Monthly Archive: July, 2011

Mood maps and mapping our world according to the things we love

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When I was recently on training to be an Indigenous Community Volunteer, we did a wonderful exercise where we all mapped the things in our world that were important to us in all… Continue reading

The history of mapping – Hipparchus

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One of the topics that often comes up in conversation is how formal cartographic training does not explore the history of mapping, which is an area we are both interested in exploring as… Continue reading

map collages

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Today we started the first layer of a series of collages made from recycled paper and maps. It was lots of fun ripping up maps and cutting out shapes. This series of work… Continue reading

Various concepts of the map

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We have been discussing the various ways of thinking about the map, as our separate understanding of mapping is quite different on a number of levels. Marty’s training as a cartographer provides a… Continue reading

Maritime customs and superstitions

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Here is a very interesting list of maritime customs and superstitions I came across recently while looking for marine mythology.  It was located on a website titled Pacific Offshore Rigging  Maritime customs and… Continue reading

Geokult wordle

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July 24 2011 July 9 2011 July 2 2011 So cool – I love wordle!

Map Scale

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A map is a representation of a part of the world that is presented at a convenient scale to fit on a piece of paper of a suitable size to be conveniently usable… Continue reading