Maps in the Wild

Atanas Entchev shared this with us “150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago. This skyscraper features a 400-foot-tall map of the Chicago River on its exterior, with a red rectangle indicating the building’s own location along the river.” Eli subsequently chipped in and said “upon my arrival at that location, I did […]

Another finding in a gallery in Cambridge, from the artist The Real Hackney Dave

Ken discovered these map adorned beer cans and he had to tackle some pics before he opened one.

Marc Prioleau and Silas Toms hosted the first Geomob San Francisco event on 15th April. Silas decided to get in the geo-mood with this very mappy outfit. That is some outfit!

My hip flask is visiting the Peak District. This might be the beginning of a Series. NB: We are in the UK with amazing whiskies, but the content is a Rum Agricole from Guadeloupe.

Ken spotted this van with custom contour decorations while on the road

Reinder sent me this “… at Bever’s: a local shop in The Hague where you can buy stuff for trekking, walking and other forms of leisure and active outdoor life. Looked really nice. “ I’m guessing that Bever’s is the Den Haag equivalent of Stanfords

In the Ponta Delgado museum they had these really old navigation charts

Parque Ribeira dos Caldeiroes is a nature reserve in the north-west corner of San Miguel, Azores centred around an impressive river and waterfall. Thought I would include a pic of me and Toby by the waterfall because …

There was a small exhibition about the Azores at the Bank of Portugal branch in Ponta Delgada. This lovely old map was in a display case with a model galleon, here is a better pic We also drooled over this 19C map of Terceira

We walked up to these ancient military fortifications on San Miguel island in the Azores, the name means literally “military fortification of the face of the dog” but I have a hunch that isn’t quite correct.

Had to stop here when we were walking in the Azores and looking out towards America. And yes, I was standing there.. I used Lat Long Data to do the conversion

This is one of my son’s favourite bars in Ponta Delgado, Azores, the name translates as Angels’ Corner. Next to the sign it says “The bar that has travelled around the world”

We visited my son in the Azores a few weeks ago. The Azores are pretty much the centre point for any sailors crossing the Atlantic, so lots of sailors stop there to rest, repair and rewstock. Along the edge f the harbour on St. Miguel are a lot of paintings […]

Reinder spotted this beautiful book cover, he said “… cartographically inspired design of a book cover. Book with walks through Paris (in Dutch). Quite charming don’t you think? ” Very very charming!