Case study

LoreMaps: a static rewrite of a fantasy-map atlas

A static Astro atlas rewritten from the project’s earlier ASP.NET MVC site. Shipped map definitions in src/maps name each tile pyramid, image size, and meters-per-pixel scale, and npm run build writes the static site to dist/.

Targets: Website
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-03

Stars: 23
Last commit: 2026-08-23
Language: TypeScript

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The README calls this a from-scratch rewrite of the aspnet-mvc-live branch as a static site, with Leaflet 1.9 as the only runtime dependency. package.json requires Node.js >= 22.12.0, and its build script is astro build. The README says npm run build writes static output to dist/.
Testing evidence: src/maps/faerun.ts ships a 4763 by 3185 image, tilesUrl https://loremaps.github.io/LoreMaps-Faerun-Tiles/Tiles, and metersPerPixel 1287.473. src/maps/got.ts ships a 4642 by 4642 image, tilesUrl https://loremaps.github.io/LoreMaps-GoT-Tiles/Tiles, and metersPerPixel 2266.681.
License: The pinned tree has no LICENSE file. The README credits the Faerûn image to Pocket Plane Group and the Known World map to serMountainGoat under CC-BY-NC-SA. got.ts links the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 deed. Tile images are hosted outside this repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{loremaps-atlas-case,
  title = {{LoreMaps: a static rewrite of a fantasy-map atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/loremaps/loremaps}},
  url = {https://github.com/loremaps/loremaps},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/loremaps-atlas-case/}}
}

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LoreMaps: a static rewrite of a fantasy-map atlas. https://github.com/loremaps/loremaps (accessed 2026-11-03). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/loremaps-atlas-case/

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README.md GitHub · loremaps/loremaps · Revision 659dc5b
package.json GitHub · loremaps/loremaps · Revision 659dc5b
src/maps/faerun.ts GitHub · loremaps/loremaps · Revision 659dc5b
src/maps/got.ts GitHub · loremaps/loremaps · Revision 659dc5b