Marc-Tobias sent me this picture of his new hat. Can you work out when the map was printed and why? According to Ian Turton this xkcd may help you date the map
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Mark shared this impressive map on the entrance to an elevator (lift in English) at the Chicago Hyatt Place.
I was sitting near the entrance to the Carmel Market (shuk) in Tel Aviv and I spotted this map of Israel made out of iron plates. Felt significant to me but I understand others won’t agree.
Elizabeth spotted this in Delhi, apparently it is some kind of musical instrument. It looks a bit like a cross between a drum and a xylophone, if anyone knows better please correct me in the comments.
Gregory spotted this towering metal map within a service station, showing the network of major roads. Just to show how large it is here is Gregory, who happens to be wearing a strangely projected map t-shirt. That’s the end of our little series of Gregory’s pictures from his visit to […]
The Sightings board at Kruger National Park. Markers for Rhinos are removed so that poachers don’t get that information.
Gregory said “The contour letters in Cape Town – I don’t know if that counts as a map, but each one was a specific local mountain” Yes, that definitely counts! Neat use of contours?
You have to go on a vineyard tasting experience if you are visiting South Africa and you need a map to help you find your way!
Last year Gregory Marler (aka on social media as Living with Dragons) went to South Africa, he found lots of mappy stuff to share with us, so good that I thought `I would make a short series of his pics. This one is a tactile map at the top of […]
Reinder spotted this book cover, the title is “The Signal to Surrender”. Reinder explained “It’s not a perfect copy – but still attractive though, according to me. The design is by none other than the great Dutch graphic artist Dick Bruna. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bruna Personally I think the book title is a little […]
Our friend and top contributor, Reinder, sent us this. He said “. on a map of Belgium (in French) from 1965 … – isn’t it a beauty?” The answer is yes, beautiful, just beautiful! I don’t know what it is about this design that makes it feel so good.
These amazing globe sculptural works were spotted by Reinder near the AFAS theatre in Leusden. He described them to me as “quite remarkable – and gigantic!” I can only agree, awesome. The scale of these things is just amazing!
David Sherrren sent me this pic of the Strand Mural Map “Attached is the Strand Map Mural, named after the junction it faces in Southsea, Hampshire. In 2020 its creator, Mark Lewis, asked Guinness World Records to recognise this depiction of Portsmouth as the world’s only ever-changing mural. Business premises […]