Anne L. shared this Map In The Wild, crafted over a weekend while enjoying the sun in her courtyard.
Monthly archives: October 2024
31 posts
Berl sent me this, he said “Seen on one of the walls of the ‘Leyton Engineer’ pub in East London in what used to be Leyton Town Hall. I was on my way to see a Leyton Orient game and popped in to have a bite to eat and a […]
Scott Simmons found this street guide in his hotel, “Just got into my room in Taichung, Taiwan and found the wall to be a handy guide. Problem is, I cannot easily carry the wall into the streets, so the picture will have to do. This hotel is just a few […]
Reinder sent this pic of a shop window in Mafra in Portugal. He said there is quite a lot of Mappery in there. I found 6 and maybe 7, how about you?
Matthew Edney sent us this, he said “My father in law at the Arctic Circle, in Dalton, Alaska, the dot for the location is right by his head” Pretty Cool
Spotted by Reinder ” in a street with many shops in The Hague, it’s Wednesday throwing away cardboard boxes day”
Reinder spotted this selection of maps for sale in a souvenir shop at Wawel Castle, Cracow, Poland. They like a map there!
This portrait of Johannes Kepler was spotted by Reinder at the Collegium Maius in Cracow. Don’t you love the way old paintings so often have a globe or a map in the background (presumably a symbol of status)?
Have you heard of an alidade? I hadn’t until Walter Schwartz sent me these pics. He said “Behold the ingenious alidade, a surveying instrument here used as a fire finder. This one is displayed at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor, Maine. Forest rangers used these atop fire towers to report the distance […]
Reeinder said “At the Amsterdam bookstore Scheltema, one can put a post-it on a kind of world map display, to mark the spot where one has been.”
Elizabeth shared this with us. She said “Would you call this a map? It is certainly a navigation aid.” I am not sure how you would describe this but it certainly is an interesting piece.
I spotted this globe at a wedding venue recently. I’ve no idea who the two figures aren’t? Feel free to make suggestions