# Using GPlates to model constructed worlds
**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/using-gplates-to-model-constructed-worlds/126
**Category:** Achievements & Compliments
**Created:** [16 May 2020 04:20 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/using-gplates-to-model-constructed-worlds/126 "2020-05-16T04:20:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Robbie](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/Robbie)
#### Post date: [16 May 2020 04:20 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/using-gplates-to-model-constructed-worlds/126/1 "2020-05-16T04:20:11Z")
Hi all,
You might be interested to find out that the worldbuilding community has been using GPlates to create more realistic maps of imaginary/fictional worlds. It’s a **very** niche hobby—possibly even more so than creating constructed languages—but there’s a few people out there who have been recommending it as an integral part of the mapping process. Here’s a few links to non-academic usage of GPlates in the wild:
- [Worldbuilding Pasta](https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com/2020/01/an-apple-pie-from-scratch-part-va.html#theveryslowway)
- [Cartographer’s Guild](https://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=40045)
GPlates is a really useful program, so a huge shout-out to the team developing it from at least some of the worldbuilders out there 😃
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### Author:  [@Robbie](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/Robbie)
#### Post date: [16 May 2020 04:22 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/using-gplates-to-model-constructed-worlds/126/2 "2020-05-16T04:22:25Z")
I’ve also got a world of my own, Teranea. I’m not particularly happy with some of the motions, particularly the “spiralling” effect, and I think the only way to actually get it right is to go back to ~2 Ga, draw some cratons, and then run through a few supercontinent cycles to the present day. I’m not entirely sure how the author of Worldbuilding Pasta created the features that he’s using, but I think I can figure it out and go a step further.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WEMqLAdbwsY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL9lnkASsMVgPtNKrraHQY4YSxo9P3xnTU