Persuasive Cartography
A map with distorting size to show another value, ie. population data, GDP, volume of exports.
What is a "Cartogram"?
Karen Wynn Fonstad wrote and illustrated this book, which contains an atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien's most famous fictional realm.
What is the "Atlas of Middle-Earth"
This topological map in the form of a schematic diagram is used to illustrate the routes and stations within a public transport system.
What is a "transit map"?
A spherical depiction of the Earth.
What is a "globe"?
These mythical monsters were used on medieval maps to indicate dangerous unexplored territories.
Dragons & sea monsters
The astronomical model placing the Sun, rather than the Earth, near the center of the solar system.
What is "Heliocentrism"
This video game, released worldwide in August 2016, holds the world record for the largest playable, procedurally generated universe with over 18 quintillion planets.
What is "No Man's Sky"?
In case of fire, you can refer to this map which specializes in showing fire exits.
The world's largest geographical globe, the Unisphere is located in this city.
What is "New York City"?
Possibly the oldest surviving map, dated to 25,000BC was carved into this.
Leverages applications, participatory maps & crowdsourced event data, aerial & satellite imagery, geospatial platforms, advanced visualization, live simulation, and computational & statistical models to power warning for rapid response to humanitarian emergencies.
Who are "Crisis Mappers"?
With the Ice King's Castle to the north, and the Fire Kingdom located at its southern edges, this land is inhabited by Princesses, Candy people, Goblins, various animals and one single human.
What is "The Land of OOO"?
Also known as illustrated maps, you can commonly refer to one of these when visiting theme parks or other tourism hubs to find your next activity.
What is a "Pictorial Map"?
A medieval European map of the world.
What is a "mappa mundi"?
A form of critical cartography, this practice is used commonly used to press indigenous claims for rights over land, but may also be used to rewrite historical expansion into territories.
What is "Counter-mapping"?
Painted by Sandro Botticelli, this painting was included among the 92 drawings originally included in the illustrated manuscript of the poem "Dante's Inferno".
What is the "Map of Hell"
This web mapping platform and consumer application was developed by an American multinational technology corporation. It began as a C++ desktop program and officially launched in February 2005.
What is "Google Maps"?
Often depicted in sculptures as an enormous man carrying a globe on his back, this Greek Titan was condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity.
Who is "Atlas"?
This map is considered the first true modern atlas, originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp. The publication of this map is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography.
What is the "Theatre of the Lands of the World"
This allergorical, anthropomorphic map of the United States created by A.F. McKay depicts the American railway system as the human circulatory system.
What is "The Man of Commerce"?
Dominated by the Dominion, and its subject species, this quadrant of the Milky Way is accessible from the Alpha Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole.
What is "The Gamma Quadrant"?
This map displays meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time. These maps can be used for research, or more commonly, forecasting.
What is a "Weather Map"?
Also known by the acronym (SOS), a projection system created by NOAA which displays high-resolution video on a suspended globe with the aim of better representing global phenomena.
What is "Science on a Sphere"?
In 1802, this project was commenced by a British infantry officer under the auspices of the East India Company employed explorers and cartographers to provide maps and information on its territories using zenith sectors.
What is the "Great Trigonometrical Survey"?