Maps in the Wild

We were wandering around the “Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance” exhibition at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol when I stumbled on this Beck based abomination which I had to include for Ken. This really is a meaningless load of bovine manure.

This map table at the Post Office Tower in Washington has views of some landmark buildings. It is also a haven for bell ringers like my friend Elizabeth.

Cartonaut sent us these pics of an installation by Jody Zellen “The Unemployed” is an interactive installation that visualizes world wide unemployment. Using data culled from online sources that list unemployment rates by country, “The Unemployed” represents the jobless as animated figures who inhabit a generic cityscape. The number of […]

Today is the 12th day of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas, when I started collecting these images I had no idea whether we would get enough to fill the whole 12 days but we have made it! Phew, now we can revert to a more measured schedule of publishing. […]

Today is the 11th day of our 12 Mappy Days of Christmas, nearly there!! Greg Fiske shared these mappy wrapping bows.

This is day 10 of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas Barry Rowlingson made these mappy objects. I don’t know if they are particularly intended for Christmas but we have to keep filling our 12 Mappy days.

Reinder Storm spotted this textual map in Leiden. We could debate whether it really is a map in the wild but I am exercising editorial privilege.

Day 8 of 12 Mappy Days of Christmas and we are still finding seasonal fare. Simon Miles shared this pic from his local Christmas Market in Winchester. Mappy New Year

This is Day 7 of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas Tom Armitage made these map based decorations using a design from John Nelson

This is the 6th day of 12 days of Mappy Christmas It’s another beaut from Angharad Stone who thought her desk looked a bit drab so she sent me a pic of her beautiful globe decorated tree

This is day 5 of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas. Reinder Storm sent us this card It’s a boomerang #postcard, they are disseminated in pubs, libraries etc. in the Netherlands for free. On the back it says:  “© Patrick Bergsma, Amsterdam 1993”.  Cf. cards.boomerang.nl/cards/

This is day 4 of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas It’s Angharad Stone’s mappily decorated desk at the Environment Agency. Spare a thought for her and her colleagues who may find themselves called in to work if there is further flooding this year!

This is day 3 of the 12 Mappy days of Christmas Each year at Astun Technology (where I advise) we have a Secret Santa as part of our Xmas celebrations. Usually the gifts are somewhere between quirky and rubbish but this year was different. These globe cufflinks were a top […]

This is day 2 of the 12 Mappy Days of Christmas – there’s no seasoãl link but it is a delicious treat for any map lover at this time of year. Don Meltz shared this pic which truly is worthy of a caption competition and a prize.