Yearly archives: 2021
204 posts
Ken Field is fortunate to live in sunny California, sometimes it can get pretty hot there but he has the luxury of sipping a cold beer whilst watching the sun go down. His beer is sitting on top of a globe shaped fire-pit (not in use), I have sipped a […]
A restaurant in New Delhi called Ardor offers this Thali. The tray is in the shape of the map of India and apparently in each part of the map, one can found a regional speciality. And browsing the internet apparently this restaurant also have a Chinese tray
This magnificent monopoly board of Redwood City, CA was spotted by the Ramsey Map Centre (HT Raf) A map spotted in the wild in Redwood City, CA, helping people find the county services & buildings they need. Yes, it’s based on a Monopoly board, and yes, the “Go to Jail” […]
On this particular day, Bastille Day, I wanted to celebrates the Sans-Culottes (French: [sɑ̃kylɔt], literally “without breeches”) and why not with underwear precisely. Those where found at Les 7 Laux Ski Resort, and obviously give a map of the skip slops. It might be my first Maps in the Wild, […]
I love when people send us pictures of maps leading to a treasure hunt. Indeed I must admit I did not know the famous picture mentioned by Nigel Clifford. This painting can be seen at the National Gallery in London: “The Ambassadors” from Hans Holbein the Younger, painted in 1533. […]
The Great Globe at Swanage, England has been built in 1887. It is one of the largest stone spheres in the world.
I love album covers, it used to be part of the excitement of getting a new album to drool over the covers in the record shop, open them up, read the sleeve notes and lyrics. That’s all gone now and I am showing my age. Anyway, here’s a mappy record […]
Our Friend Erik encountered this map when walking near the village of Boskoop. Erik: “It shows the area of the local land consolidation project, with the participants. However, cartography-wise it raises some questions, like: does this map actually tell me something, and if so, what? Is this parcel division before, […]