Monthly archives: August 2022

Cartonaut encountered in a yard sale this fantastic Map in the Wild

There is something wrong with this sign seen in New York.

Erik pointed out that the plan of the conference centre where FOSS4G is taking place in Florence looks like a cat. FOSS4G fans will know that the past President of OSGeo, Maria Arias de la Reyna, is a big cat fan who manages to insert cat pictures into all of […]

Great day for following a map in the wild Nigel Clifford

These pictures are from the house (now a museum) of the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940). She was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1909.  Her most famous work is the book about Nils Holgersson; actually it was meant as a schoolbook for Swedish children, to learn the geography […]

Andrew Zolnai sent this pic of 2 globes in a box in the Fitzwilliam Museum shop in Cambridge

Nick Bearman is out and about in Florence and spotted this braille map of the city. It is near the Pitti Palace and shows the area from 1914 I think. The area is south of the river (north is down, as per the north arrow) It reminds me of an […]

Reinder sent us these amazing pics from the Mine Museum at Falun, Sweden. Just look at that amazing floor

Nick Bearman is on his way to FOSS4G in Florence. He shared this big map column showing the area around the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras. Hopefully we’ll get a few more Maps in the Wild from our friends attending FOSS4G

Reinder shared this exquisite embroidered map from Stadsbiblioteket in Lund (Sweden). 

Matt travis sent me this while on a work trip to Grasse in the south of France.

Reinder sent us this pic of these maps trainers at the Skissernas Museum Dear friends, Please make no mistake: this is art.  Cf https://www.skissernasmuseum.se/