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Maps in the Wild: The Neighbourhoods of Ghent, piece by piece: Pieter is a true map geek.“I wanted to learn the names of the neighbourhoods in #Ghent, so I made me a #puzzle. I added the neighbourhoods...
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Maps in the Wild: Maps in a Bar: When Erik was in Dubrovnik for a conference he ended up in this bar with colleagues. “With the #CLGE delegates you always end up at a #MapsintheWild bar…”MapsintheWild...
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Maps in the Wild: Canada Dry: Kate shared this “Neat (and mappy!) Final Jeopardy trivia from the other night: “Early 1900s labels for this beverage brand featured a beaver sitting on a log at the top...
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Maps in the Wild: Zierikzee: Reinder sent us this interesting map sculpture “I spotted this specimen of street furniture — in fact: my wife did. What you see is the outline of the island...
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Maps in the Wild: yNot Festival: Jeremy shared a pic of the recyclable beer glasses at the yNOT festival. Is that a semi-conical projection?MapsintheWild yNot Festival...
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Maps in the Wild: Matthijs Röling: Reinder shared this pic of a book cover “Suddenly it occurred to me that the cover of this book by the Dutch writer Jean Pierre Rawie is decorated with a painting by...
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Maps in the Wild: Trollhatte Kanal: Marc-Tobias spotted this van “Seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollh%C3%A4ttan Includes a scale in kilometers and proper compass!”That’s the first time I have...
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Maps in the Wild: The Parade: Reinder shared these pics of a gig that he saw recently, the band seem to be very into globes and maps. “… on the Parade: a travelling theatrical festival in the...
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Maps in the Wild: The Places of Hawaii: Scott Simmons sent us a pic of this superb sticker from Hawaii, “I found this great sticker on a recent vacation to the island of Hawai’i. The place names are...
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Maps in the Wild: Global Architectural Salvage: Reinder is on form at the moment with a string of great pics.“in a shop / workplace where they sell (an awful lot of) antique building materials. I’m not...
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Maps in the Wild: Where do you come from?: Krista Mott sent us this pic from her roadtrip in the north west US. “On the way home, we stopped in Seattle at Pike Place Market where I found this “Show us...
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Maps in the Wild: Light Pollution in the Netherlands: Reinder shared these stamps “These stamps were issued in The Netherlands in 2015. They present an image of light pollution. Artist / designer Daan...
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Maps in the Wild: Phillipines in Ipswich, Massachusetts: Judy Tymon sent us this pic “I found this map at a new local cafe here in Ipswich Massachusetts. The cafe is called “The M Cafe”, M for...
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Maps in the Wild: Mount Rainier Time Map: Another pic from Krista Mott’s roadtrip. “At Mount Rainier National Park there was one of the felled Douglas-fir, that began to grow in 1293, depicts a map of...
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Maps in the Wild: Globe Teapot: Another one from Reinder Storm. “Don’t remember whether I sent this before, don’t remember where and when I saw this one – but I do know that I like it …”I am sure the...
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Maps in the Wild: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Doug shared this old railway map, you might think this an old relic that he spotted but – no! This 150 year old railway line closed in 1962 and...
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Maps in the Wild: Deventer: Reinder sent these pics from the second hand book market in Deventer “… at the largest 2nd hand book market of Europe (August 4, 2024) of course there was also some...
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Maps in the Wild: Topo Map Chocolate: Ben shared this delicious looking topo chocolateMapsintheWild Topo Map Chocolate...
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Maps in the Wild: Collette: Reinder shared this pic of a shop window display “Cartographically inspired shop window of the 2nd hand bookshop Colette in The Hague”MapsintheWild Collette...
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Maps in the Wild: It’s a Squishy World: Barry shared this pic of a globe style stress ball, I think it may originate from a proprietary software vendorMapsintheWild It’s a Squishy World...
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