Maps Everywhere

After my post about Nigel Peake’s maps, I got several emails about other interesting map sites and blog posts.

• Strange Maps, a blog about, you guessed it, odd maps. A recent post is about accidental maps, such as the cloud shaped like the UK, to the left.
• That lead me to Making Maps: DIY Cartography, subtitled “Resources and Ideas for Making Maps”. It includes posts on one of the oldest maps known and lots of fascintating map symbols. And that’s just on the first page!

• Over on my friend Cathy’s blog about bookmaking with kids, she has a recent post about “Me on the Map” books where kids draw maps of what’s important in their worlds.