Matt Malone said “Gonna make a wild guess that one of my fellow surveying or GIS colleagues here in Michigan has this awesome plate that I spied recently.” On the edge of being a Map in the Wild, no doubt some will want to draw the line somewhere else.
Monthly archives: March 2024
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Eric Lund sent this to me, it’s a paper ‘tablecloth’ with a map of the Yellowstone area at Tad’s Montana Grill in Bozeman, Montana. Note the fruity cocktails while studying the elegant cartography.
Another one from Javier Jimenez Shaw. “Map in Grunewald, Berlin, Germany. The point where the map is in the map (like “you are here” or “aktueller Standort”) is worn from touching it so much, that you can see the material behind the painting.
I am not sure who pointed me to this magnificent geological map of Scotland which was shared by Europe Says who said “Geologically correct map of Scotland. 30 years of collecting!”
Javier Jimenez Shaw shared this beauty “3D globe jigsaw puzzle in my living room. 30 cm diameter. Unfortunately it is not produced anymore.” Amazing object, I have never seen anything like this before, have you? It turns out that Ravensburger make a newer version of a 3D globe which you […]
Stephen Mather, a good friend of Mapppery, shared this “Here’s one from Stone Town, Zanzibar, November of 2016. I think it’s up top of Emerson Spice.” You might say “not very wild” but I love the idea of a hotel called Emerson Spice, sounds pretty wild to me.
Anton van Tetering shared this “Map of the meanders of the river Ahr on the wall of restaurant Ruland in Altenahr, Germany. Just like many other buildings in the Ahr-valley, this restaurant was severely damaged in the flood catastrophe of July 2021 which killed at least 135 people in this […]
Ian Wagner shared this pic of a map of Italy in a Pinocchio themed park in South Korea. Who knew Pinocchio was a thing there?
Gregory Marler said “I got a scarf for my birthday, it’s got 2 country maps on it! Would @mappery count this as a map in the wild? At the least it is being worn beside my wild/unkempt beard.” The answer is definitely “Yes” Who can work out the country that […]
Kaakapoo shared this “A lack of #MapsintheWild today” I’m sure this will prompt some debate as to whether the absence of a Map qualifies as an entry here, but you know the rules (editors are always right)
Javier asks whether this qualifies as a map in the wild? And we say “Why not?” The blurb on the bottle should say “This wine will coordinate well with food from any latitude”
Reinder sent this pic, he said “In Amsterdam, they named the Balthasar Floriszstraat after a 17th C. mapmaker. In this street I ran into a rather peculiar world map. The caption says ‘No Cigars'”
