Links Wonderground Map of London [2:47] Silicon Valley 1991 [15:35] TAM Cargo Series [31:38] Supplemental TAM Cargo Link Wonderground Map of London Here we have a cartoon map with a black and white chevron pattern that forms the map border. You might think a heavy black and white chevron pattern would overwhelm a map but this doesn’t because there is otherwise so much information throughout the composition that it doesn’t out-compete. This is an example of maximalism, which is definitely not how Vanessa decorates her home.  What is it advertising though? London’s Underground metro system ..read more

Links This Porcineograph [1:45] Farmers Markets: Accessible to All? From Food: An Atlas [22:40] Les Grands Vins de Bourgogne [35:20] This Porcineograph This is a weird one. As a fan of weird art, Vanessa’s first impression was that this map is pretty cool, weird, and creepy, and that it would go well in an Orwelian universe. This map is the United States, but as a pig. Yes, that’s right. The word “gehography,” possibly the best geographic pun ever, is used in the sub-title text and gives a sense of the humor that went into it. Aesthetically, we’re looking at a lithograph and this is shown by t ..read more

Links Zelda, Breath of the Wild [2:08] Ori and the Will of the Wisps [15:53] Animal Crossing [28:22] Zelda, Breath of the Wild One of the first things you notice about this game map is that it has a lot of green hues and resembles camouflage, giving you the immediate sense that this will be a nature-based type of game. Multitudinous contour lines further this outdoorsy feeling but also provide much needed assistance to the gamer, since in this game you need them, just as you would in real life, to determine how easy or how difficult navigation will be in certain areas. An action-adventure game ..read more

Links Map of the Rivers Huallaga, Ucayali & Amazon [1:53] View of the Panamint Range Mountains, mines, mills and town site [14:30] The Melting of Antarctica [31:20]   Map of the Rivers Huallaga, Ucayali & Amazon This is a very wide map due to the shape and length of the river system, leaving the rest of this composition sparsely designed, excluding the graticule, and therefore quite unique. Hernon William Lewis, the main cartographer for this map published in 1851, was in the U.S. Navy and was an explorer, exploring “uncharted territory” of the Amazon. We note that the phrase “unc ..read more

Links: Garden maps twitter discussion [0:20] Chatsworth House 1699 [2:17] Bourge Castle and Gardens 1697 [17:35] Japan Cherry Blossom Guide [35:25] Molly O’Halloran’s garden map [53:14]   Chatsworth House 1699 Here we have another black and white map that manages to be highly detailed despite its lack of color! The map presents a garden at its earliest stages, consisting of 105 acres, and has since been cultivated for 500 years. It’s constantly changing and belongs to the Dukes of Devonshire. Kip and Knyff, the map makers, were well known engravers of English Country house designs and thi ..read more

List of Maps Coastal map of Shandong, Zhili, and Shengjing [1:40] The Ottoman Mappa Mundi of Haci Ahmet [19:37] Marshall Islands Stick Chart [33:01]   Coastal Map of Shandong, Zhili, and Shengjing This is a Chinese scroll map painting, captured in 6 separate images on the Library of Congress site in order to fit in the whole length of it. Historically these kinds of scrolls depicted stories, epics, activities, and generally just daily life and, unlike posters of maps from the Western world that are meant to be seen on a wall, these are meant to be seen only occasionally. This is a Makimon ..read more

List of Maps A Game of Thrones [2:35] The Lord of the Rings [23:29] Harry Potter, The Marauder’s Map [34:55] A Game of Thrones The two black and white maps from the first A Game of Thrones book have the feel you want from a book like this--old. Monochrome maps without much shading like these, especially older ones, or ones that have that historic look, often have an ambiguity about them that can be unsettling. Which part of the map is the land and which part is the water? In Gestalt psychology there are several principles of perception, one of which is figure-ground. When you look at a picture ..read more

Map Links Itinerary from London to Beauvais [1:45] John Ogilby 1675 Britannia Atlas-The Road from London to Lands End [10:42] Stavanger Guide (English), pdf [21:50]   Itinerary from London to Beauvais In this medieval map from 1250, which provides an illustration of the route from London to Beauvais and, on subsequent sheets, onward to the final stop, Jerusalem, the chief towns along the route are shown with pictorial representations and the distances between them are noted in days. Broadly, tourist maps share a lot of similarities with amusement park maps in terms of the wow factor for c ..read more

How do map data and map design affect bias? Does it matter if the bias is intentional or not? Honesty is the cornerstone virtue of ethics. These considerations are discussed with respect to three specific political maps but the concepts are widely applicable to most mapping endeavors.   Maps and Links USA 2016 MTC Election Map [3:21] Gerrymandering - The Atlas of Redistricting Article [12:24] Victory Through Airpower 1943 Video [25:18]   USA 2016 MTC Election Map Election time in the U.S. tends to be a fun and exciting time to watch newscasters point to maps on TV as they show electi ..read more

Map Links Mercator 1569 World Map [2:26] Equal Earth Political Wall Map [9:58] Double-sided Princeton, Gott, et al Revolutionary [18:30]   Want to visualize a 3D globe on a flat piece of paper? You have to project it first. And when you project you distort someway somehow. The three maps we discuss handily represent three different projections: Mercator, Equal-Earth, and what we're going to call "Double-Sided" in these show notes. Mercator Is Greenland really the same size as Africa? Mercator created his projection for a single purpose: navigation on the high seas and in particular, acros ..read more