Not really a Map in the Wild but this cartoon sums up the sorry state of Britain (no longer Great IMHO) in 2019. This was shared with me by my pal Erik Meerburg.
I scheduled this to post on Brexit Day, who knows what will have happened by then.
Category: Maps in the Wild
Bogus map t-shirt
Dave Lovell, who is competing for the Maps in the Wild Contributor of the Year Award, sent us this map on a t-shirt from the D-Day Story museum (more to follow).
The ‘Bogus’ map being really ‘on the wild side’, names have been switched and it’s got the highest security rating apparently – Bigot.
According to the 90th Division Association:
BIGOT was a code word within a code word, a security classification beyond Top Secret. When planners adopted Neptune as the code word for the naval and amphibious aspects of the invasion, they realized that greater protection had to be given to any document or map that even hinted at the time and place of D-Day. They chose the odd code word BIGOT by reversing the letters of two words—To Gib—that had been stamped on the papers of officers going to Gibraltar for the invasion of North Africa in November 1942.
http://www.90thdivisionassociation.org/History/UnitHistories/PDF/Neptune/Background%20on%20Bigot.pdf
Snake River Brew
John Nelson shared this beer can which he kindly unrolled for us
“There’s a #mapsinthewild hidden under the label of this @snakeriverbrew Paco’s IPA can.”
Chinatown
Lauren Tierney sent us this neat map of Chinatown, San Francisco which is set into the pavement which she spotted on vacation.
Schipol globe with lots of pins
Marc Tobias Metten shared this globe which is on display in Schipol Airport. I think the pins represent destinations that you can fly to from Schipol. I like the use of physical Google Maps pins
Brewery Residences
Thomas Gratier shared this map of Brit Craft Breweries who are guesting somewhere on the Southbank. I’m tempted by a Liquid Light
Lego – Europe in one brick
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
Mickey Globe
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
Montenegro on a cow
Rose sent us this cow shaped map
“found this map in the shape of a cow, in a tunnel in Budva, Montenegro #mapsinthewild #happymapping “
Tetons Relief Map
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.”