Thanks to Raf at GeoTemes for pointing me at this superb building sized map of Thones snapped by Emmanuelle Bnjam. This just captures the essence of Maps in the Wild for me, it is perfect. It also feels like a worthy choice to celebrate our second birthday, which happens to […]
Yearly archives: 2020
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Reinder Storm shared these beautiful envelopes which recycle old maps. “In a local thrift shop in #Scheveningen, they sell envelopes that are made of … #maps” There are a whole range of ways to recycle maps, we have had a few here in the last couple of years (pen pots, […]
Mark Jeffrey carved this neat relief map of the world last year, I was one of the early backers. Now he has progressed to carving full globes, they will be something to see! You can put your name on the list for a GoodWoodGlobe (booked out till October 2020) or […]
My good friend Erik Meerburg and Hans van der Kwast pointed me at the magnificent Ceramic Map of Delft that has recently been unveiled. These pics are from Erik “Got a nice new map in the wild for you, the Keramieken Kaart van Delft (Ceramic Map of Delft). It is […]
Dave Lovell shared this map of bomb damage in part of London (including the Imperial War Museum) during the second war (seems to be a theme for Dave). Taken at https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london I was stuck by the meticulous care which must have gone into recording the location and state of damage. I could […]
Coen Nengerman sent us this picture of a moth. “This moth looks like an old topographic map” And I can see what he means, could be Mothcow 🙂
Dave Lovell sent me this map of Bataille de Stonne. “Here is a map with Stonne in the Ardenes top centre. I took this whilst visiting to take photos for www.twgpp.org It’s one of a number of roadside historic panels, each also clearly marked on the map. The story describing the significance […]
Dan Harel pointed me at this stunning cigarette case which belonged to Justin Meyers‘ grandfather. Almost makes we want to take up smoking.
Now I am very unsure about this one. De Grommende Trucker (the growling trucker) shared this with the following message. “Geïnspireerd door @MapsintheWild mijn eigen #boekenenkaarteninhetwild” which means“Inspired by @MapsintheWild my own #book and cards in the wild” I guess if we inspired the truckers wall in this pic then […]
Who’d have thought you would find a slippy Map in the Wild? Oliver Duke-Williams sent us this beauty. “One from the archives for @MapsintheWild – a slippy map in the wild five years ago (Leeds, during GISRUK2015)”
Angharad Stone has to be one of our most innovative contributors, she roams the world spotting Maps in the Wild and has a back up stock of “objets cartographique” in her wardrobe and apartment, just in case. Angharad spotted this weird map advertising Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Seville. Possibly […]
Tom Armitage pointed us to this tasty looking gin bottle snapped by Dan Harris before he cracked it open in lockdown desperation. “Nice bit of map based packaging on this @ShetlandReelGin bottle of rhubarb & bramble we’re about to tuck into. Almost a shame to break into it, but we’re […]
