Reinder Storm sent us these pix of an electricity substation in The Hague, Netherlands, that is neatly decorated with street maps. “Cartographically inspired painting of a #electrichouse on the Lange Beestenmarkt in @GemeenteDenHaag @GekopKaarten @MapsintheWild Maps always maps everywhere Irresistible”
Maps in the Wild
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Reinder Storm sent us this pic of a cow with the world on it which he spotted in the window of a house in The Hague, Netherlands. I am not sure what projection this is?
Russ sent us this pic “The US Naval Memorial has the whole world etched into the ground. Of course, the polished stone is the world’s bodies of water.”
Gretchen Peterson shared this Boston map from a hotel stay “The decorator for this hotel must be familiar with cartography twitter. I’m impressed (despite it appearing to be unprojected).”
Tom Armitage shared these pics of a map trail embedded in the pavement. “Map of the Water of Leith inlaid into the pavement at the Leith end of the walkway to Balerno. “ Here is another part of the path from Saughton Park courtesy of the Friends of Saughton
Another one from Cartonaut, this time from the Nimbus Fish Hatchery. “Light illuminated animation showing how dams drastically reduced salmon and steelhead spawning grounds. Nimbus Fish Hatchery, American River Given that it is the dry season, this may serve dual duty as statement and metaphor.”
Andrew Newman sent me topic from his laundry shelf. The map on the detergent box shows the different water hardness zones for the British Isles and indicates how much detergent to use.
Definitely not a map in the wild but still a rather neat map via Mathieu “Due to the overwhelming attention for my emoji card, I have performed an upgrade With glossy main roles for, among others, @AFCAjax @NS_online @Thialf @Schiphol @centraal_beheer @Brainport_ehv @Efteling @PhilipsNL @hermanfinkers @npoosterschelde and @PortOfRotterdam”
Elizabeth mention Glorious Mud Ceramics to me. I had a look at their web site and started drooling, map mugs, map coasters, map cushions – what’s not to like? I know that lots of Mappery readers are going to want one of Cressida’s glorious mugs (or cushions or coasters). Scroll […]
Who knew there is a Museum of Glass? Cartonaut sent us these pics of a map wall at the museum. “Wall at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington. (For those wondering, New Zealand is there)”
Javier Peláez shared these pics of a tiled wall map illustrating the travels of Captain James Cook that he spotted in Poggi, Bologna.
Regular followers of Mappery will know that the Queen of MapTat (an affectionate term) is Angharad Stone. She owns more map decorated clothing, furniture and accessories than anyone else I know. “@MapsintheWild I need that for my One Hundred Stars scarves” In thanks for the amazing work that Angharad has […]
Ivan Sanchez pointed me to Juan Toro’s pic of Texeira’s map of Madrid (original 1656) in a Seville metro station