Topographic Map Contour Study
MidjourneyA Midjourney v7 prompt for a topographic contour map study — concentric brown elevation lines with a central peak, a blue river crossing the lower left, benchmark symbol at the summit, thin even ink on white, cartographic survey style.
Last tested: August 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more line art prompts .
Prompt
A topographic contour map line drawing on plain white paper, concentric irregular contour lines showing land elevation, a peak at the centre with closely spaced inner contours, contours spacing wider as the slope descends, a river line crossing the lower-left quadrant, a benchmark symbol at the summit, thin even brown ink for contours, a single blue line for the river, no shading, no color fill, no gradients, no hatching, generous white margin, cartographic survey style, no text, no letters, no numbers --ar 3:2 --stylize 80
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Stylize
- 80
How to use this prompt
"Concentric irregular contour lines" is the phrase that produces real contour behaviour — the word "irregular" stops Midjourney from drawing perfect circles, and "closely spaced inner contours" followed by "spacing wider as the slope descends" teaches the model the elevation-gradient rule that real topographic maps follow. "Thin even brown ink" separates the contour layer from the blue river line, which is the two-colour convention every survey map uses. Stylize 80 keeps Midjourney from adding decorative terrain shading; the whole point is flat contour linework. The 3:2 landscape ratio suits a wall print or a framed study.
Variations to try
- Add a coastal section at the right edge with depth soundings as dashed contours
- Redraw as an urban contour map with building footprints as rectangles between the contours
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Topographic Map Contour Study",
"prompt": "A topographic contour map line drawing on plain white paper, concentric irregular contour lines showing land elevation, a peak at the centre with closely spaced inner contours, contours spacing wider as the slope descends, a river line crossing the lower-left quadrant, a benchmark symbol at the summit, thin even brown ink for contours, a single blue line for the river, no shading, no color fill, no gradients, no hatching, generous white margin, cartographic survey style, no text, no letters, no numbers --ar 3:2 --stylize 80",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"stylize": 80
},
"style_tags": [
"line-art",
"minimalist"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"illustration",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/topographic-map-contour-study/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
