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Judy Tymon sent us this pic “I found this map at a new local cafe here in Ipswich Massachusetts.  The cafe is called  “The M Cafe”, M for Manila, capital of the Philippines. I liked it because it shows the outline of the country along with the lat/long.  And of […]

Phillipines in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Reinder shared these stamps “These stamps were issued in The Netherlands in 2015. They present an image of light pollution. Artist / designer Daan Roosegaarde has created these illuminated stamps for PostNL. The stamp sheet shows a modern map of the Netherlands on a clear night in spring. The stamps provide […]

Light Pollution in the Netherlands

Krista Mott sent us this pic from her roadtrip in the north west US. “On the way home, we stopped in Seattle at Pike Place Market where I found this “Show us where you came from!” map.  Quite a great representation of visitors from around the world.

Where do you come from?

Reinder is on form at the moment with a string of great pics. “in a shop / workplace where they sell (an awful lot of) antique building materials. I’m not sure whether this is stained glass — or some other technique. I’m sure that I like it!” – we like […]

Global Architectural Salvage

Scott Simmons sent us a pic of this superb sticker from Hawaii, “I found this great sticker on a recent vacation to the island of Hawai’i. The place names are all in their approximate correct location and the artist cleverly chose more important names to prioritize, while still filling the […]

The Places of Hawaii

Reinder shared these pics of a gig that he saw recently, the band seem to be very into globes and maps. “… on the Parade: a travelling theatrical festival in the Netherlands, 18th of July 2024. Cf https://deparade.nl/programma/stan-vreeken-jorn/. “Pop-music meets theater in a light-hearted and quirky concert. Looking at the mysterious word […]

The Parade

Marc-Tobias spotted this van “Seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollh%C3%A4ttan Includes a scale in kilometers and proper compass!” That’s the first time I have seen a scale bar on an a map in the wild

Trollhatte Kanal

Reinder shared this pic of a book cover “Suddenly it occurred to me that the cover of this book by the Dutch writer Jean Pierre Rawie is decorated with a painting by Matthijs Röling, and that he added a globe to this still life.”

Matthijs Röling

Jeremy shared a pic of the recyclable beer glasses at the yNOT festival. Is that a semi-conical projection?

yNot Festival

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