Category Archives: Unusual Medium
Boston’s Sketchy Appeal
The other day a colleague asked me, “Hey Tim, how do you make one of those Google Maps with a pin in it so I can show my friends how to get to my birthday party?” I knew he was … Continue reading
Posted in General, Unusual Medium
Tagged art map, glass map, hand drawn map, pin map, sketch map, watercolor map
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Boston’s Inner Irish Green
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Boston. Today is a day held in very high esteem among the Boston Irish (by which I mean… everyone). And what better way to celebrate this day cartographically than to showcase the green in our fair … Continue reading
Posted in General, Holiday, Seasonal, Unusual Medium
Tagged google style maps, holidays, Saint Patrick's Day
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Light Drawing Massachusetts
There’s a debate—at least in academic cartography—about what constitutes a map. The first lecture in the introductory course at UW-Madison starts with a slideshow challenging students to determine which images are maps and which are not. Among the “traps” designed … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Photography, Unusual Medium
Tagged light drawing, light mapping, light painting, massachusetts map, meaninglessmaps, photography, picasso
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Map Pinning Boston
Bostonography provides us with the perfect forum for sharing bizarre, hybrid posts that randomly incorporate some of our favorite things. There is no doubt that soon enough, I will write something up on gummi candy maps of Roxbury… even if … Continue reading
Posted in General, Historical, Unusual Medium
Tagged Boston, history of cartography, map pins, map tacks, pushpins, rand mcnally
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Food as Boston
No, not a thoughtful post about the geography of food in Boston. It’s more the other way around. First, we’ve all seen the vegetable Boston from Jen of Tiny Urban Kitchen, right? It’s possibly the best thing ever. Second, when … Continue reading