Ohio Is A Piano
September 5, 2009 at 5:59 am | Posted in Cartography, Mashup/Remix, Music | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, mashup, Music, Ohio, pianos
A piano has 88 keys, and Ohio has 88 counties, which leads to obvious applications.
Travels Of A Boy Reporter
September 5, 2009 at 4:58 am | Posted in Cartography, Comics | Leave a commentTags: boy reporters, Cartography, Comics, tintin
Flickr’s Ghost Maps
July 26, 2009 at 1:33 am | Posted in Cartography, Journalism, Photography | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, flickr, ghost maps, Journalism, Photography
Photographic geotagging creates accidental maps of all kinds of places.
Unfolding The Earth
July 26, 2009 at 1:22 am | Posted in Cartography, Mathematics | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, globes, Mathematics, myriahedral projection
The Archipelago Table
July 25, 2009 at 9:03 pm | Posted in Cartography, Design | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, Design, furniture, table
Coastline Rings
July 25, 2009 at 8:00 pm | Posted in Art, Cartography, Design, Sculpture | Leave a commentTags: Art, Cartography, Design, jewelry, Sculpture
The 38 States of C. Etzel Pearcy
August 22, 2008 at 7:57 pm | Posted in Cartography | Leave a commentTags: america, Cartography, states, usa
A radical re-drawing of the United States based on its current demographic composition.
The History Of The Olympic Medal Count
August 15, 2008 at 8:16 am | Posted in Cartography, History | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, History, olympics, sports, visualization
The David Rumsey Map Collection
August 13, 2008 at 9:24 am | Posted in Cartography, History, Reference | Leave a commentTags: archive, Cartography, History, maps, Reference, world
A vast collection of maps, some of which have a Google Maps overlay of real satellite photography.
Maps of India
August 11, 2008 at 12:45 am | Posted in Cartography, Economics, History, Politics, Reference, Religion | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, Economics, History, india, maps, Politics, Reference, Religion
They’ve got maps of India. Lots and lots and lots and lots of maps of India.
The Sammlung Ryhiner Collection Of Antique Maps
July 19, 2008 at 1:08 am | Posted in Art, Cartography, History | Leave a commentTags: Art, Cartography, gallery, History
A vast, browsable collection of galleries, each filled with delightful antique maps.
How To Make Polyhedral Maps
June 5, 2008 at 2:42 am | Posted in Cartography, Mathematics | Leave a commentTags: buckminster fuller, Cartography, dymaxion, geography, maps, math, Mathematics, topology
The question of how to map a globe with minimal distortion is an interesting one, with many possibilities. One especially elegant solution is the Dymaxion Map, proposed by Buckminster Fuller.
Comprehensive Map Of 221B Baker St.
June 5, 2008 at 2:29 am | Posted in Cartography, History, Literature | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, fan projects, History, Literature, sherlock-holmes
Accounting for every detail in every story, this map is the work of a dedicated Holmesian.
Map Of All Streets In Continental America
May 10, 2008 at 8:09 pm | Posted in Cartography | Leave a commentTags: america, Cartography, streets, usa
A map conveying the strange variations in road density across the country.
Beyond Red & Blue: America’s 10 Political Regions
April 29, 2008 at 8:37 am | Posted in Cartography, Politics, Statistics | 1 CommentTags: american politics, blue, political science, Politics, red, red vs. blue, Reference, Statistics, usa
Map Of Nuclear Explosions
April 26, 2008 at 4:25 am | Posted in Cartography, History, Weapons | Leave a commentTags: big badaboom, big boom, boom, Cartography, History, nuclear weapons, showing off, Weapons
The Growth Of Wal-Mart (As An Animated Map)
March 28, 2008 at 6:11 am | Posted in Cartography, Commerce, History | Leave a commentHoward Wiseman’s Hobby: History
February 20, 2008 at 4:35 am | Posted in Cartography, History | Leave a commentMaps, essays, and general historical geekery. Eighteen Centuries Of Roman Empire is especially good stuff.
Mapping Globalization
January 15, 2008 at 6:41 am | Posted in Cartography, Eye Candy, History, Reference | Leave a commentMap of New Brainland
November 30, 2007 at 6:32 pm | Posted in Biology, Cartography, Eye Candy, Mashup/Remix, Psychology | Leave a commentAmerica, Balkans Version
November 26, 2007 at 1:58 am | Posted in Cartography, History | Leave a commentThe Carta Marina
November 19, 2007 at 6:00 am | Posted in Cartography, Eye Candy, History, Reference | Leave a commentOstensibly, the earliest map of the European continent. (large jpeg warning)
The Whole Internet
October 29, 2007 at 8:46 pm | Posted in Cartography, Reference, Technology, Webware | Leave a commentAntique Maps of China
October 15, 2007 at 11:01 pm | Posted in Art, Cartography, History, Reference | Leave a commentHipkiss’ Scanned Old Maps
October 13, 2007 at 9:10 am | Posted in Cartography, Drawing, History, Reference | Leave a commentMap of Humanity
September 29, 2007 at 6:00 pm | Posted in Art, Cartography, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Reference | Leave a commentThe emotional and intellectual world, mapped. (large jpeg)
European Statetris
August 5, 2007 at 7:52 pm | Posted in Books, Cartography, Games, Webware | Leave a commentMaps of War
August 5, 2007 at 7:52 pm | Posted in Cartography, History, Painting, Physics, Reference, Religion | Leave a commentThe Maps Of Adrian Leskiw
August 2, 2007 at 9:56 am | Posted in Cartography, Drawing, Eye Candy, Fantastic, Kinesthetics | Leave a commentSometimes art is so abstract and true-to-life that you can’t tell it from the real thing.
Statetris
July 25, 2007 at 3:58 am | Posted in Animation, Books, Cartography, Education, Games, Webware | Leave a comment
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