We are in Tel Aviv for a few weeks and I spotted this in a small photographic exhibition. It’s a map of Israel with the countries of origin of some of the main immigrant communities laid out in scrabble pieces on top of the map – Iran, France, Spain, Norway, Russia, Morocco, Iraq, Poland and Yemen.
The artist explains:
Thomas Gratier pointed us at Kate Berg shared this
“When in the Upper Peninsula, you pick local beers. When you’re a spatial specialist you pick beers with maps on the labels. What a win-win”
This magnificent display of antipasti on an Italy shaped board came via Le Cartographe. Unfortunately there is a lot on there that I can’t eat but it does look delicious.
Seems like we are getting quite a few of these food platters of national delicacies in the shape of their maps. Ken started it off with his Cheese Map of Britain and we have had a French version and an Indian thali, keep them coming, they are fun.
A bit of map tat from California courtesy of Ken
From Ken Field, nothing needs to be added
Dan Ormsby proudly shared this can of beer from the Bristol Beer Factory which displays a map of Bristol (of course!). Dan embellished with a little marker designating his home
“Hey @MapsintheWild Not bragging, but not only do I have a can of beer with a map on it, but my house is on the map. How cool is that? 😎 I’ve added a custom label. Almost seems a shame to drink it. @BrisBeerFactory”
Then he drank it!
Spotted this map at at the “Art in the Age of Now “ exhibition at the old Fulham Town Hall
Seems that lots of trucking companies are keen to show their reach by plastering maps on their vehicles. Martijn Storms shared this selection.
For our 3rd anniversary, our co-founder Ken Field sent us this pic from the preparations for this year’s ESRI user conference. He said:
“Here’s a picture of me next to an 8.5ft diameter globe in our newest building on the Esri campus. One of my map buddies John Nelson was involved in designing the cartography as he explains in this blog. Feel free to get in touch if you’re near Redlands and I’ll give you a tour!”
I’d just agreed with Arnaud that for Mappery’s 3rd anniversary we would take some selfies with maps in the wild. I went for a walk and passed this camper van with a compass design, I just happened to be wearing my Just Two Numbers t-shirt so it was a double result.
Sort of sums up three years of mappery for me.