Sketched on a sticky note and posted to Twitter and Instagram, the “map of every city” quickly became a viral sensation as people read their own locations onto this wonderful work of subjective cartography. Designed by artist Chaz Hutton, the drawing is not really a map as such, but it does feature elements we recognize from maps.
I’ve been working through a cartography class with my son in his 7th-grade year and recording what has worked well and what didn’t. Here are my best tips and tricks for succeeding with cartography. Below I also include some extra resources you might find helpful! You can find all our cartography-based products in our shop...
We obviously think all our maps are works of art. The artistry involved can take years and it’s no wonder people hang them on their walls. Yes, they are practical and useful, but they are also beau…
Hand drawn city map of Raalte (called after some Dutch town). The city is situated on two rivers, on of them being an affluent, ending in the other. It's drawn as a city as it could have grown in multiple centuries: city center, former bastions, station close to the river side, apparment buildings from the 70s and newer neighbourhoods surrounding the city. In a word: a very European city. Why it is called Raalte? Well, I just like place names ending on -e and after having made up twenty of them, I started to run out of own names, so started using real place names. 2011.
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Homeschooling is so fun :) My children have been asking questions lately about where different countries are, so I let their interest inspire us to take a trip 'around the world.' Of course, I can't afford a vacation even as far as the beach right now, and it's only forty-five minutes away! So our trip
Children will refer to a map, a key, and a compass rose to answer eight questions in this colorful map-reading worksheet.
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Here is a look at the ongoing drought that has been hovering over the American Southeast since spring. It shows six months of aggregated drought areas (drought perimeters of varying intensity, rele…
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With the invent of GPS technology and map applications, paper maps are waning in use - but they are an essential material to English artist Ed Fairburn, who uses them as the canvas of his detailed portraits. Fairburn's work is an imaginative incorporation of the human form and topography. He's used maps of places from all over the world. The winding layouts of streets and rivers are enhanced to form wrinkles, veins, and other features of his subjects' faces.
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Physical map of Estonia showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Estonia.
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