{"id":1051,"date":"2007-05-22T01:30:10","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/lolmaps\/"},"modified":"2009-12-17T01:36:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T06:36:28","slug":"lolmaps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/lolmaps\/","title":{"rendered":"LOLMaps by Nikolas R. Schiller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOLMaps combines various historic maps & my geospatial art with popular image macro phonetics popularized by LOLcats<\/a>, LOLgeeks<\/a>, LOLgays<\/a>, LOLpresident<\/a>, LOLlibrarians<\/a> etc. It also combines some of the “All of your base…” text as well as some Latin words used in old maps. As this project continues I expect the maps to get more creative and go beyond just bad grammar and combine some new elements (probably a Google Map with all the maps georeferenced) and produce a few more maps of this ilk. Read more about the different macros here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The inspiration for LOLMaps was a comment made by a friend about creating more maps with text (“You are here!<\/a>“). Since most of my maps<\/a> do not contain any text and I have over a thousand map details to choose from, I figured I could highlight a few maps with some LOLtext. At first I decided to use the same random script from the Lost Series<\/a> to create a randomized version of LOLMaps. After the first draft, I found that the maps needed some type of a legend to explain the location and words on the map, thus the second revision involved adding unique numbers to each map which are listed sequentially below with translated text, links to the source map, and in some cases further reading or opinions. The background for each page still pulls a random “zoom”<\/a> from around America, which creates an interesting cartographic juxtaposition by mixing actually places with humor and in some cases political statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are currently 51 LOLmaps with 143 different backgrounds which gives LOLmaps 7,293 different viewing combinations.<\/p>\n

View the LOLMaps website<\/a><\/p>\n

LEGEND OF LOLMAPS<\/font>
\n# – Text – Source – Notes
\n1. In Your Google, Blown in yer maps<\/a> – A reproduction from the original Ptolmy world map. The faces represent the winds blowing from different directions of the known world – Link to original<\/a>
\n2. Right Between The Eyes<\/a> – Meridian Hill Park Mask<\/a> – A visual play on words
\n3. In Your Bay Bridge, Loving Up Your MacArthur<\/a> – MacArthur Maze Quilt<\/a> – Highway that connects San Francisco and Oakland was closed due to an accident<\/a>.
\n4. In Your Harvard, Rejecting You Proper<\/a> – Polar Coordinates of Harvard – 2 Roses<\/a>
\n5. Late For Class, Again<\/a> – USC Quilt<\/a> – More on Leetspeak<\/a>
\n6. Corruption Starts Here<\/a> – L ‘Enfant Map of Washington, DC<\/a> – Caption by taxi gang
\n7. In Your Hills, Stealing Your Beverly<\/a> – Bevery Hills Quilt<\/a>
\n8. In Your Head, Deconstructing Your Route<\/a> – Pondering the Pearl River<\/a>
\n9. Occidental LeCorbusier<\/a> – Park La Brea Quilt<\/a> – Occidental = Latin for Western – Le Corbusier<\/a> is the urban planner who inspired the design of Park La Brea<\/a> in Los Angeles, California<\/a>.
\n10. At Your Wall Waiting To Go Home<\/a> – Israel \/ Palestine 1993<\/a> – Handala<\/a> wanting to go back home but blocked by an illegal wall
\n11. Middle Intelligence Agency<\/a> – C.I.A. Quilt #2<\/a> – I am from the “mid-west” part of America
\n12. Merides Via Merides Occidens<\/a> – Austin Quilt #2<\/a> – South by South West aka SXSW<\/a>
\n13. All Your Clouds Are Belong To Us<\/a> – Salt Lake Quilt with Clouds<\/a> – All Your Base…<\/a>
\n14. Westside Represent<\/a> – Park Circle Quilt<\/a>, Inglewood, California – Roni Size<\/a> + Dr. Dre<\/a>
\n15. Impeach The Booger<\/a> – Ball of Destruction<\/a> – White House<\/a> + New Orleans<\/a> (Katrina<\/a> +1)
\n16. In Your School, Making Friends With You Enemies<\/a> – Columbine Quilt<\/a> – “Make friends with your enemies so you may learn to love them.”
\n17. In Your (Military Industrial) Complex, Waging Peace<\/a> – Pentagon Quilt<\/a>
\n18. In Your Basilica, Loving Your God<\/a> – Catholic University Quilt<\/a> – Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception<\/a>
\n19. East Side<\/a> – Mount Pleasant Quilt<\/a> – Oriens = Latin for East
\n20. Bowling for Earth<\/a> – Blue Marble Beauty #2<\/a>
\n21. In Your Darfur, Getting Killed by the Janjaweed<\/a> – Darfur was on the map in 1858<\/a> – More on Janjaweed<\/a>
\n22. East Side Sucks, West Side Sucks<\/a> – San Anotonio Sprocket<\/a> – Yelled in bleachers at baseball stadiums across America
\n23. In Your Stadium, Rooting for the Opposite Team<\/a> – L.A. Dodgers Stadium Quilt – 2006<\/a>
\n24. Please Meet Me in Atlanta<\/a> – Atlanta Quilt #2<\/a>
\n25. Meet Me in Saint Louis<\/a> – Saint Louis Arch Quilt<\/a> – Film: Meet Me In Saint Louis<\/a> (1944)
\n26. I Paid 500 Million Dollars for a New Stadium and all I got was this lousy map<\/a> – RFK Quilt #3<\/a> – Public funds should never be used to finance large projects<\/a> for monopolies<\/a>
\n27. All Your World Trade Centers Belong to George W. Bush<\/a> – Lower Manhattan Quilt<\/a> – Keep your coins, I want change
\n28. In Your Hood, Tagging Your Playground<\/a> – Vermont Avenue Sprocket<\/a>
\n29. North Side<\/a> – Detroit Quilt #2<\/a> – Septentrio = Latin for North
\n30. Oil from Fossils is Old School<\/a> – Baton Rouge Quilt – An Oil Refinery Reflection<\/a>
\n31. North South<\/a> – Polar Coordinates of GWU – 4 Roses<\/a>
\n32. East West<\/a> – Polar Coordinates of Charleston, West Virginia – 6 Roses<\/a>
\n33. Verlan (reverse)<\/a> – Portland Quilt<\/a> – More about Verlan<\/a>
\n34. Decentralize The Park<\/a> – Central Park Quilt – North #2<\/a>
\n35. East Side<\/a> – Cathedral Quilt – Signed<\/a> in Arabic<\/a>
\n36. In Your Casino, Stealing Your Roulette Wheel<\/a> – Las Vegas Quilt #2<\/a>
\n37. Your Apartment Complex Sucks<\/a> – Ballwin Lenz #2<\/a> – The Apartment Complex I grew up in
\n38. Please Get Lost<\/a> – Icositetragon of Northwestern Station in Chicago<\/a>
\n39. I Love This Place<\/a> – Boise Quilt<\/a>
\n40. Ban Cloned Maps<\/a> – Abstract George W. Bush<\/a> – Also see “More Bush than you ever wanted to see<\/a>”
\n41. Free! – Special Conditions Apply<\/a> – NASA’s Blue Marble<\/a>
\n42. All Your Monuments Are Belong To Us<\/a> – Washington Monument Quilt<\/a>
\n43. At Your Border, Crossing It For a Better Life<\/a> – Ciudado Paso Quilt<\/a>
\n44. At Your Memorial, Praying For Peace<\/a> – Oklahoma City Quilt<\/a>
\n45. Laying On Your Beach, Looking at Your Lover<\/a> – Waikiki Quilt<\/a>
\n46. Finding Your House, So Easy A Caveman Can Do It!<\/a> – Home Quilt #6<\/a>
\n47. Invisible Representation<\/a> – The U.S. Capitol Is Off Limits to the Public<\/a> – D.C. Colonist<\/a>
\n48. All Your Suburbs Are Belong To Us<\/a> – Buena Park Quilt<\/a>
\n49. Invisible President<\/a> – The White House Is Off Limits to the Public<\/a>
\n50. Iraq, Laughing Out Loud<\/a> – Photo found on Flickr<\/a>
\n51. WARNING: contains geography not suitable for minors<\/a> – DC & NYC via Girls Gone Wild<\/a> censorship – Satellite image from NASA<\/a>
\nFonts used: Media Gothic and Helvetica<\/p>\n

Other Projects from the Lost Series:
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