The US Census Bureau defines 4 statistical regions, with 9 divisions. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Economic Analysis operates a map that divides the country into 8 regions.
The maps and infographics most beautiful, funny and curious of the world
The CIA has long used cartographers to draw up specialized maps, from the Cold War to the War on Terror. Here are the best ones, freshly declassified.
By the time we graduate high school, we learn that they never taught us the most interesting things in there. Sure, you might be able to name the European countries or point New York on the map, but does that give a you real understanding of how the world functions? To fill this gap, we have gathered a great and informative selection of infographical maps that will teach you things like most popular sports in different countries, who has the largest breasts, red hair map of Europe, world’s most consumed alcoholic beverages and much more.
Learn about Kara Barnard's cartoons and artwork, including the fun illustrated maps she calls "cartoon cartography."
ManyRoads’ Cartography Area Maps – Landkarten As in the past, ManyRoads is committed to providing access to a wide variety of downloadable ‘free’ maps. In this area, we offe…
Maps/Cartography Portfolio Fantasy Maps Cozy Maps Campuses and Floorplans TTRPG Maps What Sort of Books Have Maps? Traditionally, maps are most often found in fantasy novels! Most of my cartography portfolio thus focuses on fantasy maps. High fantasy novels with their entirely new worlds and settings often use maps to help guide the reader into […]
Great Scots: This "Story Map of Scotland" is one of a series of pictorial maps produced in Chicago in the 1930s. It's packed with drawings of historic sites, incidents and portraits of important Scottish men and women, including explanatory captions, and bordered with the colorful tartans of dozens of clans.
Title: Spirit of Ireland - Goddess Brigid of the Triple Moons Medium: Scalpel paper-cut Dimensions: Approx. 30 x 45 cm Date: September 2014
Resources and Ideas for Making Maps
Max's Maps : Artistic Cartography (fantasy maps, historical maps).
Oh boy, is this a weak area of mine. I've often felt lost in my own county (okay, even the mall), because I am lacking a mental map. My husband on the other hand loves maps and is great at geography. He easily forms mental maps of new areas. Think those characteristics are connected? Yeah, me too. Like my husband, we want our littles to understand geography and learn mental map making. And it's not too late for me either! I'll be learning geography right beside them. Today, as part of the At Home with the Classical Method series, I'll share the classical ideas for teaching geography found in The Core. Leigh Bortins challenges parents to help their children form mental world maps. Why? "Having a basic map in our heads helps us to form accurate images of international conflicts or relive adventures with historical heroes or sympathize with the plights of man beset by natural disasters." (p. 149) Those are worthwhile goals! How do we get started? With basic cartography; drawing maps with your child using an atlas for reference, blank paper, and a pencil. "Good education sets the bar high while giving students the practical tools to complete a goal." (p.151) The Core gives a simple progression for learning maps through drawing: 1. Make your own grid by folding a blank 8.5 by 11" paper in half lengthwise and then draw a line down the crease. This is your equator. Next draw four lines representing the other great circles. Label the circles -- initials for younger children; full names for older children. Repeat until easy. 2. Do step 1 and add the Prime Meridian down the center of the page. Adjust location, as necessary, to duplicate the map you're using. 3. Do steps 1-2 and add "continental blobs" starting with Africa in the center of the map. Starting with Africa helps keep the other continents proportional. Continue by adding general outlines of the remaining continents. Pay attention to where they cross the great circles and lie in relation to each other. But, don't fret: "No perfection needed." 4. Repeat steps 1-3. Now label the oceans. Continue to practice all above steps until "fairly accurate." Be sure to check against a map to correct any errors. This will be the same basic plan for each part of the map you're learning. Start with the gist and move to the details. For example, for each continent, start with the outline, next add the countries, and finally add any rivers, mountains, and bodies of water. With each area, you're starting with copywork and moving to memory work. The Core's plan provides for practicing the following areas once weekly for a year: Kindergarten: Great circle grid and continental blobs First grade: Australia Second grade: South America Third grade: Africa Fourth grade: North America Fifth grade: Europe Sixth grade: Asia Seventh grade: World Map Eighth grade: Indonesia and Antartica If you're starting later than kindergarten, do more than one area in a year. On days when my littles younger than kindergarten want to join in, I'll have these blob printables from Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood for them to trace or color. Around our home, we have a large scale world map hung in our school room, a globe on hand, a map placemat, laminated 8.5x11 maps in each of their travel notebooks, our CC geography triviums, and a large scale United States map in my son's bedroom. Keeping maps accessible to my littles gives them freedom to check them out whenever the interest strikes. It increases our geography conversations too. In the next few days, I'll be sharing a map project my husband and I have been working on to document our 50 state travels. It's simple, fun, and (I think) will keep my littles talking geography.
A new book charts the gorgeous evolution of maps.
Posts about Counter Mapping written by John Krygier
An equal area projection retains the relative size of area throughout a map. That means it keeps the true size of features at any given region
Navigate the world with some of the best fiction and nonfiction books about maps and cartography. What could be better than combining our love of reading and travel than exploring books on maps for adults and teens? And, did you know that some of the best books for map lovers also fall into the true...
These 15 artists cut, sculpt and rearrange paper maps, create their own from unexpected materials like money or use them to illustrate interesting data.
