Hand Embroidered Maps of London Neighborhoods
If you’re having trouble finding your way around London, then maybe one of these hand embroidered maps of London neighborhoods by Alex of StitchCity will help you out!
cartography
Magnetic, 3D Relief Lake Map
Cartographer Caroline Rose cut this map of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, out of wood and added Chemetal magnetic laminate to make it magnetic.
Map-inspired paintings
With GPS units shining from dashboards and Google Maps just a click away, maps have never been more of a part of our culture than they are now. Joshua Huyser’s cartographical explorations embrace such concepts as travel, movement, paths, and directions. Here’s what Huyser’s cryptic artist’s statement has to say: My senses are to blame. […]
Fantasy cartography forum
Cartographer’s Guild is a thriving online community for folks who are interested in making maps of places that do not exist. There are some really beautiful graphics to be found, particularly, in their Cartographer’s Choice forum. Shown at the top of the post is Sapiento’s Post Apocalyptic Amerika, and immediately above is töff’s Map of Ceres: 16th Millenium.
Election results cartogram
I’m fascinated by all the different ways there are to visualize data – here’s a really cool cartogram by Mark Newman of the University of Michigan (co-author of Atlas of the Real World). His representation of the election results illustrates the complexity of the numbers, much more so than the usual red state/blue state model. […]
