Bex Alexis-Martin shared this tiled map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway that she spotted at Manchester Picadilly station A beautiful map at Victoria station, Manchester on my way to talk at @NorthumbriaUni I’ve got a hunch that there may be a few more of these map tiles waiting to […]
Maps in the Wild
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Merryn Henderson sent us this stylish advert for Kimbo coffee It’s an ad for a brand of coffee, at Bologna airport. Literally? “It all starts with ‘Kimbo’. All of the roads bring us the aromas…” but if we asked an ad agency to Anglicise it, we’d get something like: “Every […]
You can’t have too many items of clothing with maps on. this one displaying the ski trail map of Park City Utah by James Niehues.
Alison Davis-Holland shared this impressive map of building evictions Eviction filings by state at the #NationBuildingMuseum Evicted exhibit at #FedGIS Cool viz but I want to see it standardized by population! I’m sure there is a corny play on words around MapBox here but I’ll leave that to you lot […]
Some as a globe (tricky to set down!) and some with a cityscape. Wisley the dog makes an appearance.
Alex Wrottesley sent us these pics of a butterfly made out of an Ordnance Survey 1:50k map sheet. “Hola StevenSome lovely mappy artworks to take your mind off the football. Spotted in the wild in the Royal Lancaster Hotel – and OS to boot! Alex I am a bit puzzled by the […]
It’s Pesach (Passover) and Jews around the world will be eating a lot of matzah (unleavened bread). This map of Israel made out of pieces of matzah has been doing the rounds of social media and blogs recently. It will be considered controversial by some as it reflects the post […]
Mark Safran sent us this beautiful map of Newport Rhode Island which is hanging in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, those guys seems to like an artistic map 🙂 “Here’s another one @MapsintheWild! This wonderful map is in the lobby of the Newport, RI Marriott. #MapsAsArt #nauticalthemes” It looks […]
