Good Blog: Strange Maps
Nov242008
I’m still hacking and wheezing but I am making excellent time on Wild Ride so I am a happy camper. I’m about to turn it over to Bob again which means I might have time to blog about some of the things I’ve been cogitating about, but in the meantime . . .
I love maps. I have a stack of books on maps that I will sit down and read someday and then maybe there will a book about mapmakers. In the meantime, I give you Strange Maps, a site that includes a map of Hanover tattooed on a woman’s back and this map of Sherlock Holmes apartment:
Also there, a map of Middle Earth showing corresponding European countries, a map of which parts of the country call soft drinks “pop,” “soda,” or “coke;” and a map showing the distribution of votes for Obama in the south overlaid on a map showing locations where slavery was prevalent. And thank you to Andrew Sullivan of the Dish for sending me there.
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14 Comments to 'Good Blog: Strange Maps'
On November 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm Lou said...
I also love maps, mostly of roads. I also have maps of earthquake hot spots and locations of fresh water. I also love looking at floor plans of houses.
Your map of Sherlock’s apartment is really cool – especially because there is so much detail. Thanks for sharing!!
On November 24, 2008 at 11:02 pm Ericka said...
i also love maps… probably because i have no sense of direction and spend a lot of time looking at them trying to figure where i am. thanks for sharing! (and glad you’re starting to feel better.)
On November 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm Marta said...
Being ‘directionally challenged’, I am dependent on maps. Tell me to turn right, and you’ve got a 50/50 chance that’s what I’ll do. Gotta have a map, even after my SIL the OT taught me if I hold both hands up palm out, the one that makes the ‘L’ is my left hand. So, I love maps. Pretty ones, old ones, interesting ones–
The map of the Friendly Floaties was fascinating. I watched a report about a similar incident with a container of sneakers (Nikes, I think). Huge amount of scientific data was collected on that one.
The soft drink map was great, too. Growing up in Oregon, we always said ‘soda pop’. Maybe my Dad being from Texas had something to do with it. And, we have some friends from North Carolina who’ll ask if you want a coke, and if you say yes, they’ll follow with “What kind of coke do you want? We’ve got Pepsi, root beer, and 7-Up.”
On November 25, 2008 at 6:29 am lee said...
I was a cartographer for a long time, using satellite data and surveyed map data to help people make useful decisions, mostly about landuse and zoning. The zing is that I worked at Clark University and the people I was working with came from India and Africa and parts of South America through the UN Environmental Programme. The sad news is that cartography is more like editing than like exploring. The good news is that it can take you anywhere.
On November 25, 2008 at 8:48 am Marta said...
lee: Yes, yes, yes. Maps and books, travelocity for the brain.
On November 25, 2008 at 11:06 am Susan D said...
Love maps. I’m remembering a girls’ road trip from Toronto to NYC. Four in the car, and each of us had our own road map, and none of us was surprised at that.
On November 25, 2008 at 12:11 pm inkgrrl said...
OOH!
Hope the hacking and wheezing is over with very soon and you’re back to the peach of good health.
On November 25, 2008 at 12:13 pm JulieB said...
I got lost on the blog yesterday
and forgot to come back and thank you for the link. I learned my love of maps from my dad. He could draw great maps when giving directions and always taught my sister and I to pay attention to where we were going. He would buy maps just to study them, and always had a subscription to National Geographic.
On November 25, 2008 at 5:59 pm Louis said...
Get well, Ms Jenny.
I like maps, especially the ones put out by “The National Geographic Society”. Even better are the 7.5 degree maps put out by the gov’t for a local area. Old maps are fascinating…to see the changes brought about by more knowledge.
On November 25, 2008 at 7:45 pm Jackie said...
I am sooo glad to hear I am not the only one out there wandering around lost in known space. I have always gotten lost. My parents planned time to go find me into family outings. I plan on it as well, if I need to be there on time. But I have found that with so much pratice getting unlost I am very good at it. Experience is a good thing.
On November 25, 2008 at 9:39 pm Marta said...
Overcast days are the worst. I got disoriented once, ran 6 miles on a 3 mile run. No sun to clue me back in to east/west.
And that gray, gray day we were traveling x-country, me driving, the DH asleep with a wicked cold. He finally wakes up, takes one look out the window, and yells, “Why the hell are you driving NORTH?”
My question is how the hell could he tell???
On November 25, 2008 at 11:20 pm CrankyOtter said...
I also love maps. I have a special storage cubby for them because I can’t throw them out.
Also, found this link to stuffed toy daschunds:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17406807
I might have to get one as a baby gift… since, you know, babies can’t read maps yet.
Glad to hear about the wild ride progress. Feel better soon and have a happy Thanksgiving full of food and love.
On November 26, 2008 at 4:15 pm robena grant said...
I’m so happy you’re excited about the progress of Wild Ride. Hope Bob is too. Oh yeah, that’s right, he doesn’t do excited. Can’t wait for another Crusie/Mayer.
Here’s to feeling better.
Happy Thanksgiving.
On November 26, 2008 at 6:53 pm jessie said...
Love of maps must be inborn. I think they are okay. My husband has every map he has ever gotten. Anyway, they were interesting.
For those of us with problems with technical stuff I was sent this link to why printers don’t work:
Why the Printer Won’t Work http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/vids/?action=view¤t=cvUMHvLZ.flv
It explains everything.