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Tom Armitage sent me this cover by the band Saint Etienne who I had not heard of. “The album’s cover art was designed by Manchester art collective Dorothy. Band member Bob Stanley explained, “They had done this map of a fictional area with all these road names, which were songs. I just got in […]

Words & Music

Map tote bag

Raf sent us this map tote bag which is on sale somewhere in Barcelona for €50!

Map tote bag

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When I was young you used to see these Michelin maps all over the place, particularly outside garages. Nowadays there aren’t many around. Andrew Newman spotted this old and rusty map at Much Wenlock in Shropshire.

Michelin

Paul Naylor spotted this Map Man in a bookshop window in Hay-on-Wye “Da da da da da da da da MAPMAN! Spotted at #hayonwye #mapman #maps #cartography”

Map Man

Luke Harvey spotted this map on the cover of the Metro, London’s free morning paper available on the Underground (July 18th 2019). Apparently the average commute to work in London takes 74 minutes, the map shows some alternative destinations that you could choose instead of going to work. Normally I […]

Next stop – not your desk

This is a pretty big (although basic) map. I like the sign for the restrooms just west of the I270 “A local mall of ours uses a big mural map to tell you where they’re located!  https://www.westfield.com/wheaton/stores/all-stores“

Mall Mural Map

Hokkaido

Quite a few of our friends have been spotting maps in Japan recently. Barend Kobben sent me this map of Hokkaido which he spotted in Sapporo.

Hokkaido

A globe cake for GIS Day

Today is GIS Day (for open source geeks, tomorrow is PostGIS Day) Angharad Stone, who is one of the map-maddest people I know, shared this globe cake that she baked for GIS Day. I couldn’t resist asking “What kind of cake is that? Extra Strong Raspberry & Imbe?” I think […]

A globe cake for GIS Day

Massive maps at Madingley American Cemetery

Paul Hardy shared these massive maps from the Memorial Hall at Madingley American Cemetery. “Here are two really big maps from a building in my locality – on the inside and the outside of the Memorial Hall at the Madingley American Cemetery, at 52.216 N, 0.056 E (close to the […]

Massive maps at Madingley American Cemetery

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