Creative Cartography: 7 Must-Read Books on Maps

by Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, we turn to seven fantastic books that explore the art and science of cartography from seven fascinating angles. Map As Art, The: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography is the definitive overview of today’s bravest, boldest creative cartography, featuring 360 colorful creations by well-known artists and emerging visual experimenteurs alike, including Brain Pickings favorites Maira Kalman, Paula Scher and Olaful Eliasson. Matthew Cusick, 'Fiona’s Wave,' 2005 Cusick's oversized collages are painted with fragments of vintage atlases and school geography books from the golden era of cartography, 1872-1945. Qin Ga, 'Site 22: Mao Zedong Temple,' 2005 We reviewed it in full here. Donating = Loving

You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination: Katharine Harmon: 9781568984308: Amazon.com SEED FREEDOM MAP | Seed Freedom Join the Global Alliance for Seed Freedom: Add Your Seed & Food Freedom Actions, Seed Sovereignty Initiatives and Real Food Heroes (CLICK HERE for other Languages) Seed Freedom Fortnight – 2-16 October 2013: Organise and add Actions for Seed & Food Freedom and profiles of your Real Food Heroes to our map below. Ongoing: Add your Seed Sovereignty Initiatives and Actions to join the growing Global Alliance for Seed Freedom. To add an Action, Real Food Hero profile or Seed Sovereignty Initiative to the map: Click on the ‘Add’ button in the upper right corner of the map aboveIn the ‘Location’ tab add your Action, Hero or Initiative’s name and other detailsSelect either Action for Seed & Food Freedom, Real Food Hero or Global Alliance for Seed Freedom (for Initiatives) as a MarkerSwitch to the ‘Details’ tab at the top of the boxAdd details about your Action, Hero or Initiative including DATE where applicable and your contact details.

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ArtAround maps.stamen.com For over a decade, Stamen has been exploring cartography with our clients and in research. These maps are presented here for your enjoyment and use wherever you display OpenStreetMap data. Toner These high-contrast B+W (black and white) maps are featured in our Dotspotting project. Available worldwide. Terrain Orient yourself with our terrain maps, featuring hill shading and natural vegetation colors. Available in the USA only. Watercolor Reminiscent of hand drawn maps, our watercolor maps apply raster effect area washes and organic edges over a paper texture to add warm pop to any map. Burning Map The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! Requires a WebGL-enabled browser, such as Google Chrome. Mars?? Yes, Mars. Trees, Cabs & Crime Trees, Cabs & Crime started off as a weekend hack and ended up in the Venice Biennale. Available in San Francisco, California. Except otherwise noted, each of these map tile sets are © Stamen Design, under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license. ModestMaps

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