So it looks like xkcd isn't always on the money. http://xkcd.com/977/
Printing a wall-sized world map and what I've learned from it
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#152another possible map that would have looked fantastic as a big wall map would be stamen watercolor http://maps.stamen.com/watercolor
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#153I am so conflicted about the "pins on a map" practice of marking your travels.
On one hand I totally buy the article's explanation: "Putting pins in a map is something I've loved doing for many years. They inspire me and remind me of great experiences."
But on the downside, I'd be really afraid that the completionist in me would be motivated to visit exotic places because of the pin I'd be able to add to the map. ie. going to a place just so I could say I've been there.
I'm sure I'd never book a trip solely for that reason, but I'd be afraid it would be more of a factor than it should.
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#154This article's throwaway notion of glow-in-the-dark pins has got me thinking about how to make a surface with light-up LED pins that can be stuck in arbitrarily. - You could use (cleverly-braided+insulated) regular LEDs if there was a breadboard or something behind the map, but that'd be both huge and inconvenient. - Maybe LEDs with inductive coils and a large backing induction mat? - Given a metallic backing, and a…
LEDs are cheap just tape a battery to one
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#155I was formerly a cartographer with the military; I have lots of experience with large format maps, both of the world and of single countries (usually Iraq). It was fun to read an article about a map that wasn't hastily tacked up on a wall with nails or duct tape. A few notes: - Paper sags over time. Good thing he mounted it to a board - We printed on tyvek for water/rip proofing, which was interesting. It's surprisin…
Out of curiosity, what projection would you go with?
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#156I was formerly a cartographer with the military; I have lots of experience with large format maps, both of the world and of single countries (usually Iraq). It was fun to read an article about a map that wasn't hastily tacked up on a wall with nails or duct tape. A few notes: - Paper sags over time. Good thing he mounted it to a board - We printed on tyvek for water/rip proofing, which was interesting. It's surprisin…
Obligatory http://worldmapswithout.nz/
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#157I was formerly a cartographer with the military; I have lots of experience with large format maps, both of the world and of single countries (usually Iraq). It was fun to read an article about a map that wasn't hastily tacked up on a wall with nails or duct tape. A few notes: - Paper sags over time. Good thing he mounted it to a board - We printed on tyvek for water/rip proofing, which was interesting. It's surprisin…
If you look at the very bottom corner of http://www.dominik-schwarz.net/potpourri/worldmap/images/DSC... it looks like NZ was included, you can just see the Auckland area.
Yep! NZ is also visible in http://www.dominik-schwarz.net/potpourri/worldmap/images/DSC...
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#158For more fun, check out this raised relief map of California: http://www.worldmapsonline.com/hs951californiamaprr.htm
(discussed at http://redd.it/34azy8)
For a CA transplant who does a lot of driving up and down the state, this map has been fascinating.
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#159Greenland is fucking huge.
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#160This guy "loves world maps" but chose Mercator for the wall of his room? I guess there's no accounting for taste. There are hundreds of projections to choose from, why choose the one optimized for navigation by compass ?
Guarantee everyone in this comment thread saw that episode of the West Wing where CJ meets the cartographers for social cartography. Me too. Big block of cheese, indeed...
Ha, it permanently ruined (Mercator) maps for all of us!