Found a nice plugin that randomly chooses one of the 1,000+ blog entries to display. It’s a pretty fun way to search and discover some of the maps I’ve made over the years. Check it out on the menu: RANDOM POSTING
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Random Blog Entry Link Added To Menu
|| 5/31/2007 || 8:42 am || Comments Off on Random Blog Entry Link Added To Menu || ||
Found a nice plugin that randomly chooses one of the 1,000+ blog entries to display. It’s a pretty fun way to search and discover some of the maps I’ve made over the years. Check it out on the menu: RANDOM POSTING
LOLMaps #51 – WARNING: contains geography not suitable for minors
|| 5/30/2007 || 6:08 pm || Comments Off on LOLMaps #51 – WARNING: contains geography not suitable for minors || ||
This is the first LOLMap that I’ve made since I put them all on-line last week. I placed all the previously made LOLMaps outside of this blog, and I’ve been debating on whether to add them back into this blog or create a new one. Regardless, I thought of this map last night while walking down the street, and I made it this morning. It’s without a doubt one of my favorite LOLmaps thus far.
If you’ve ever watched late night television in America, you have probably seen an advertisement for Girls Gone Wild, where young women have their breasts obscured by various objects like stars, DVD boxes, etc. This map plays with the idea of censorship by using the location stars of Washignton, DC and New York City as a warning similar to the one found during the Girls Gone Wild commercial. The satellite image is rotated so DC & NYC line up like a geographic bosom and ironically, they really do contain geography not suitable for minors. Strip club anyone? j/k
A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe : according to the the Ancient discoveries and most general Divisions of Geospatial Art
|| 5/29/2007 || 1:52 pm || Comments Off on A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe : according to the the Ancient discoveries and most general Divisions of Geospatial Art || ||
TV Kultura mentions the last 4 years of my cartographic activities
|| 5/28/2007 || 6:38 pm || Comments Off on TV Kultura mentions the last 4 years of my cartographic activities || ||
FlickrVision 3D
|| 5/26/2007 || 5:25 pm || Comments Off on FlickrVision 3D || ||
I mentioned how much I liked FlickrVision a few days ago and now I find that they have developed a Google Earth-esque version. Last time I called it “international geographic,” this time new revision shows it as “global geographic.” Well done!
new project
|| 5/18/2007 || 8:29 am || Comments Off on new project || ||
been working on a fun, new project…. made 30 maps thus far…. will post again when nearly complete….
Darfur was on the map in 1858…
|| 5/17/2007 || 11:09 am || Comments Off on Darfur was on the map in 1858… || ||
but its not on the map today. I wonder if Americans would care more about the people of Darfur if it wasn’t just a region in Sudan?
Image links to high resolution version from the Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection at the University of Texas Library via the Michigan State University Library.
International Geographic: FlickrVision
|| 5/15/2007 || 8:58 pm || Comments Off on International Geographic: FlickrVision || ||
Quadrant Map of DC – Translated into Latin – “Novus Columbus Quadrans”
|| 5/14/2007 || 9:20 am || Comments Off on Quadrant Map of DC – Translated into Latin – “Novus Columbus Quadrans” || ||
Legend:
+ New Columbia – Novus Columbus
+ North West – Septentrio Occidens
+ North East – Septentrio Oriens
+ South West – Merides Occidens
+ South East – Merides Oriens
+ Anno Domino MMVII – Year of Our Lord 2007
+ Signature written in Arabic
This is my first draft of this map. I’ll probably make another with a different color scheme. I feel that there is a lot to be added to this map, but not sure where to start. It’s my first time using Latin as a main focus of a map. I got the idea after looking through the old maps yesterday that it would be funny to label the quadrants of DC in Latin (and future maps with historic samplings). Being that some feel Washington is the modern day Rome, I felt this lexical motif works well. It’s partly educational, partly humorous, and it crosses a few lingusitic barriers that I’ve never approached. Moreover, I am well aware that the water in the area of DC I live in has lead in the water, just like the Romans!
The choice of New Columbia as the title is a reference to the name that DC residents chose to-be for the state of the District of Columbia. I’ve honestly never liked the name “New Columbia” for the state’s name, it’s too old. There is nothing New about naming another state New. Plus, as for abbreviations, NC is already used by North Carolina! So after DC becomes a state, would it be called New Columbia in name but still go by DC or Washington? Or all three?
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