large, the Porathissery map poster reads almost like a fingerprint. It is made of many small, curving strokes rather than blocks and avenues. That makes it a quiet, detailed piece, and it rewards a closer look. People who know the place will pick out their own lane and junction among the lines.
Narrow roads fork and curve between house plots instead of forming a grid. They produce a fine, root-like network that fills most of the frame.
Low-lying paddy land and water bodies stay free of buildings. They appear as calm empty shapes against the denser pattern of lanes around them.
The settlement fades gradually into its neighbours, as is common in Kerala. On the map, the town has no sharp outline and reads as one continuous inhabited landscape.
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 Porathissery
A map of Porathissery is a personal object, most often ordered by someone from the area who now lives elsewhere in India or in the Gulf. It works as a reminder of the lanes they walked every day, drawn without the noise of a satellite image.
You can add a family name, a house name or a meaningful date to the title and subtitle, and adjust the coordinates line. Five styles are available. Sand and Paper feel warm and domestic, and Noir sharpens the dense web of roads.
Order the Porathissery 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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