Monthly archives: October 2024
31 posts
Marc-Tobias asked “Is this a map (in the wild)? If so of what?” The answer is Michigan, US and apparently they celebrate something called Plaidurday (massive bonus points to me for working this out). I am going to mark my calendar for next year and wear a check shirt.
Garett Speed shared this nice mosaic map “another tile mosaic, this one is in the middle of the village Bokhoven in Noord Brabant, the Netherlands”
Andy McIntire shared this with us “Here’s a map I found a few days ago at a rest stop in southern Maryland, right where all the lines on the map join.”
Raf shared this, he said “Neck warmer handed out to participants at the 2024 Eutiches OnRoad motorbike rideout has a contour line vibe” This looks like fun if you are a motorbike owner.
Doug shared this superb urban map mural. “Mural on building showing local rivers. Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia”
Rebecca Seifried shared this. “One of the rare murals in my humble town, adorning a wall outside the Balkan Lounge bar. Obviously not to scale, and with absolutely baffling 3D effects, I still find it charming #MapsintheWild. I feel duty-bound to commemorate it because the bar recently changed ownership – […]
Ana Lucia Gonzalez shared this “Wooden map in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, manually painted, showing the location of the main square, the path to the sea wolves, the school and the police station.”
Reinder sent this and said “In metro stations in Lisbon, one can find maps that present a plan of the streets above your head. What I saw there for the first time is that the metro station and metro lines themselves are also depicted on the map: quite convenient for […]
My pal Giuseppe Sollazzo has an incredibly wide range of interests which include geography and embroidery. He recently completed his latest project – “Mission accomplished 🙂 Choropleth of London councils by population, with a terrible palette choice! Data from wikipedia, shapefile from Ordnance Survey” I asked him what prompted the […]
