Reinder Storm shared this Dutch pack of Italian sea salt “A package with ‘Italian’ sea salt. Seen at the counter of a coffee bar at the central railway station, The Hague, The Netherlands”

David Henderson of Ordnance Survey shared this magnificent map table from a coffee place in Edinburgh. It’s a beautiful map but I am not sure the MD (or Chief Geospatial Officer as he is now known) should be sharing a risqué map with Shetland in a box, the cafe might […]

I spotted this mappish representation of the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground. It’s a new version of an old favourite, here is a 2013 version by Lulu Pinney for Eye Magazine I think there are some earlier versions on the same theme. If you know of any do post […]

Paul Hardy sent us this picture of a sundial at Hatfield House. “If you are short of maps in the wild, attached is an interesting map not far from where I live. It is a big sundial, installed in 2011 at Hatfield House to mark their 400th anniversary. I assume it […]

Liam Mason shared this pic of his dog and a street map on the ground at Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona This would make a great caption competition

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.