An interactive map from the FDR Museum “Learn about government contributions to many conveniences we take for granted today. See how these projects helped strengthen the nation’s economy during the Great Depression. Maybe you’ll find a New Deal project in your own community”
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Saw this election results map at the FDR Museum a couple of days before the 2024 US Election. This is what I would call an overwhelming vote for one candidate! The blurb says “FDR won a historic mandate in 1932.After three years of economic depression, Americans decisively rejected President Hoover […]
I spotted this map in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Museum, which had a special exhibition on FDR and Black African Americans. Redlining Map of Poughkeepsie, New York and its Suburbs, March 1938This redlining map of Poughkeepsie was among the hundreds of “Residential Security Maps” of urban areas created by the Home […]
We stopped at a rest stop on our way south through New York State, you know I love a floor map! This one shows parks and museums in the state. I agree with the signs saying “I love NY”
I spotted this neat wooden cheeseboard in the shape of New Hampshire in Portsmouth at the beginning of our road trip through New England.
Reinder shared this pic from his visit to the van Eesteren Pavilion at a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to the Dutch architect Van Eesteren (1897-1988). Looks like someone is getting “hands on”
David Sherren said “I spotted this rather attractive office window in the Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, promoting a collection of hotels. As a bonus, there were some nice maps for sale at the print dealer next door.” I’m a bit confused by some of the writing being on the inside […]
Joe shared this from his visit to the old City Hall in London “he map room in the lowest floor of the old city hall was pretty big”
Harry shared this map that he spotted on his holiday in Brazil “I also saw this nice wall in a restaurant on Ilhabella which maybe scores better on the “maps as art” criteria.” I like the way that the land is cut out of the plaster exposing the brick.
Edwin Wisze shared this “A few of the meeting rooms during the Logius PI planning have a beautiful map as a carpet. Here are a few examples: New York and The Hague” I love maps you can walk on, feels like the right scale for me. Which is your favourite?
Elizabeth spotted this street art on her way to the Kunjapuri temple. A quick search suggests that it is the symbol for International Yoga Day but you already knew that didn’t you?
Reinder shared this cartoon by Thiago Lucas which one the European Cartoon Award. The absence of New Zealand from the map may be a cartographic omission or it might be one more reason to take refuge there.
Erik sent this picture from QGIS meetup in Bratislava. Put 5 map geeks in front of a map and you will get a heated discussion of cartography, projections and stuff, add some beer and it might go on for quite a while.