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[[File:YouTubeRecognizesMappingSearchResults.png|thumb|The YouTube search results when typing "Alternate Future" as of 2015.]]
[[File:YouTubeRecognizesMappingSearchResults.png|thumb|The YouTube search results when typing "Alternate Future" as of 2015.]]
The term "Mapping", used as a substituting word for alternate future, is based off of the fanbase of alternative future, alternate history, history, etc. In a certain context, it refers to any mapping video with characterization or personification of countries and their interactions starting with MervueMeringue. It comprised of maps of Europe, which lead to a person, called TheJarJar99, to create the term Mapping. It was later popularized and made official by 99batran whom coined the term for the fanbase called "Mappers". The term had later been officially used by MervueMeringue.
The term "Mapping", used as a substituting word for alternate future, is based off of the fanbase of alternative future, alternate history, history, etc. In a certain context, it refers to any mapping video with characterization or personification of countries and their interactions starting with MervueMeringue. It comprised of maps of Europe, which lead to a person, called TheJarJar99, to create the term Mapping. It was later popularized and made official by 99batran whom coined the term for the fanbase called "Mappers". The term had later been officially used by MervueMeringue.
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!Type of Mapping
!Type of Mapping
!Nonfiction vs fiction content
!Nonfiction vs fiction content
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!Distinguishes factions  
!Distinguishes factions  
!Animation style
!Animation style
!Examples
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|VideoMapping
|VideoMapping
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|Solid color pallettes
|Solid color pallettes
|Slide-by-slide animation
|Slide-by-slide animation
|Emperor Tigerstar, POGKPP, Vologda Mapping
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| GeoMapping
| GeoMapping
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|Solid color pallettes
|Solid color pallettes
| Constant morphing shapes
| Constant morphing shapes
|Maps in a Nutshell
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|-
|GeoMapping (Minecraft)
|GeoMapping (Minecraft)
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|Flags
|Flags
|None
|None
|FunkierTitan, JPWilson, MasonsMappingz
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|-
|Alt History Mapping
|Alt History Mapping
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|Solid color pallettes  
|Solid color pallettes  
|Varies
|Varies
|RBM, WTF CD [FOXY], Sparta the Mapper
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|-
|Mapperdonian Mapping
|Mapperdonian Mapping
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|Solid color pallettes  
|Solid color pallettes  
|Slideshow storytelling  
|Slideshow storytelling  
|Bace Bulgarian Mapper, Kyiv Mapping, Miksi XIII
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|-
|Flag Mapping
|Flag Mapping
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|Flags
|Flags
|Varies  
|Varies  
|Geography and Space
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|-
|WTF CD FOXY Mapping
|GeoTubing
|Fiction
|Either fiction or non-fiction
|Digitally drawn raster-based maps
|Digitally drawn raster-based maps
|Solid color pallettes
|Usually in a shorts format
|Infographic storytelling
|None
|Korac Mapping, Enfemapping
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 29 January 2025

A frame from Super LV's Alternate Future of the World: The Movie. The very first Mapping video to get over 1 million hits.

Mapping is a type of film, almost exclusively produced as a YouTube video, in where a series of still images depicting political maps creates a narrative. People who create mapping content are self-dubbed Mappers. Most commonly, characters are displayed as political or corporate entities, such as countries, states, parties, or companies, yet individual fictional people occasionally are portrayed as characters. As opposed to simply the names of the countries, many mapping videos use countryballs to depict countries. Many mappers also use countryballs as public personas.

Mapping can be further divided into two branches; Videomapping and Mapperdonian Mapping. Videomapping is a visual representation of a prior event, usually a war. Mapperdonian Mapping Mapping is where a narrative is created, mainly by alternate history or future scenarios. However, Videoappers and Mapperdonian Mappers tend not to be classified in the same community. For this reason, Mapperdonian Mappers are often dubbed "Mapperdonians", after the name Mapperdonia which refers to the collective community of Fictional Mappers although the term died off in the 2020s.

Mapping is typically comprised of geographic and oceanic cartography, with a section of the screen being set off to give information about a country, such as its official name and flag. It is also used for dialogue. A mapper will create a video by animating characters interacting frame by frame in programs such as Paint.net or Photoshop, then by compiling them in an editing software, often adding music and other animation to increase the entertainment.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The YouTube search results when typing "Alternate Future" as of 2015.

The term "Mapping", used as a substituting word for alternate future, is based off of the fanbase of alternative future, alternate history, history, etc. In a certain context, it refers to any mapping video with characterization or personification of countries and their interactions starting with MervueMeringue. It comprised of maps of Europe, which lead to a person, called TheJarJar99, to create the term Mapping. It was later popularized and made official by 99batran whom coined the term for the fanbase called "Mappers". The term had later been officially used by MervueMeringue.

Type of Mapping Nonfiction vs fiction content Map style Distinguishes factions Animation style Examples
VideoMapping Non-fiction Digitally drawn raster-based maps Solid color pallettes Slide-by-slide animation Emperor Tigerstar, POGKPP, Vologda Mapping
GeoMapping Non-fiction Satellite image maps with vector shapes Solid color pallettes Constant morphing shapes Maps in a Nutshell
GeoMapping (Minecraft) Either fiction or non-fiction Digitally drawn maps on MineCraft Flags None FunkierTitan, JPWilson, MasonsMappingz
Alt History Mapping Fiction Digitally drawn raster-based maps Solid color pallettes Varies RBM, WTF CD [FOXY], Sparta the Mapper
Mapperdonian Mapping Either fiction or non-fiction Digitally drawn raster-based maps Solid color pallettes Slideshow storytelling Bace Bulgarian Mapper, Kyiv Mapping, Miksi XIII
Flag Mapping Non-fiction Digitally drawn raster-based maps Flags Varies Geography and Space
GeoTubing Either fiction or non-fiction Digitally drawn raster-based maps Usually in a shorts format None Korac Mapping, Enfemapping