Category: Maps in the Wild

David Moed sent us this full on world map shirt. I thought I liked a bit of map clothing but this one may be too much even for me.

Look how GB gets the maximum visibility spot, half of Africa and Latin America are below the belt line.

Neil Ackroyd stumbled on this innovative use of Ordnance Survey mapping in his Barbican hotel room.

“Now that’s a bathroom floor – won’t throw my wet towel on this beauty”

There is something especially delightful about being able to step over the Thames when you get out of shower.

Rollo Home sent us this pic from the arrivals hall at Gatwick Airport. It’s a lovely stylised map of London but perhaps the Underground lines are a little bit heavy and overwhelming.

Nice way to greet visitors to London though 🙂

Jez Nicholson shared these ‘tasteful’ drawer knobs which he found in TK Maxx. I wasn’t sure about including such a naff item but Ken was convinced that they qualify, so here they are.

As they are made in India I am sure the India/Kashmir borders are shown in accordance with Indian legislation.

Jonathan Neufeld sent us the magnificent street map of Barcelona which is painted on the pavement near the Arc de Triomf.

This is a pretty large scale map!

This compass (or is it a globe?) is in the entrance to Jaffa port. It shows the distance and direction of a series of cities from Tel Aviv/Jaffa. You stand looking out at the sea and can see many of the cities surrounding you. The top pic is taken facing the sea and the one below was taken from the other direction because it does a bit more detail.

I like the way that the city markers run off the edge of the map and are embedded in the tiles surrounding it. The last two are Gibraltar and Tangiers.

From a vineyard near Cape Town.

Raf sent us this pic of the Tennessee Map Plaza in Nashville

And another candidate for #mapsinthewild @StevenFeldman the giant state map of Tennessee, in Nashville (had to take a screenshot of Gmaps, no ground picture good enough) 

I think this is a fair candidate for waiving my principle of “no screenshots” but if anyone has a drone or fancies hanging from the bottom of a helicopter to get a closer up shot then do let me know.

Seat back maps on aircraft. here showing the Boeing 777 landing at LAX. Overview map on the screen in the background.

The use of the shape of the River Thames in advertising is not new but it always looks classy. Here, on a poster on the London Underground (LHR)