There are plenty of sources for wallpapers to grace your phone’s home screen, but this tool that’s presently doing the rounds on Reddit lets you add a personal touch on your Android or iOS device.
Over on Alvar Carto’s site, you can look up any location on the globe and generate a minimalist map of the area, in your choice of four subtle color schemes. Naturally, it can be any place that’s important to you, like your home town or a city you visited, and you can pan and zoom to customize the map image. Here’s an example with a map of Amsterdam:
I personally enjoy the one of Bangalore city, where I currently live (above); the black background looks especially striking on the AMOLED display of the OnePlus 5T I’m currently using.
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Once you’re happy with it, simply choose an image resolution that suits your phone, and you’re good to go. If you really, really like it, you can order a poster of your creation (prices start at about $48 for a 30x40cm print), with a couple more options for customization.
Head to this page to get started – you might need to try refreshing a couple of times because enthusiastic Redditors are overloading its servers. And if you like that, here’s another cool map-based wallpaper tool to try on your Android phone.
H/T Nikhil Sandhu
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