Visiting friends recently and their kids had this fun blow up globe that serves as a beach ball and a geography primer. The photo opportunity was too sweet to miss as it reminded me of the famous sculpture of Atlas. “In Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan condemned to hold […]
Maps in the Wild
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Codrina Ilie sent us this picture of her map tattoo (at least i think it is a tattoo, it could be chocolate). I think it is Mercator on her arm but maybe a projections geek will correct me or you could ask her when you see her at FOSS4G in […]
Esri always sells drinkware at the User Conference in San Diego with some mappy theme. Just for fun.
Roger Payne sent us this Map Cow “After your request for maps in the wild at Geomob here’s one. It’s an old photo from 2000 I had to scan from a print. It was part of Cow Parade https://www.cowparade.com/our-story/ in New York, and happened to be the first Cow I came across, found […]
Careful to say they brew beside the Thames (in Chiswick) rather than with Thames water though it’s a safe bet they do…with Pride.
As much for the pun “discover wine without parallel” as much as the fact it’s named after the 39th parallel.
Alex Wrottesley of Geovation sent me this beautiful 15th century world map that he came across in Florence Fra’ Mauro, a Camaldolese monk, was active in Venice toward the mid-fifteenth century. His world map depicts the image of the Earth prevailing before the discovery of America. Based on literary texts […]
Ross McDonald sent us this stunning map made of butterflies “A growing map of the SW Cape made up of butterflies. Each butterfly added supports a child living in an informal settlement
Michael Terner sent us this medallion map from Southern California … a “medallion map” that was placed on a pedestrian bridge that crosses a small tributary of the San Francisco Bay in San Mateo, CA (where my mother lives). The medallion shows the historic location of Seashell Mounds left by […]
Gary Gale sent us this pic of a map on the pavement in Richmond “Saw this this morning in Richmond. It’s a map of the Thames near Richmond to mark the 50th anniversary of the Richmond Society. It’s been there since 2007 but it’s so understated and part of the […]
