Elliot Hartley sent us this giant 3D map of Scotland from his half term holiday travels. “The Great Polish Map of Scotland is a large (50 m x 40 m) three-dimensional, outdoor concrete scale model of Scotland, located in the grounds of the Barony Castle Hotel, outside the village of Eddleston near […]
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What could be better than an old map jigsaw? I foolishly bought this stunner thinking it would be fun but the uniformity of colour and micro text made a tough one to do. Here is a pic of the map without the jigsaw lines The map is early 17thC by […]
Matt Finish sent us these pics of his wife’s map suitcases (for ornamental use only). I like the one with them sitting next to the lamp with a map shade. Clearly a family dedicated to map tat, my kind of people 🙂 “Given to my wife – they’re decorative rather […]
Steven Ottens spotted this odd little map in his apartment in Bucharest while at FOSS4G. Let’s not go into the projection, the weird outlines etc or even the not uncommon omission of New Zealand. This map seems to be anticipating the exit of Britain not just from the European Union […]
Maria Arias de Reyna has been on hot form spotting Maps in the Wild while she was in Bucharest for FOSS4G. This one is a coffee map, it’s also the last of the FOSS4G series
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
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 🙂