Reinder Storm shared this pic of the flyleaf of the Atlas of Britain (Oxford, 1963). I had to look a couple of times.
Monthly archives: April 2021
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Yesterday the open source and open data geo communities were devastated by the tragic news of the passing of our friend and colleague Malena Libman. There was an outpouring of grief and celebration of her zest for life, humour, warmth and contribution to open geo. Jody Garnett posted this picture […]
Villers Bretonneux https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/93000/Villers-Bretonneux%20Memorial map at the top and wreaths at the bottom on Anzac Day. Today is Anzac Day – 25th April marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
We have seen a lot of maps as art since we started Mappery, but when Arnaud showed me these maps by Ed Fairburn I was blown away. I reached out to Ed who gave me some great images and a little explanation of the images. “‘Edgware’ (above) utilises the road […]
Bharat Mata Mandir (meaning “Mother India Temple”) is located on the India. Instead of traditional statues of gods and goddesses, this temple has a huge map of undivided India carved in marble. Images from Walter Schwartz, taken in 2016 Link for more information on this white marble map: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/varanasis-bharat-mata-mandir-features-map-of-undivided-india-as-a-prime-deity/amp_articleshow/65624266.cm
From Reinder Storm Today, I ran into a #globe or two, in #Amsterdam, in the window of a house at the Amstel.
There is a lot of Becksploitation in this t-shirt design from the Science Museum in London, I may have to buy one just to get ken Field riled up. Spotted by Elizabeth
Globe Mosaic found on a wall of the Bethnal Green Bonner Primary School in London, This school is next to the Globe Town neighbourhood. Image from EduCaiti
This came from Tom Armitage who is debating refreshments with Alasdair Rae. “I see your tunnocks tea cakes and raise you one map mug of tea!”
Jack Cornish share this magnificent artwork on the side of a building. Not sure what the message is meant be, global cooperation? Should this be a caption competition? HT to Dan Ormsby for pointing me at this.
What better pleasure during a winter lockdown than a jigsaw? A jigsaw of a map of course. This image was designed by Clair Rossiter in 2016. Interesting choice of Somerset House as one of the sights of London, wouldn’t have been on my list (rated 26th in Time Out’s top […]