Cartonaut crossed paths with this 6×6 custom build Land Rover Defender as they “circumnavigate”. The Johnson’s outfitted it to live full time on the road. A video walk through https://youtu.be/DWS8syQLpMg. Important detail: New Zealand is represented. Arnaud: I am a bit biased as I am a Land Rover fan (the […]
Monthly archives: November 2023
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Craig sent us this weird and wonderful Map in the Wild. He said “Here’s a wild map, found at the South Shields landing of the Tyne Ferry. The wild map is a map of South Shields on what appears to be called Snowdog. More info here, but in short a […]
Reinder sent this from his Greek travels. What a cracker! I love this, I wonder if it is inspired by the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico? It looks like Reinder worked his way through the menu, my choice (in case you are interested) is Caliente Paloma please
Marc-Tobias spotted these at an Afghani restaurant in Hannover. He said “Wikipedia says “The term carpet is often used in a similar context tothe term rug, but rugs are typically considered to be smaller than a room and not attached to the floor”. You can decide which is a rug […]
Another one from Reinder’s Greek adventure. The tablecloth of this restaurant on the island of Aegina has a map of the island.
Reinder saw this “… at a Starbucks branch, near the railway station in Amersfoort. Until I looked at this it had not occurred to me that all f the world’s coffee was grown in this ‘belt” around the globe
Faye Chant sent us this, she said “I spotted this amazing backlit map of Ukraine in a Ukrainian cafe in London while queuing for a sandwich next door! Must go back to sample the local delights.”
Reinder again! Who else in Den Haag? “Whilst working on the construction of the central railway station in The Hague (the Netherlands), the situation is shielded and ‘explained’ by means of Cartographically designed screens. Not The Hague is depicted though, but Leiden and Rotterdam. “
My birthday present this year was a trip along the Sognefjord (the longest and deepest in Norway). It was breathtakingly beautiful and inevitably we had to have a paper map to give us a sense of where we were along the route. After 25 years as a digital geographer I […]
On his travels around France, Reinder spotted these mappy objects at a car boot sale. “… some Mappery items I ran into while strolling around at the frequent ‘vide greniers’ [empty your attic] in the province of Haute-Marne, in the northeast of France. “
Reinder says “ On this electronic information panel in the library of the Göttingen University is indicated on a map of the centre of town where students can get sanitary products for free. “
Reinder saw this work of art by Philippe Aïni at an exhibition in the Abbaye d’Auberive, in the northeast of France.
A nice mappy shopping bag spotted by Reinder who said “Saw this one this morning on the railway-station Amsterdam Zuid. Too much of an ephemeron, I suppose …?
Flanders was famous for lace production in the 1500s and this “lace” map of (and in) Bruges plays homage to that. Obviously an actual lace map would be unable to withstand the elements, but this synthetic one produces a remarkable lace effect. The shot above is backlit by the sky […]