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Mark Saffran shared this Instagram (from esri?) Those nails must have taken some time to paint. I wonder if they were a special effort for the esri user conference which will be running around now? This is dedication to mappery beyond the norm.

Nail Art

David Overton has an understandable interest in fabric maps since that is what his business Splashmaps make. He was recently at the University Library in Cambridge viewing their maps collection when he stumbled on these incredible silk European nautical maps complete with instructions on how to build your own raft […]

Silk maps (and boats)

Toilet map

Gregory Marler spotted these maps above the urinals while … “I just spotted the Mappery website. What a great and understandable idea. I attach and image of a map in a toilet. It’s always exciting to take a break from a mapping event and find a map. If I find […]

Toilet map

Thanks to Ross McDonald for pointing us at this Australian puddle spotted in Somalia by a member of the Australian Defence Force. The image originally appeared on the ADF web site (see here on the WayBackMachine) and more recently on GeoLounge who said Cartocacoethes was a term first coined by […]

Australia in a puddle

Another map shirt

David Moed sent us this full on world map shirt. I thought I liked a bit of map clothing but this one may be too much even for me. Look how GB gets the maximum visibility spot, half of Africa and Latin America are below the belt line.

Another map shirt

Bathroom floor

Neil Ackroyd stumbled on this innovative use of Ordnance Survey mapping in his Barbican hotel room. “Now that’s a bathroom floor – won’t throw my wet towel on this beauty” There is something especially delightful about being able to step over the Thames when you get out of shower.

Bathroom floor

Rollo Home sent us this pic from the arrivals hall at Gatwick Airport. It’s a lovely stylised map of London but perhaps the Underground lines are a little bit heavy and overwhelming. Nice way to greet visitors to London though 🙂

Gatwick arrivals floor

Globe drawer knobs

Jez Nicholson shared these ‘tasteful’ drawer knobs which he found in TK Maxx. I wasn’t sure about including such a naff item but Ken was convinced that they qualify, so here they are. As they are made in India I am sure the India/Kashmir borders are shown in accordance with […]

Globe drawer knobs

Barcelona Street Map on the ground

Jonathan Neufeld sent us the magnificent street map of Barcelona which is painted on the pavement near the Arc de Triomf. This is a pretty large scale map!

Barcelona Street Map on the ground

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