At Mappery we love maps, but we’ve got no idea what they’ve got do to with lunch, dinner and cocktails (from 11am). Then again, by midday we’d be past caring. Credit: Geography with Justin
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For all the tech out there, sometimes a post-it note does the job, as the folk in Colombia, Pennsylvania remind us here! Credit: Michael Allen
Charlie Verdel has used some cool technical wizardry (QGIS and rayshader) to add a 3D effect to this 1970 stamp of Amsterdam Island
Christian Sommer spotted this map / sculpture / picture showing ‘hypsometric layers, vegetation (and delta deposits?)’
Cartographic sartorial elegance from T.J.Maxx? Fascinating showing the Americas drifting in a north easterly direction. Or just the shirt designer not giving much thought to what the map looks when it is buttoned up? Original credit: HarvardMapCollection
Answer is beneath map! The original post implies that the green line is a bit of a problem in real life too! (Answer was Boston!) Original source: HarvardMapCollection
I really struggled to put a caption to this as spotted by Edie Punt in Downtown LA, so thought how about “What is art?” Well the Oxford Dictionary states it as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or […]
Source: Ross McDonald spotted this. The map is part of a sponsorship scheme for children’s yoga in South African townships.
Barry Rudeman (Raremaps.com) posted this of a map embedded in a wall outside a bar in Szimpla Kert, Budapest. It seems to be connected to a petition about pedestrianisation.
Greg Fiske took a great shot of the roof of this shelter for passengers waiting for the Woodshole ferry.
Ties and bowties in the London National Army Museum gift shop. Credit: Barry Ruderman (raremaps.com)
Love the maps on the walls of this dolls house classroom in the Spielzeugmuseum, Munich. Great to see all the kids engaged in their Geography lesson! Credit: Barry Ruderman (raremaps.com)
Kathy Hart brought our attention to this beautiful mosaic map of the original topography of Manhattan Island at Battery Park subway station, NYC. I love the way it is an oblique perspective and the use of different coloured tiles for the topographic shading.