Erik Meerbaum sent me this pic of a 3D map of Romania that was in one of the rooms at FOSS4G (of course it’s the Geography Department of the university
Monthly archives: August 2019
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I spotted this map at our local Thai restaurant. I thought the pics might be of customers but when I asked one of the stag she told me that they were pics of all three staff. “Are they from all over the world?” I asked, “No, we just stick them […]
Alex Orenstein sent us this pic from FOSS4G in Bucharest “saw this in Bucharest. Curious mixed media map of a plane crash“
Jo Cook sent me this pic of her beautiful world map ring. “Maps in the wild: the jewellery edition” Does that qualify as a cylindrical projection?
Lauren Koerner sent us this sneaky map map from FOSS4G in Bucharest “Cheeky #mapsinthewild of Romania on the back of the Grand Hotel Continental sign at #foss4g2019”
Erik Meerbaum is on fire! Here is another great Map in the Wild from FOSS4G in Bucharest “You can find me next to the door handle “
Today’s Map in the Wild from FOSS4G in Bucharest is a bit of decoration on a couple of concrete utility cabinets. Spotted by my friend Erik Meerburg.
Steve Pickering followed up on Barry Rowlingson’s Keef Hartley album cover with this one. “Farmers Market, Musikk Fra Hybridene. Norwegian bluegrass/ Bulgarian folk/ klezmer/ fill-in-the-gap… “
Another Map in the Wild from FOSS4G in Bucharest. This one from Eric Meerburg I asked Erik whether he thought it was intented or just a “splodge of concrete” he thought the latter 🙂
My friend Matt Walker sent us this trio of Maps in the Wild from the Brick History exhibition at the Hereford Museum. The Lego globe isn’t a patch on the masterpiece produced by Ken Field which was exhibited at last year’s BCS event, which reminds me that we don’t have […]
This is the first of (hopefully) a series of Maps in the Wild from FOSS4G which kicks off today in Bucharest. Maria Arias de Reyna sent me this pic of a Bucharest map on the floor of a subway crossing near to the conference venue. A great start for people […]
Who is Arnold Hills? You may well ask! Apart from my West Ham supporting friends not many people will know about Mr Hills, he was the founder of Thames Iron Works F.C. which subsequently became West Ham United F.C. in 1900. This map shows the locations of West Ham’s football […]
Barry Rowlingson sent me this old album cover from the Keef Hartley Band (you will have to be “of an age” to remember them). Who would have thought that a postcode map would make an album cover? The post prompted a flurry of other map album covers, look out for […]
David Cottingham sent us the snap of a pint of Arran Ale “Arran ale served at the Arran brewery on Arran with a map of………….”