This is a beauty (and a first timer for me) – a road sign map at the side of a motorway (well the Mexican equivalent) on the road from Mexico City to Oaxaca. Much more fun than our boring green or blue schematics. That’s my last post of 2018 and […]
Yearly archives: 2018
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We stumbled on an exhibition on Day of the Dead in Oaxaca which included a whole room of Haitian artefacts. This map might not be anything special but I like the juxtaposition with the boat and particularly the guy at the front with the umbrella.
This is a reproduction of a 19th C map used to resolve a land ownership dispute, we found it in the Anthropological Museum (spectacular) in Mexico City. “The original canvas was used by the people in 1892 as part of a lawsuit over lands. Until 1933 it was in the […]
So Ken and I were considering what should be our Xmas special (we had a few candidates for the prize) but we agreed without hesitation that this Xmas tree at Ordnance Survey’s head office in Southampton was the one. It is made of maps and even the gifts underneath are […]
We visited the Leon Trotsky museum in Mexico City, it is housed in his last home where he was assassinated. There are tons of Trotsky memorabilia there, including his atlas and globe which were in his study. This map shows Trotsky’s travels into exile via New York, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Turkey, […]
We found this Mexican land title map from 1879 with some nice top features in a museum in Oaxaca “The plan of the Tepejillo estate is a clear example of the struggle of the peoples whose inhabitants had to face the increasing pressure of the haciendas on the lands considered”
We have got used to seeing the TfL way finder obelisks in central London. It was a pleasant surprise to bump into a couple in the Historic Centre of Mexico City – as my daughter posted out they are the easiest way of finding your way without having to resort […]
My son took us to a student art exhibition in Mexico City organised by some of his friends. I’m not sure that I fully understood the intentions of the artists and their work but his mate tried to explain to me that the painting on the floor was based on […]
Cisco Urbina sent us this superb water feature map “Enjoying the fun and curiosity of Maps in the Wild and this place is a regular lunch time haunt. Background: The feature and surrounding commercial space is known as Darling Park. Built in the early 2000’s as part of the the […]
Seems Ken and I aren’t the only geeks to go on safari and snap pics of maps in the wild. Tom Smedley sent us this massive map of the Kruger National Park “From my stay at The Lodge in Kruger National Park, South Africa earlier this year. It was BIG.” […]
Derick Rethams @derickr sent us this beer label map I found this map on a bottle of beer and decided it would be a great beer to have after finishing the Thames Path. It’s made by Hop Kettle based near the source of the Thames on Cricklade: https://derickrethans.nl/downstream-days1-3.html There are actually three […]
Taken by Jeremy Wright at the Kona Inn, Kona on Hawaii (the big island) this is a large and spectacular three-dimensional map using planes of wood to form the bathymetry around the islands. You quite often see these sort of relief maps made by those with access to laser cutting […]
Caught this map mug on BBC World News. Casually just sat on the desk, located at Broadcasting House in London.
Michael Terner sent me this pic of an earring which he tells me is based on part of the street network in Portland Here’s a map of the Portland, Oregon street grid, including it’s numerous Willamette River crossings. The map is found on the earring of one of my 22 […]