Re-Draw The US Borders (shop, move, island)

[Hudlander]

Just finished reading the book "How The States Got Their Shapes."
Awesome.

Wondering if any of you reading are good at photoshop like this dude was for NJ: http://i.imgur.com/Pwnf4.jpg

because
1) If possible, re-draw the US to have more logical state borders and boundaries. You do not have to have 50 states.

For instance, this is my take:
-I would leave Maine alone
-The CT river to Maine would be MA
-Everything from the Hudson to the CT River would be CT
-Manhattan/Long Island/Staten Island would be New York
-NJ would follow the DE river until it ends; then have a straight line to the Hudson River.
-The Rest of current "NY" would be it's own state called "Seneca or Mohawk"
-Florida would be divided between North and South OR I just may extend Alabama down all the way to the Gulf; Georgia would extend down into FL until it reached the Gulf, then straight line to the Atlantic
-the VA/NC border would be the actual 36 30
-this border would extend all the way to Nevada and serve as the line between KY/TN, MO/Ark/Kansas OK and so fourth
-OK would have no panhandle; Texas would just extend north
-NM would move the eastern border east until the extreme NE matched with Colorado to create another "Four States" border.
-CA would divide between North and South


Can someone map this; and if wanted; make your own new US map too.

[LongIslandPerson]

Originally Posted by Hudlander

Just finished reading the book "How The States Got Their Shapes."
Awesome.

Wondering if any of you reading are good at photoshop like this dude was for NJ: http://i.imgur.com/Pwnf4.jpg

because
1) If possible, re-draw the US to have more logical state borders and boundaries. You do not have to have 50 states.

For instance, this is my take:
-I would leave Maine alone
-The CT river to Maine would be MA
-Everything from the Hudson to the CT River would be CT
-Manhattan/Long Island/Staten Island would be New York
-NJ would follow the DE river until it ends; then have a straight line to the Hudson River.
-The Rest of current "NY" would be it's own state called "Seneca or Mohawk"
-Florida would be divided between North and South OR I just may extend Alabama down all the way to the Gulf; Georgia would extend down into FL until it reached the Gulf, then straight line to the Atlantic
-the VA/NC border would be the actual 36 30
-this border would extend all the way to Nevada and serve as the line between KY/TN, MO/Ark/Kansas OK and so fourth
-OK would have no panhandle; Texas would just extend north
-NM would move the eastern border east until the extreme NE matched with Colorado to create another "Four States" border.
-CA would divide between North and South


Can someone map this; and if wanted; make your own new US map too.

Wow, I would have to be very descriptive. I wish there was some kind of interactive map that we could be creative with.

[cry_havoc]

Originally Posted by LongIslandPerson

Wow, I would have to be very descriptive. I wish there was some kind of interactive map that we could be creative with.

The internets is full of such maps.







It is easy to make such a map. Either draw a picture and scan it in, or create it yourself using a computer. You could make a map like this in paint.,