Irdi spotted this in the STOA coffee shop in Tirana. I’m not sure what the map is showing, but it’s fun
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Matt Malone spotted this relief map at Waterton Glacier in Montana. He said “”Do you want your pic taken by the giant map?” isn’t really even a legit question for a geographer.”
As I get one year wiser, I want to share something from my past. I used to live in Toulouse, in the southwest part of France. Property development is huge there, but sometimes, in the middle of the new neighbourhood, we keep remains of the past. The map in Montaudran […]
Raf shared this “Nice use of maps as background at Sorolla immersive exhibition at Casa Amatller in Barcelona”
Elizabeth sent me these pics of the signs for Bliss Lane in Old Tapovan, you may need to zoom in on the image below to see all of the detail. There is a helpful arrow pointing you towards the Ganges Makes me want to go back to India
Marc Prioleau spotted this in the Marriott in Cambridge Massachusetts. It’s a different spin on the local info maps that you get in some hotels.
Dear followers. The Mappery team have been reflecting on some of the content we have posted recently. We’re concerned that cartography is being commercially exploited in some sectors (particularly the drinks industry) with the creation of entirely fictitious maps to promote a brand. We think this is wrong and is […]
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.
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!”