Valley-bound streets
The street network stretches along the flatter ground and pulls back where the slopes begin, which gives the town an elongated, organic outline rather than a square or radial one.
Pōhita mape faigofie · China
26.6167° N / 101.2715° E
A compact mountain town in northern Yunnan, its streets fitted into a narrow valley and pulled into shape by steep ground





Taone e tahi, lagona e lima
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Pixels mo'i · Faila lomiga 24 × 36″Manino mo te lomiga
Ko se kupega 100% mai te faila lomiga mo'i. Poster uma — pe lomiina, fakapipi'i i faleata, pe download-ina — e fakaatagia i luga o a matou setula i te 300 DPI, e oo atu ki te 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, ina ia mautinoa e ma'ai pea auala tuai foki i luga o se lomiga 24 × 36″.
I luga o te pa



Te mape
Zhongxin sits in the upland country of northern Yunnan, where ridgelines run close together and level ground is scarce. On a map the town reads as a tight cluster of streets fitted into whatever flat land the terrain allows, with roads leaving along the valleys rather than cutting straight across. The blank space around it is not emptiness but slope, the steep ground that shapes every settlement in this part of the province.
The streets are practical rather than ceremonial. A main road carries most of the movement, and a finer mesh of lanes fills the blocks on either side, thinning quickly as the ground rises. In black and white the pattern looks almost like a leaf: one strong central vein, smaller branches off it, and edges that fade out where the contours become too steep to build on.
A Zhongxin map poster keeps that relationship between town and terrain in view. With labels and colour stripped away, the eye goes straight to structure: the density at the centre, the looser fringe, the few lines that climb away toward neighbouring villages. It is a quiet portrait of a mountain town in southwest China, drawn from the same open map data used for every place on this site.
The street network stretches along the flatter ground and pulls back where the slopes begin, which gives the town an elongated, organic outline rather than a square or radial one.
A handful of routes leave the centre and wind outward, their curves tracing the contours that link Zhongxin with the farms and small settlements of the surrounding uplands.
Short blocks and closely spaced lanes at the middle form the darkest area of the print, a compact core that stands out against the sparse, wandering lines at the edges.
Fai mo koe
Fakaopoopo he aho, he igoa pe he upu a koe, hui te faiga, te lahi pe te tūlaga.
Ko te va'aiga e leai se totogi e maualalo tona resolution ma iai se fakailoga vai. E fakaatagia lomiga ma faila HD i te 300 DPI, e oo atu ki te 7,200 × 10,800 px, e aunoa ma se fakailoga vai.
Aiheā Zhongxin
For anyone who grew up in Zhongxin, or who travelled through northern Yunnan and remembers its mountain roads, this map keeps a small place at full scale on the wall. Its organic, leaf-like outline suits a hallway or study, somewhere it can be looked at up close.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line are yours to change, so you can add a family name or a year. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, then download the HD files for $9 or order a printed poster.
Oka te poster Zhongxin| Lahi o te lomiga | Manino | Faila |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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