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mappery, 14 days ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Stanfords Discovered: My friend Elizabeth just discovered Stanfords store in Covent Garden, she couldn’t resist sending me a pic but asking me “do you know about this place?” really?!?

This isn’t the first time we have featured Stanfords here but it really is the place of pilgrimage for map lovers visiting London.

MapsintheWild Stanfords Discovered https://mappery.org/stanfords-discovered/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=stanfords-discovered

mappery, 1 month ago to random

Maps in the Wild: It’s a Chocolate World: Raf spotted this premium chocolate map in Poboleda.

“Xocoleda 9 Onze is an awesome chocolate shop in Poboleda, a small village in the wine making region of Priorat in Catalunya.”

MapsintheWild It’s a Chocolate World https://mappery.org/its-a-chocolate-world/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=its-a-chocolate-world

mappery, 1 month ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Never Eat Shredded Wheat: Derick Rethans shared this from his travels in Oxfordshire. I love the cardinal points at the top.

MapsintheWild Never Eat Shredded Wheat https://mappery.org/never-eat-shredded-wheat/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=never-eat-shredded-wheat

mappery, 1 month ago to random

Maps in the Wild: IMPORTANT: Mappery Editorial Policy Changes: Dear followers. The Mappery team have been reflecting on some of the content we have posted recently. We’re concerned that cartography is being commercially exploited in some sectors (particularly the drinks industry) with the creation of entirely fictitious maps to promote a brand. We think this is wrong and is disrespectful of the art and science of cartography.

In posting some of this content, we… https://mappery.org/important-mappery-editorial-policy-changes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=important-mappery-editorial-policy-changes

mappery, 2 months ago to random

Today we get a mention in the New York Times #MapsintheWild https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/style/maps-design.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU0.QHUo.VI-VXXMs84hj&smid=em-share

mappery, 2 months ago to random

Today we passed 1,000 followers, hopefully we bring a bit of mappiness to your day..

Thanks to all of you who contribute #MapsintheWild, there wouldn't be any fun here without you - keep 'em coming!

mappery, 2 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Wear the World’s Routes: Marc-Tobias could not resist a vist to Stanford’s London store and there he spotted these t-shirts, very useful if you are sailing across the Atlantic (without a sat-nav)

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/wear-the-worlds-routes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=wear-the-worlds-routes

mappery, 3 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Hainich National Park: Ed Freyfogle supported this beautiful relief map in the visitor centre at the Hainich National Park in central Germany

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/hainich-national-park/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=hainich-national-park

mappery, 3 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: The Portalington Map: Melinda Clarke sent me some pre-publication pics of her latest piece, The Portalington Map. This another stunning hand-drawn map from down under. The detail is just fanrtastic.

If you want to know more about the Portalington Map or order your own copy, have a look here. You can also listen to a Geomob podcast episode where I interviewed Melinda about another of her maps.

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/the-portalington-map/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=the-portalington-map

mappery, 4 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Ankh-Morpork: Jan Andriaenssens shared this beauty with us. “Map art in the “Ankh-Morpork” meeting room at “imec Antwerp” in Belgium”

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/ankh-morpork/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=ankh-morpork

mappery, 4 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Stendahl: credit: Christian Guémy, This map in the wild comes from the French Artist Christian Guémy. I am a fan of his work on maps but also all the street art, more over his engagement. Please pay a visit to his Instagram account christianguemy Stendhal is a 19th-century French writer. He is best known for the […]

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/stendahl/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=stendahl

mappery, 4 months ago to random

We’ve been an escapee from the other place for a year and we’ve grown to almost 1,000 followers. Thanks to everyone who follows us and even bigger thanks to those who have contributed #MapsintheWild

It would be great if we could push through the 1,000 before the end of the month [hint]

mappery, 4 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Coordinates in the Wild: Ed shared this, I haven’t got a clue

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/coordinates-in-the-wild/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=coordinates-in-the-wild

mappery, 4 months ago to random

Mappy New Year 2024
#HNY2024

mappery, 4 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: The Thames Path: Ed Parsons and I stopped for coffee at the Anglers pub just outside Teddington and I spotted this map of the Thames Path on the wall so we had to get a pic or two.

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/the-thames-path/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=the-thames-path

mappery, 5 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Mappy Xmas: Sending Seasons Greetings to all of our followers around the world whatever you may be doing today.

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/mappy-xmas-3/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=mappy-xmas-3

mappery, 6 months ago to random

Looking for a quirky mappy gift for the geek in your life? Or maybe you want a seasonal treat for yourself?

We’ve got the answer for you, pop along to the Mappery Shop for some fun t-shirts https://mappery.org/shop/ and you’ll be helping us keep #MapsintheWild ticking.

Boosts appreciated

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mappery, 6 months ago to random

Each year we run a feature called The Twelve Mappy days of Christmas

I think you can work out the sort of thing we are looking for 😉

You can mail us at maps at mappery dot org or @ us or #MapsInTheWild

Lets make this very mappy Xmas

mappery, 6 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Firelei Baez at the Louisiana: Firelei Baez is a Dominican artist who paints powerful images on top of archival material, frequently old maps. She was featured at the Louisiana Museum just outside Copenhagen when we visited the intro said: “She paints powerful, poetic images on top of archival material such as maps, book pages andblueprints, boldly going back and forth […]

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/firelei-baez-at-the-louisiana/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=firelei-baez-at-the-louisiana

mappery, 6 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Colour in your own beer map: This fun beer map of Belgium is designed to be coloured in as you sample the beer along with a legend whereby you rate the beer by colouring in the five point scale. Beer and cartography seem to have some natural affinity. Or maybe MITW editors are so keen on both topics that we find […]

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/colour-in-your-own-beer-map/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=colour-in-your-own-beer-map

mappery, 6 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: GIS analyst lives in Lego house: This lego house is home to a GIS Analyst. Great spot from Jen Mapes

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/resident-of-lego-house-does-gis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=resident-of-lego-house-does-gis

mappery, 7 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: On the money: A lovely historic map surrounding an ATM posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter by ᴮʳⁱᵗᵗᵃ ᴿⁱᶜᵏᵉʳ . We try and pinpoint the location of all our Mappery posts we find for the Mapping Maps in the Wild page. Sometimes it takes a bit of detective work – all we’ve got to go on […]

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/atm/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=atm

mappery, 7 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Maps and Stones: At an exhibition on the extraction of gold and rubies from Greenland, I spotted this.

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/maps-and-stones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=maps-and-stones

mappery, 7 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Christiana: We went to Christiana, which is a self styled free town in Copenhagen. Here is a beautiful map of the area which identifies all of the homes and other buildings. Christiana is is an intentional community and commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania If you want to support Christiana you can purchase […]

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/christiana/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=christiana

mappery, 7 months ago to random

Maps in the Wild: Beck inspired Danish styled metro map: So simple and so beatify. This is the Copenhagen metro map, clearly influenced by Beck but with Danish style

More on Mappery. https://mappery.org/beck-inspired-danish-styled-metro-map/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=beck-inspired-danish-styled-metro-map