Who is Arnold Hills? You may well ask! Apart from my West Ham supporting friends not many people will know about Mr Hills, he was the founder of Thames Iron Works F.C. which subsequently became West Ham United F.C. in 1900. This map shows the locations of West Ham’s football […]
Barry Rowlingson sent me this old album cover from the Keef Hartley Band (you will have to be “of an age” to remember them). Who would have thought that a postcode map would make an album cover? The post prompted a flurry of other map album covers, look out for […]
David Cottingham sent us the snap of a pint of Arran Ale “Arran ale served at the Arran brewery on Arran with a map of………….”
This map of Fatburger locations was spotted by Bojan Savric in Tokyo (another ICC2019 distraction) “Fatburger #Tokyo on seventh floor by #shibuyacrossing is using right #mapprojection to map locations of their restaurants 👍” I like that Bojan was at least as interested in the map projection as the burgers
Enock Seth Nyamador sent name this superb globe sculpture outside the Ghana Export Promotion Agency building in Accra. “This globe located right in front of @GEPAGhana #Accra, #Ghana signifying exporting more Ghana goods to the world I guess, the arrows & lines seem to indicate so. Cheers 😎” Not sure […]
My friend Michelle Fine is an artist who can turn her hand to almost anything. She does a lot of imaginative restoration/transformation of old pieces of furniture including these beautiful map tables. If you fancy having a piece of furniture mappified you can contact Michelle here
My friend sent me these pics of his son modelling his latest t shirt. It took me a while to work out that the smiley face and the map are one and the same. Clever things these sequins 😊
Bojan Savric spotted this weird map in the departure hall on his way home from ICC2019 What #mapprojection is this? Looks like I will have a shorter flight than @kennethfield with Japan Airlines… 😉
Our friend Army Map Guy sent us this neat bike trail map from Hot Springs, Arkansas I like the Trail Information: Ride at your own risk! Look before you leap!! Lower your saddle for more fun!!!