Maps In The Wild
What’s a Map in the Wild? It’s a map in a real-life context, a sign, a poster, an object, perhaps quirky, perhaps unexpected. What it isn’t is a screen grab from a web site, the output from a GIS or similar.
- Van I came across this van in Cambridge city centre. This is yet another van with a compass. I like that they have a mountain and a cyclist that reminds me of home!
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- World Map by EGS I spotted this world map in an art gallery in Berlin, the author is EGS, the last picture displays the price for the canvas.
- Berlin rum I spotted this bottle of Rum in Berlin
- Lyon phone cover Muriel shared her phone cover, which is a map of Lyon, France
- La Caraque A chocolate box from Karine
- Gin bottle This bottle of Gin is now converted into a lamp with a nice map. Handmade craft from Marylu Mitchell
- Hoodie Picture Who wants a new Hoodie with coordinates?
- Gaul’s Capital Spotted this direction helper in Lyon, formerly the Capital of the Gauls. And now well known as the Food World Capital (yes, I am from Lyon).
- King’s College This city map has a view over King's College, Cambridge (UK)
- OS flask in Belledonne Travelling with my OS flask, here it stands in Belledone near Grenoble.
- Lorry in London I spotted this lorry on my way to Geomob in London
- Small Cheese Board Back in France for the Holidays, I spotted this little cheese board at Leclerc
- Map Nerd Challenge Tom MacWright posted this map nerd challenge on BlueSky
- A football globe Clare shared these pictures from San Siro museum
- Another Malbec I am biased; I like Malbec. Here is one shared by Jose.
- Kaleifornia A BrilliantMaps share, the other states are visible at
- Largest map Another BrilliantMaps share, this is definitely dethroning our previous largest map.
- The Earth is flat Should I keep this for April Fool's Day? Nah, a good laugh is always welcome whenever it comes! Thanks Brilliant Maps for sharing.
- Hoodie by Brixton, CA "dvdmcc" shared this detail from a hoodie.
- Cross-stitch Sallie "bumbling about town 🐝🍉" on BlueSky shared this cross-stitch project in progress.
- Multimap Teapot We all enjoy a nice cup of tea with family or friends over Christmas, Walter Schwartz spotted this mappy teapot on his travels. "This little teapot, short and stout, was in the Two English Ladies Tea Shoppe, a booth at the San Francisco Dickens Fair. It says “Cardew’s London Maps”…
- Covent Garden Map Seller In the Christmas market at Covent Garden, London, I spotted this map seller. Unfortunately there was no time to peruse and purchase.
- Sicily on a Plate Reinder spotted this plate decorated with a map of Sicily at the Waterlooplein in Amsterdam, the daily flea market.
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- Foxy Map Alex shared this pic, with apologies for the quality. I'm left wondering "What! Why?"
- Worldwide Produce Another mappy truck, this time spotted by Ken Field somewhere in the US.
- John Speed in Pieces Rollo spotted this jigsaw of John Speeds county maps in a charity shop. For reasons that I can't understand he didn't buy it.
- A Mappy Carpet in The Hague Reinder spotted this in the in the public library in The Hague " on the floor there is a map - not surprisingly - of the city of The Hague, the Netherlands. Been here many times, but never saw this before. "
- The Melbourne Map Scarves Melinda Clarke, the creator of the Melbourne Map has branched out with a range of beautiful silk scarves with some very stylish map designs including, of course, The Melbourne Map. n this pic my pal Denise McKenzie is wearing Melbourne at the GeoBusiness conference.…
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- At 39,000 feet This is not the opening screen of some Esri software, it's the in-flight mapping system on Ken's last flight to the UK
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- Central Mediterranean and Near East Marc Tobias spotted this old school map in Ed Frefogles home. It's pretty nig!
- World of Communication "World of communication’, in Rome, in the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. It dates from 1972 and is made by Jiří Kolář. " I htink the collage on the globe is made with postage stamps.
- Little Mappy Suitcases Reinder spotted these mappy suitcases in a hotel window in Rome. He was so taken with them that he didn't mention the nice looking globe, while his wife apparently was more impressed by the towels folded as swans. Go figure! If only those cases were a bit bigger and had…
- Mosaic Map of Rome Reinder spotted this mosaic map of the Old City of Rome, "Saw this in the lobby of the Santa Chiara hotel in Rome. The size of the map is let’s say 50 x 70 cm, it is made of little stones of approximately 4 x 4 mm. No artist is mentioned — but he or she deserves our…
- Balloon View of the Thames Remember Santa's Delivery Route from Xmas Eve? Ken sent me this modern version of that map which he spotted in the lobby of the Great Northern Hotel next to Kings Cross. Note that this time the map is north up.
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- The Roman Empire Last one from Reinder's Rome trip. "I saw these on the Via dei Fori Imperiali in the Eternal City: quite spectacular!"
- Sh*t Show – aka FIFA Peace Prize I don't know where to start with this one. Yes it is a map in the wild, but why would anyone make this decaying world held by rotting hands and then award it as a peace prize? I thought FIFA governed world football, is it really FIFA's role to award peace prizes?…
- On Top of the World Melinda Clarke (of Melbourne Map fame) sent me this, she said "I met this young girl, we got chatting and I shared that I was producing a map of Melbourne. She then declared her love for maps, and travelling around the world - and showed me her tattoo of a world map on the…
- Britain in the Clouds This has to be one of the best maps in the wild ever! Elizabeth sent me this from Weymouth "Last night on the South Coast. Looks like the map of UK, Ireland and Denmark." Mappy New Year to everyone who contributes maps in the wild or follows us, let it be a year full of…
- Snoopy and the Speedmaster Wandering in Covent Garden I spotted this advert for the Omega Speedmaster watch which has a cute globe panel and a Snoopy graphic. Who knew that Snoopy was the official Mascot for the NASA Space Programme with the agreement of Charles Schulz?
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- Maps for Christmas Gaëlle Sutton shared these maps a bit before Christmas. The season is still on. Happy Holidays.
- Global Christmas Greetings Reinder shared this Christmas card designed by Patrick Bergsma
- Snowman Globes An absolute cracker from Wanmei L, shame she didn't say where she spotted it. Seems like a good one to kick off this years 12 Mapppy Days of Christmas
- Anti-Anti-Zionism I wasn't sure whether to share this but the editorial board said "F it, go for it" This tattoo is on the arm of Arsen Ostrovsky, a survivor of the Bondi Beach Chanukah shooting - no further comment needed.
- American Baubles Ken spotted this on US TV - I think it would make a great caption contest. Go for it!
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- Xmas in Leiden Reinder spotted this magnificent illuminated globe at the railway station in Leiden. I think it's a perfect choice for our Xmas day post. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate it and Seasons Greetings to the rest of you.
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- Santa’s Delivery Route Jeremy spotted this in the Lemon Tree pub in London. He said "It was really interesting to interpret. Around 1850 we reckoned. The Crystal Palace is still in Hyde Park, no Tower Bridge, the terminus main railway stations are in." You might think "that's really neat" then Ken…
- Ulysses Reinder said "I saw this brand new edition of Ulysses in a 2nd hand bookshop in Leiden. Quite remarkable I think, that this design with a Dublin town plan was not used earlier… or was it?"
- Roman Holidy in the Underwear Reinder spotted this poster for Billy Wilder's 1953 film Roman Holiday nestled amongst underwear in a clothing shop in Rome
- Kentish Town Cultural Map Elizabeth spotted this in a cafe opposite Gospel Oak station, probably Little Oak Coffee. Looks like both Kentish Town and this cafe are worth visiting.
- Mappe Tapestry Another one from Reinder's trip to Rome. "Saw this textile work of art in Rome, in the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. It dates from 1990 and is made by Alighiero Boetti" I had never heard of Boetti, it is worth clicking on the link to look at his Mappe series.
