Category: Maps in the Wild

Those of us who do maps for a living blather on about the amazing advantages of serving maps in the cloud etc. Ivan Sanchez pointed me at this brilliant pic by Dakota McCoy.

Erik Meerburg shared this pic of these Street Food boxes which would be a great promotional idea for the folk at MapBox

Cartonaut shared the UN logo (which includes a world map) on the floor at the UN Plaza in San Francisco

Another example of the fun map making efforts of Coldfall Primary school. The map shows the 5 minute and 10 minute walking areas around the school and seeks to encourage parents to walk their children to school.

Elizabeth shared this pyramid with a map of the area around the Royal Exchange building.

Abigail shared this Ordnance Survey Rubik’s Cube which I think must be something of a collector’s piece – HINT HINT OS if you are reading!

Cartonaut spotted this map in the San Francisco ferry building. I can’t imagine why it is there but what the heck?

Cartonaut shared this stunning map quilt. Edie Punt suggested that it might have come from Haptic Lab who offer an impressive range of quilted maps.

Primary school geography, again from Coldfall Primary

This is some ceiling at Monty’s, a bar in Edinburgh. Thanks to Tom Armitage for pointing out this gem.