Alison Davis-Holland shared this impressive map of building evictions Eviction filings by state at the #NationBuildingMuseum Evicted exhibit at #FedGIS Cool viz but I want to see it standardized by population! I’m sure there is a corny play on words around MapBox here but I’ll leave that to you lot […]
Yearly archives: 2019
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Some as a globe (tricky to set down!) and some with a cityscape. Wisley the dog makes an appearance.
Alex Wrottesley sent us these pics of a butterfly made out of an Ordnance Survey 1:50k map sheet. “Hola StevenSome lovely mappy artworks to take your mind off the football. Spotted in the wild in the Royal Lancaster Hotel – and OS to boot! Alex I am a bit puzzled by the […]
It’s Pesach (Passover) and Jews around the world will be eating a lot of matzah (unleavened bread). This map of Israel made out of pieces of matzah has been doing the rounds of social media and blogs recently. It will be considered controversial by some as it reflects the post […]
Mark Safran sent us this beautiful map of Newport Rhode Island which is hanging in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, those guys seems to like an artistic map 🙂 “Here’s another one @MapsintheWild! This wonderful map is in the lobby of the Newport, RI Marriott. #MapsAsArt #nauticalthemes” It looks […]
Half dome (Yosemite National Park) blown in the base of the glass to create an interesting drinking vessel.
Visiting friends recently and their kids had this fun blow up globe that serves as a beach ball and a geography primer. The photo opportunity was too sweet to miss as it reminded me of the famous sculpture of Atlas. “In Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan condemned to hold […]
Codrina Ilie sent us this picture of her map tattoo (at least i think it is a tattoo, it could be chocolate). I think it is Mercator on her arm but maybe a projections geek will correct me or you could ask her when you see her at FOSS4G in […]
