MapCarte 21/365: View and Map of New York City by Herman Bollmann, 1962
Published for the 1964 New York World’s Fair, Bollman’s map maintains scale equally throughout by an axonometric projection, a technique developed as early as the 15th Century. Bollmann, a woodcarver...
View ArticleMapCarte 44/365: Plan de Paris by Louis Bretez, 1739
A classic example of the principle of adding detail to communicate complexity. Commissioned by the the chief of the municipality of Paris, Michel-Étienne Turgot, the Turgot map of Paris was prepared by...
View ArticleMapCarte 51/365: Street atlas by Melway, 1966
The first edition of Melway was released in 1966 after 5 years of production and contained 106 original hand drawn maps. Now in its 39th edition (http://www.melway.com.au/), the map was created in...
View ArticleMapCarte 195/365: Central Park Tree Map by Ken Chaya and Edward Sibley...
There’s nothing quite as absurd as a map-maker intent on capturing some phenomena to a ridiculous level of detail on a map. There’s something particularly impressive about such dedication and the...
View ArticleMapCarte 222/365: Baseball’s Many Physical Dimensions by Lou Spirito, 2013
Small multiples are a great way to illustrate comparisons because their side-by-side layout allows us to move across the different images while retaining an impression of the last shape or pattern in...
View ArticleMapCarte 317/365: MasterMap® by Ordnance Survey, 2001
Ordnance Survey has long held a reputation for unsurpassed quality and coverage in its mapping. It’s been steadfast in its approach to mapping of Great Britain such that the quality is world renowned...
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