‘Living Maps: An Atlas of Cities Personified’: Gorgeous, Strange, and Thought-Provoking
This unusual new book is filled with personified art and descriptions of 28 different cities worldwide.
Continue ReadingThis unusual new book is filled with personified art and descriptions of 28 different cities worldwide.
Continue ReadingDK delivers yet another amazing reference book. One that is manna for map Geeks. Check out ‘The History of the World Map by Map.’
Continue ReadingDesign and make your own custom hand-made maps using the inspiration and step-by-step instructions in this gorgeous and informative book.
Continue ReadingAs noble lords and ladies, it’s your job to craft the best city in the map building game, ‘Honshū’.
Continue ReadingLonely Planet has, for years, put out quality, appealing travel and guide books for adults, and, more recently, has published some exceptionally high quality informational and activity travel books for kids. This year’s selection is no different.
Continue ReadingLooking for something pointless to do for a while? Try these U.S. state quizzes.
Continue ReadingFor as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to look at maps. Maps of all kinds. Road maps, house floor plans, diagrams, graphs, and more. I love to know how things work and how they are laid out. I adore any well-done visual representation. I often explain my feelings as graphs. So when I saw these two books, they caught my attention right away.
Continue ReadingMaps. I love everything about them. I love looking at them, using them, and exploring them. This week’s Stack Overflow focuses on a few map-related books that landed on my doorstep in the last few weeks.
Continue ReadingEveryone comes from somewhere, even if you have superpowers.
Continue ReadingWith Blue Dungeon Tiles — double-sided, 4″ x 4″ map tiles printed with 1″ grid lines — you can build a deadly dungeon in just moments.
Continue ReadingFindery isn’t just a social network where people check in to places, it’s a community where people come to tell their stories about places.
Continue ReadingWeekly Dungeons & Dragons gaming sessions with my sons and their friends took an experimental turn recently. Using Minecraft Pocket Edition, we now have an interactive map for our current adventure.
Continue ReadingAs one of GeekMom’s resident geography geeks, I was excited to come across a post of a consolidated list of unique maps.
Continue ReadingGeoguessr uses Google Street View technology to challenge players to find locations from around the world.
Continue ReadingLoved this run someone did in San Francisco on April 16th, spelling out the word “Boston” with his footsteps. You can view the details of this route through the MapMyFitness map editor. The staff at MapMyFitness wrote a lovely tribute to the Boston Marathon tragedy on their company blog today. Click through below to read more.
Continue ReadingA collection of maps at Train Times show the approximate real-time positions of trains on the London Underground and those at and surrounding many major UK stations.
Continue ReadingIf you’re a Kickstarter fan (like me), then you’ve probably spent time surfing the Kickstarter page looking for cool projects. I often just browse the “board and card games” category and I also look at the “Portland, Oregon” section to …
Continue ReadingIf you’ve got kids or just really like Lego – that pretty much includes everyone, right? Use your Chrome browser to navigate to Build with Chrome and start grabbing a piece of virtual Australia or New Zealand. The rest of the globe will still have to wait.
Continue ReadingSitting down to sketch or paint a place you love is one of the best ways of revisiting it. That’s because getting the images on paper forces you to re-imagine the sights and sounds, making it come alive more fully in your memory. The folks at They Draw & Travel know all about this […]
Continue ReadingSince we’re a family that moves quite a bit, we have a large collection of maps. The first thing we do, after hubby comes home with the news that we’re packing up again, is collect as many maps as we can, of our new home region. This recent move, from NY to Colorado, left me […]
Continue ReadingAs someone who loves geography and particularly maps, I’ve had various maps on my walls for years, allowing for closer study and decoration that is both beautiful and educational. Some maps can be more utilitarian, giving you only the information …
Continue ReadingThe development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices has changed the way we plan and undertake travel. And now, when it comes to navigation, most people rely on Google Earth and Tom Tom in their …
Continue ReadingNot too long ago, I wrote a blog post about an enterprising GeekDad, Stephen Von Worley, and his quest to teach kids about maps using street names. Now he’s back with version 2.0 of the “See Dick and Jane Streets” …
Continue ReadingIn celebration of President’s Day, Google Earth offers up an entirely new way to discover a little presidential knowledge. Their Explore Our U.S. Presidents map pinpoints where each President was from and offers an image of the President with links to more information. You can download the file and launch it in Google Earth or […]
Continue ReadingCheck out this amazing interactive map of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, programmed by Kris Kowal. It’s like Google Maps for the Third Age of Arda; zoom, pan and even search (in English, Sindarin, Westron, et al.) for locations. The labels are in …
Continue ReadingAs someone who loves geography and particularly maps, I’ve had various maps on my walls for years, allowing for closer study and decoration that is both beautiful and educational. Some maps can be more utilitarian, giving you only the information …
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret that I love maps. I love looking at them, studying them, using them and teaching from them. I love current maps, outdated maps, beautiful maps, historical maps and, well, any kind of map really. Each type teaches …
Continue ReadingFor some reason, maps have always piqued my interest. Even as a child, I loved rifling through old maps of places near and far, imagined and real, tracing the boundaries and plotting adventures. Sadly, precious few maps have survived the …
Continue ReadingIt wasn’t until last year that I was introduced to the Carcassonne board game. Once I had been though, I wish I’d discovered it years ago. Our family simply fell in love with the game and couldn’t stop playing it. …
Continue ReadingYou might be surprised by how much the world can change in one year. Elections are held, wars are waged over new country borders and millions of people are born and die each year. With the Oxford University Press’s Atlas …
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