A bit of Becksploitation from Lego with this European schematic diagram. Not sure how it works but hey ho 🙂 Sent to us by Jeremy Wright
Maps in the Wild
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Caitlin Dempsey sent us this rubbery globe “Mickey recognizes New Zealand” Which prompted a couple of carto-purist responses “Where is Bali and Lombok?” “How about Java…? Indonesia is reduced to only 3 islands?” You just can’t please some people
Rose sent us this cow shaped map “found this map in the shape of a cow, in a tunnel in Budva, Montenegro #mapsinthewild #happymapping “
This is a beautiful relief map “Tough to beat a to scale relief map as you look at the real thing. Wish I was better able to capture the background. I’ll get better.”
Clare Nolan sent us this map of the Eden Rivers. This map is in the car park outside Sainsburys in Penrith “The circles are places, squarish ones are castles, triangles are hills/fells. If you zoom in you can just about see the corresponding numbers on the names at bottom. I reckon […]
Tom Armitage sent us these pics from his travels to the lake district. They seem to have a lot of map tat there. “Had a cracking week in the Lake District… So many maps, they were everywhere you looked; for wearing, feeling, eating off or actually finding your way”
Wilhelmina shared this picture of some cute southern hemisphere map shoes “In Tsumeb Namibia, close to the Etosha. My colleague had them on. Awesome”
Andrew Newman drew my attention to the map themed cakes at the High Storrs school bake but he didn’t have any pics! Fortunately he put me in touch with the school and they sent some pics and the head of geography provided some extra context. “The students are invited to […]
The Grand Canyon has inspired many mappers and geologists including my co-editor Ken Field. This relief map was sent to us by David of Overview Maps