Canal grid
Long, straight canals cut across the delta and meet at right angles. They form the main structure of the map and set the direction of almost every road and field boundary.
Minimalist map poster · Vietnam
9.8000° N / 105.1000° E
Straight canals and field lines cross flat delta land, with houses strung along the waterways instead of gathered around a centre

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Xóm Cái Nước sits in the low, flat country of the Mexican Mekong Delta's southern reach in Vietnam, where the land is barely above water. From above, the map is mostly a pattern of waterways: long, straight canals dug for irrigation and transport, meeting narrower channels at right angles. Roads usually run beside the water, so the built-up area stretches along the banks in thin lines.
This is a settlement that grew along its canals rather than around one square. Houses, small shops and landings follow the waterways, and the space between them opens into rectangular fields separated by ditches and embankments. At poster scale, all these lines add up to something that looks almost like a woven textile. The dense clusters show where waterways meet, and the empty blocks between them are rice land and orchards.
A Xóm Cái Nước map poster makes that geometry easy to read. There are no hills or coastline in the frame, only the fine logic of water managed by hand over generations. In black and white, the canals become the strongest strokes and the roads beside them look like shadows. Few maps show so clearly how people have shaped flat land to live with water.
Long, straight canals cut across the delta and meet at right angles. They form the main structure of the map and set the direction of almost every road and field boundary.
Homes and roads follow the waterways, so the built-up area appears as long, thin lines rather than a single compact centre.
Between the canals, rectangular plots divided by small ditches create a quiet repeating texture that fills the open spaces of the poster.
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 Xóm Cái Nước
People who grew up in the Mekong Delta, or who have family there, often find that a map explains home better than a photograph. The canals they crossed every day become the lines on the wall, and the pattern is instantly recognisable to anyone who knows it.
You can add your own title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example a family name or a year, and choose from five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. It is available as HD digital files or as a printed poster.
Order the Xóm Cái Nước 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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