Dutch cartocubism A forgotten attempt to simplify maps from the interwar period.

Dutch cartocubism
A forgotten attempt to simplify maps from the interwar period.
attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/dutch-cart...

Hand drawn map of the world from the perspective of New York.

Hand drawn flat Earth map.

Hand drawn map of future decisions.

Hand drawn road map—Per Aspera ad Astra.

I didn’t realize Saul Steinberg — the artist behind the famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue“ — had a whole series of similar illustrations. 😍

saulsteinbergfoundation.org/essay/view-o...

Gracias!

New tool if you want to make simple basemaps with Great Circle Routes.

www.mapspam.net/GreatCircleM...

Still not perfect, esp. on mobile, here's a v1.0 new Great Circle Map generator. Enter two locations. Select MetBrewer color palettes or the REH homage. Shit+click to pan. Rotate the globe or the view. Export the visible window or the whole globe.
www.mapspam.net/GreatCircle2...

18x24 wall map.

I assume everyone else watching the Olympics
has the urge to experiment with Copernicus
DEM data to make terrain maps of the Alps in QGIS
...

Highways have fundamentally altered the landscape of the United States 🚗

I added a cool globe to my collection and learned what I could about it.

www.mapspam.net/classic-1925...

A holiday look for the North Pole.

So cool.

Kids were making snowflakes and shadow puppets. First time making a map with scissors.

Really excited about this collection of blank maps from 1900 that I just got. Many very challenging geography exercises for students to color in historic features and boundaries with crayons.

❗Join us for our last collection showing of 2025 ... guest curated by you❗

This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions.

Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.

There is a great opportunity here to publish an artistic thematic metamap... the map to the maps.

Global connectivity.

Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).

Geography questions from the 1858 Oxford Local Examinations. How would you do?

I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 22 Data: Natural Earth | The Great Islands

Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!

This physical map of North America by the masterful @mtnmapper puts the location of Greenland and Iceland into perspective. You can grab the map here: buff.ly/M3Y4zrV

Day 22 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Natural Earth Data. I used the Ocean Bottom layer to make a Bathymetry map of Northern Europe.

After some helpful comments from testers, I have updated this tool for making simple outline maps on an equidistant projection. Zoom and rotate functions work better now and without a mouse. Make base maps for briefing graphics or coloring books.

mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html

That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.

On Monday afternoon (GMT) I will be giving a lecture at the Royal Geographic Society on Alexander Macomb Mason. Naval history, exploration in Africa, 19th-century century science, and lots of #maps... Register for in-person or online here:

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...