Cartographia

Sports

Only for iPhone

Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

An atlas you can step inside. Cartographia is an interactive museum of historical cities, each rendered as a flyable miniature world — a low-poly 3D diorama you can orbit, wander, and explore at your own pace. Less a textbook than an exhibition; less a game than a quiet, beautiful place to think. Tilt above the seven hills of Imperial Rome. Drift across the Bosphorus toward the great dome of Hagia Sophia. Cross the Nihonbashi beneath Mount Fuji as the lamps of Edo come alight. Drag the sun across the sky and watch shadows lengthen, windows kindle at dusk, and the colour of the air change with the hour. Three cities at their zenith • Imperial Rome, c. 125 CE — the Colosseum, Pantheon, Forum, Circus Maximus, and the Tiber, under Hadrian. • Constantinople, c. 1200 CE — Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, the Theodosian Walls, and the Golden Horn, on the eve of the Fourth Crusade. • Edo (Tokyo), c. 1825 — Edo Castle, Sensō-ji, the Yoshiwara, and Mount Fuji on the horizon, in the last age of the shogun. Tap to learn Pulsing markers float above every significant landmark. Tap one and the camera glides to a curated view while a museum-style plate rises with its name, its date, and a paragraph of context written in the voice of a generous teacher — with real, attributed sources. The Reading Room Long-form essays accompany every city, set in proper manuscript typography with illuminated drop caps — and embedded with interactive 3D fragments you can spin in your hand. Writing that respects both the source material and the reader. Your Field Journal Bookmark the places that move you, add your own notes, and keep a timeline of where you've wandered. Export an illustrated travel journal as a PDF — the kind of thing you might print and keep. Crafted, not generated Every city is built procedurally in pure Swift — no photographs, no downloads, no accounts. The aesthetic draws on the British Museum, Studio Ghibli concept art, and the great illustrated atlases of the Renaissance: scholarly, enchanting, and made to be lingered over. Made for the curious For students, history enthusiasts, museum-goers, classics teachers, and anyone who has ever wished they could walk through a vanished world. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. • No internet required — explore entirely offline. • Full support for iPhone and iPad, light and dark. "All roads lead to Rome." Begin your journey.

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Hello users, in this update we made the following changes: - Updated main tab UI - More responsive map views - Better object rendering

Version 1.1

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    Seller
    • ROMAN PTAK
    Size
    • 4.7 MB
    Category
    • Sports
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • Roman Ptak ©
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