Michelle sent me this pic of this map dress
“Managed to get hold of the friend that took it..she says she took a quick photo but didn’t take much notice..it was at the airport in Japan..she was looking for her departure gate!!”
Map dress
Tomales Bay
Cartonaut sent us this map of Tomales Bay at The Cook and her Farmer in Oakland CA
Book covers
Elizabeth has been spotting mappy book covers all over the place. These two are from a display at Waterstones
And I couldn’t resist this display of map books in Seven Dials Market
I love the old AtoZ reproduction
Troy
Where was Troy?
I visited the Troy exhibition at the British Museum yesterday and realised that I didn’t know. My erudite friend said it was on the north west coast of Turkey, and he was correct.
These pics are from a display panel in the exhibition. Not particularly wild but interesting, ancient and possibly mythical.
Edinburgh neighbourhoods
Jon Morris was staying at the Hub on East Market St in Edinburgh while attending FOSS4G UK. He thought this map was monstrosity but I don’t agree.
“Glad I won’t be spending too much time here, with this monstrosity by the bed.
You can’t quite see it, but the Royal Yacht Britannia is at the top for some reason – they’ve moved it about a mile inland…”
Down the memory lane
My friend Elizabeth sent me this map that she spotted in an Indian restaurant in Washington.
I like the way that customers have embellished the map with “Yum” and even better “A meal without wine is breakfast”
Nautical Map at Long Beach
Our friend Cartonaut sent us this pic
“Courtyard Marriott Hotel Long Beach has nautical chart decorative theme throughout including abstracted symbology “
The world in Africa
Elizabeth spotted this t-shirt in Shoreditch designed by Kai Krause. It was only when I looked more carefully that I got what it was trying to show – Africa is massive, swallowing China, the US, India and several more countries!
The Mercator projection misleads us, Kai Krause puts us straight at a glance. A demonstration of the power of quality infographics. The narrative to be found on the interior panel of the shirt is as astonishing as the image. This shirt also has a miniature on the image on the front of the shirt just under the neck at the back. People astonished by the image on the front but perhaps too polite to ask for the explanation get the chance to surreptitiously kill their curiosity. The details: Area x 1000km squared : Africa: 30,221 The rest: (USA: 9,629 China, 9,573 India, 3,287 Mexico 1,964, Peru 1,285 France, 633, Spain 506, Papua New Guinea 462, Sweden 441, Japan 378, Germany 357, Norway 324, Italy 301, New Zealand 270, United Kingdom 243, Nepal 147, Bangladesh 144, Greece 132) = 30,102
https://weadmire.net/product/true-size-of-africa-by-kai-krause/
I’m not sure I agree with this blurb (see Ken’s view below) but I gotta get one of these …
And I did! I wore it yesterday at GeoMob where it got a lot of favourable comment but it also prompted Ken to reprimand me.
You should read Ken’s Cartonerd Blog to understand what is wrong with this map from a cartographic perspective. I know he is correct but if we are going to feature maps in the wild, many of which are inaccurate, distorted or misleading, then I think this one warrants inclusion.
Becksploitation
We were wandering around the “Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance” exhibition at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol when I stumbled on this Beck based abomination which I had to include for Ken. This really is a meaningless load of bovine manure.
Post Office Tower, Washington
This map table at the Post Office Tower in Washington has views of some landmark buildings. It is also a haven for bell ringers like my friend Elizabeth.
