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We visited the Leon Trotsky museum in Mexico City, it is housed in his last home where he was assassinated. There are tons of Trotsky memorabilia there, including his atlas and globe which were in his study. This map shows Trotsky’s travels into exile via New York, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Turkey, […]

We found this Mexican land title map from 1879 with some nice top features in a museum in Oaxaca “The plan of the Tepejillo estate is a clear example of the struggle of the peoples whose inhabitants had to face the increasing pressure of the haciendas on the lands considered”

We have got used to seeing the TfL way finder obelisks in central London. It was a pleasant surprise to bump into a couple in the Historic Centre of Mexico City – as my daughter posted out they are the easiest way of finding your way without having to resort […]

My son took us to a student art exhibition in Mexico City organised by some of his friends. I’m not sure that I fully understood the intentions of the artists and their work but his mate tried to explain to me that the painting on the floor was based on […]

Cisco Urbina sent us this superb water feature map “Enjoying the fun and curiosity of Maps in the Wild and this place is a regular lunch time haunt. Background: The feature and surrounding commercial space is known as Darling Park. Built in the early 2000’s as part of the the […]

Seems Ken and I aren’t the only geeks to go on safari and snap pics of maps in the wild. Tom Smedley sent us this massive map of the Kruger National Park “From my stay at The Lodge in Kruger National Park, South Africa earlier this year.  It was BIG.” […]

Derick Rethams @derickr sent us this beer label map I found this map on a bottle of beer and decided it would be a great beer to have after finishing the Thames Path. It’s made by Hop Kettle based near the source of the Thames on Cricklade: https://derickrethans.nl/downstream-days1-3.html There are actually three […]

Michael Terner  sent me this pic of an earring which he tells me is based on part of the street network in Portland Here’s a map of the Portland, Oregon street grid, including it’s numerous Willamette River crossings. The map is found on the earring of one of my 22 […]

I think Charles Kennelly is getting over eager, I can’t see a map here but he says “Accidental map of the world, I can’t remember how it ended up in my photo collection”

Yet another pic from (as of now) our most prolific contributor Charles Kennelly. “Map outside office in Kamakura Japan, my best guess is that it depicts underwater cable routes. I love the projection and the water caused discolouration that results from the projection.” I look forward to the discussion between […]

While we were in Mexico City we went to the Secretaría de Educación Público to see the amazing collection of murals by Diego Rivera. As we were leaving we stumbled on this massive mural map of Latin America The scale of this stunning mural needs a longer range shot. If you […]

Charles Kennelly sent us this impressive relief map from the Central Siberian Geology Museum. “Incredible relief map of Russia, in one of the best geology museums I have been to. I especially liked the harsh clipping that leave water bodies pouring into the outside world. If you ever find yourself near […]

I met Anna Weber at the Danish GeoForum’s KortDage event. She had asked delegates to bring with them a soil sample from their home region, she had over 40 samples from Denmark and as she was keen to tell me one from Sweden. She then made this Earth Map of […]

Today is GIS Day, so you get an extra bonus map in the wild thanks to Ross McDonald of Angus Council. Apparently they celebrated GIS Day with this scrumptious map cake. For those not in the UK, the reference to Shetland in a box may be confusing. Recently the Scottish […]