The Color of Fire: How Palette Choice Impacts Maps of Yosemite’s Rim Fire
By Betsy Mason from wired.com: Last week we posted a map of the Rim fire’s progression into Yosemite National Park from Inciweb. That map (see below) uses random, qualitative colors to represent the area burned by the fire each day. The result is colorful, and as the headline says, frightening. The wild colors make the fire […]
Map of Where 29,000 Rubber Duckies Made Landfall After Falling off a Cargo Ship in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean (#19), and 39 Other Informative Cartographies
Amazing and unusual maps from twistedsifter.com: If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that. Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll […]
Rarely Seen Maps From San Francisco’s Quirkiest Hidden Library
By Greg Miller from wired.com: << Previous | Next >> Have you ever gone to a place you’ve always wanted to visit and found out it was even more awesome than you thought it would be? That’s how I felt last week when we visited […]
Exhibition showcases artist’s highly intricate, hand-drawn maps
Incredible maps take on subterranean London, Thomas More’s 1516 book Utopia. By Olivia Solon from wired.co.uk: Artist Stephen Walter has a solo exhibition [in London] showcasing his intricate hand-drawn maps, including two of London and one that revisits Thomas More’s fictional island state of Utopia. In addition to cartography, Walker has created a series of […]