Yearly archives: 2024

These shots were taken at Lightroom, London’s David Hockney immersive experience. The show comes back on 17 June 2024.

I found this map of Calais when I visited the Halle de la Machine in the suburbs of Toulouse. The map shows the settlement of machines, like the one in the next picture of the famous Minotaur.

Elizabeth spotted these windows from the Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River exhibition at Japan House in London.

Dean was happy to find @mapsinthewild on BlueSky and shared this T-shirt. Dean It’s a t-shirt from Route 19 Brewing showing the roads of Cape Breton, NS. Damn nice roads, including the Cabot Trail.

The Former Aldwych Tube Station was originally named Strand after the street.

Elisha is a Nigerian restaurant near Covent Garden in London. If you look carefully and your geography is fair you can see where the “I” is pointing.

Marc-Tobias has been visiting Hiroshima in Japan and shred these awesome street maps that he spotted. He said:

Eve Kahn shared these amazing pictures from the Awe of the Arctic exhibition currently showing at the New York Public Library (until July 13, 2024) “Nutjuitok (Polar Star) After Matthew Henson 1866 is a series of photographic works that Terry Adkins dedicated to the African American explorer Matthew Henson. Henson […]

I wanted to share one of my favourite places in London, so this beautiful map lies on Portobello Road on the farthest side of the flea market. I shot the pictures in December; the weather was not so great, which is rare, as London is always sunny.

Barry Rowlingson spotted this tattoo. “Met a #maptat in the wild today – I’d get one of these but I’d feel I had to point my arm north all the time”

I came across this map while visiting Venezia last summer.

Ant Scott sent this pic from Antananarivo in Madagascar. “Antananarivo Madagascar – can’t tell if the facing tiles correspond to admin boundaries but I like to think they do” For those of you who are not on top of your Madagascan geography here is a screenshot of the regional borders.

Doug shared this “NJ Turnpike Bridge over Raritan River. Map plaque #MapsintheWild #whereIam“

Simon Polster said “Love this flowy transit chart from the Baden-Württemberg train network”

Glen Pawelski sent us this pic. I know it is just a map in a frame but the layout, the styling and the font make it a thing of beauty IMHO.