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Karen Nicholl sent me this map of Oakham that she spotted “I found this rather nice illustrated map of Oakham hanging in a corridor whilst staying at the Hambleton Hall Hotel.” You might be thinking that this isn’t very wild, wellI might agree but my wife and I stayed at […]
I spotted this star map, the Nebra Sky Disc, at the Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum. It dates back to 1600 BCE so it’s certainly the oldest map we have featured on the site and possibly the oldest Map in the Wild in the world. Pretty darn cool, a […]
Andrew Newman shared this pic of his son’s lego box, serendipitously the map brick lands face up on top of the pile. Who’d have thought!
We went to the Science Museum in South Kensington today. There was a gallery showing scientific developments in 17th and 18th century London. Just drool over this amazing globe of the moon from 1797. I also loved this pocket globe tracking Captain Cook’s journeys, also from the end of the […]
Douglas Greenfield sent us these pics of the Eartha installation at Garmin’s offices. Here are a bunch of picture I took or Eartha. Back before Garmin took over we would stop there every year on the way to our vacation rental in Maine. Now the store is gone and I […]
Spotted as walking past an estate agents office near home, a massive black and white street map of the area. I will go in and check if it is OSM
Neil Ackroyd shared this pic of his map of the Drakensberg Mountains which was drawn for him by Dan Bell of Middle Earth Maps. I love Dan’s style, it is just perfect for this type of map.
Our friend De Grommende Trucker sent us this set of photos from a trip in the Dordogne These are beautiful Maps in the Wild
Steve Chilton shared these beautiful contour decorated mugs. I bet he has walked up each of those peaks.
One of the highlights of 2021 was being able to resume some face to face meetings. In November we had our first Geomob event in London for almost 2 years, it was a heck of a lot of fun and a bit emotional to be able to hug old friends, […]
My friend Elizabeth sent me this cheese map from the Paxton and Whitfield shop in Jermyn Street. Ken Field has competition.