The Great Globe at Swanage, England has been built in 1887. It is one of the largest stone spheres in the world.

I love album covers, it used to be part of the excitement of getting a new album to drool over the covers in the record shop, open them up, read the sleeve notes and lyrics. That’s all gone now and I am showing my age. Anyway, here’s a mappy record […]

Our Friend Erik encountered this map when walking near the village of Boskoop. Erik: “It shows the area of the local land consolidation project, with the participants. However, cartography-wise it raises some questions, like: does this map actually tell me something, and if so, what? Is this parcel division before, […]

I was walking on a path with a mate recently when I stumbled on Australia (well almost). This is the second time Australia has appeared in a path or road as a Map in the Wild, what countries have you spotted on your walks?

October, 3rd is the city’s main celebration, as it was liberated from the Spanish (yes, it was a few years ago). The keys are the main part of the city’s coat of arms. Couldn’t tell you who the person in blue is, but the map of the city centre is […]