Harrison Cole

Typewriter map of USA

fourth try. I’m rusty

I’m struck by how even the distribution is here.

There are more points in major cities, sure. But so many other thematic maps of the US show massive empty swathes between cities, or around the Rockies, or in the South, or whatever. Not the case here.

(the arrows pointing to Ravenoville etc.)

When faced with map elements that straddle two features of different values (such as the arrows on the left map), I’ve never considered just… making them both black and white. It works visually! And no need for halos.

Ah, the classic D20 projection

Boy I wish I could do this in my class of 135

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Can you publish both versions? If not, I’d say it would depend on the audience. If it’s pretty broad, I’d say small labels would be helpful.

That’s why Pathologic 2 is one of my favorite games— it takes the conventional tenet that “problems must be solvable” and says “no lol”

Just looked this up– very cool. Wish I could learn more about the designer but a quick search didn't turn anything up.

Updated this map with a few meaderies that I had missed, thanks to Texas Longhouse Mead. I hope that I got all of them because I'm running out of room...

David Nuttall @artimaps.bsky.social has produced some stunning and decidedly physical maps, especially in his ongoing Human Terrain series, in which he renders maps on human bodies. Other cool physical maps on his website! artimaps.com/human-terrai...

Finished a map of meaderies in Texas! I’m doing two challenges with this map: 1) Use more color and have more fun, 2) Complete a final draft and immediately publish it instead of poking things around for an additional week.

Finished a map of meaderies in Texas! I’m doing two challenges with this map: 1) Use more color and have more fun, 2) Complete a final draft and immediately publish it instead of poking things around for an additional week.

I’ve been inside! Unforgettable

Thanks so much! I published articles about them in Cartographic Perspectives and CaGIS if you’re interested.

YouTube video by Catherine D'Ignazio It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston

This was introduced to me by @wilsonism.bsky.social– @kanarinka.bsky.social ran Boston's evacuation route system and recorded her breath while doing so. Speakers were placed in jars and played the recordings. One of my favorite "physical" maps! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUhp...

Environmental Artist Stacy Levy created this map for the Penn State Arboretum, showing waterways around State College. It was sandblasted into Pennsylvania bluestone, and when it rains, the water flows through the map features as it would in real life: www.stacylevy.com/projects/rid...

Here's a map from a student in my advanced cartography course last fall, Brendan Pham. He 3D printed and hand-painted a map of Tussey Mountain, a local ski resort. Slopes were color-coded according to their difficulty.

Evan Applegate has made a number of really stunning illuminated maps– this one is 4'6' and hangs in an office building, showing physical features of the Americas: radiantmaps.co/the-americas

Four tactile flood maps arranged in a grid on a table. A flashlight is on, and flat against the table, illuminating the maps to show the texture of the paper.

Here's one of my own– tactile flood maps that I developed for my dissertation research. I published a couple papers on them, and there's a short blurb on my website here: www.harrisoncarto.com/tactile

This is a thread of physical maps– not just printed maps or maps on signs, and mostly not globes (maybe some), but those that somehow utilize their dimensionality. I might also include maps that have a sensory component, but they have to have physical presence. Or not. We'll see!

A black and white line drawing schematic of the the Roland TB303 circuit board. It show the wired connections between components as many parallel lines. Chips are shown as rectangles and while other components are less distinct.

A large scale looking map with the title "Welcome to Teabeigh Freeofry" in gently curved text at the top. Light blue sea can be seen on the right edge of the map extending around the top-right corner. The main land area shown in pale brown has two larger green areas to the centre and left with a pale blue river circuiting the largest one in the centre. The green areas are labelled "The Cutoff", "Resonance Hill", "Filter Beds" and "Phuture Grove". Roads across the whole map are in white and buildings in brown. There is a prominent vertical row of buildings to the right of centre labelled "Manchester Mills". Other labelled buildings include "Warehouse District" between three large buildings to the right, "Acid House" to the top-right, "Roland House" and "The Loft" to the bottom.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 27: Micromapping

Not much time today so had to rush this one...

I took Micromapping literally and created a map of Teabeigh Freeowfry, based on the Roland TB303 circuit board.

observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...

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Did you use a brush or pen?

Are "computer maps" interesting over here? archive.org/details/NASA... archive.org/details/NASA... archive.org/details/geog...
archive.org/details/indu...

Posted this before I gained ~400 followers after the Great Migration. Want to share it with the new (and “new”) folks!

I only just realized looking at this picture that stall doors should hang open by default

Does anyone else listen to themed playlists while mapping? I’m creating a map of Eastern Europe right now and listening to Beirut’s first album and EPs. When I was making a map of West Africa I listened to a lot of highlife, etc.