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urhereThree Advertising MapsLinksWonderground Map of London [2:47]Silicon Valley 1991 [15:35]TAM Cargo Series [31:38]Supplemental TAM Cargo LinkWonderground Map of LondonHere we have a cartoon map with a black and white chevron pattern that forms the map border. You might think a heavy black and white chevron pattern would overwhelm a map but this doesn’t because there is otherwise so much information throughout the composition that it doesn’t out-compete. This is an example of maximalism, which is definitely not how Vanessa decorates her home. What is it...2021-05-1944 min
urhereThree Food MapsLinksThis Porcineograph [1:45]Farmers Markets: Accessible to All? From Food: An Atlas [22:40]Les Grands Vins de Bourgogne [35:20]This PorcineographThis is a weird one. As a fan of weird art, Vanessa’s first impression was that this map is pretty cool, weird, and creepy, and that it would go well in an Orwelian universe. This map is the United States, but as a pig. Yes, that’s right. The word “gehography,” possibly the best geographic pun ever, is used in the sub-title text and gives a sense of the humor th...2021-05-1251 min
urhereThree Video Game MapsLinksZelda, Breath of the Wild [2:08]Ori and the Will of the Wisps [15:53]Animal Crossing [28:22]Zelda, Breath of the WildOne of the first things you notice about this game map is that it has a lot of green hues and resembles camouflage, giving you the immediate sense that this will be a nature-based type of game. Multitudinous contour lines further this outdoorsy feeling but also provide much needed assistance to the gamer, since in this game you need them, just as you would in real life, to determine...2021-05-0544 min
urhereThree Natural Resources MapsLinksMap of the Rivers Huallaga, Ucayali & Amazon [1:53]View of the Panamint Range Mountains, mines, mills and town site [14:30]The Melting of Antarctica [31:20] Map of the Rivers Huallaga, Ucayali & AmazonThis is a very wide map due to the shape and length of the river system, leaving the rest of this composition sparsely designed, excluding the graticule, and therefore quite unique. Hernon William Lewis, the main cartographer for this map published in 1851, was in the U.S. Navy and was an explorer, exploring “uncharted territory” of the Amazo...2021-04-2847 min
urhereThree Garden MapsLinks:Garden maps twitter discussion [0:20]Chatsworth House 1699 [2:17]Bourge Castle and Gardens 1697 [17:35]Japan Cherry Blossom Guide [35:25]Molly O’Halloran’s garden map [53:14] Chatsworth House 1699Here we have another black and white map that manages to be highly detailed despite its lack of color! The map presents a garden at its earliest stages, consisting of 105 acres, and has since been cultivated for 500 years. It’s constantly changing and belongs to the Dukes of Devonshire. Kip and Knyff, the map makers, were well known engravers of English...2021-04-2154 min
urhereThree More Historic MapsList of MapsCoastal map of Shandong, Zhili, and Shengjing [1:40]The Ottoman Mappa Mundi of Haci Ahmet [19:37]Marshall Islands Stick Chart [33:01] Coastal Map of Shandong, Zhili, and ShengjingThis is a Chinese scroll map painting, captured in 6 separate images on the Library of Congress site in order to fit in the whole length of it. Historically these kinds of scrolls depicted stories, epics, activities, and generally just daily life and, unlike posters of maps from the Western world that are meant to be seen on a wall, t...2021-04-1445 min
urhereThree Pop Culture MapsList of MapsA Game of Thrones [2:35]The Lord of the Rings [23:29]Harry Potter, The Marauder’s Map [34:55]A Game of ThronesThe two black and white maps from the first A Game of Thrones book have the feel you want from a book like this--old. Monochrome maps without much shading like these, especially older ones, or ones that have that historic look, often have an ambiguity about them that can be unsettling. Which part of the map is the land and which part is the water? In Gestalt ps...2021-04-0752 min
urhereThree Tourist MapsMap LinksItinerary from London to Beauvais [1:45]John Ogilby 1675 Britannia Atlas-The Road from London to Lands End [10:42]Stavanger Guide (English), pdf [21:50] Itinerary from London to BeauvaisIn this medieval map from 1250, which provides an illustration of the route from London to Beauvais and, on subsequent sheets, onward to the final stop, Jerusalem, the chief towns along the route are shown with pictorial representations and the distances between them are noted in days. Broadly, tourist maps share a lot of similarities with amusement park maps in terms of t...2021-03-3137 min
urhereThree Political Maps and EthicsHow do map data and map design affect bias? Does it matter if the bias is intentional or not? Honesty is the cornerstone virtue of ethics. These considerations are discussed with respect to three specific political maps but the concepts are widely applicable to most mapping endeavors. Maps and LinksUSA 2016 MTC Election Map [3:21]Gerrymandering - The Atlas of Redistricting Article [12:24]Victory Through Airpower 1943 Video [25:18] USA 2016 MTC Election MapElection time in the U.S. tends to be a fun and exciting time to...2021-03-2443 min
urhereThree ProjectionsMap LinksMercator 1569 World Map [2:26]Equal Earth Political Wall Map [9:58]Double-sided Princeton, Gott, et al Revolutionary [18:30] Want to visualize a 3D globe on a flat piece of paper? You have to project it first. And when you project you distort someway somehow. The three maps we discuss handily represent three different projections: Mercator, Equal-Earth, and what we're going to call "Double-Sided" in these show notes.MercatorIs Greenland really the same size as Africa? Mercator created his projection for a single purpose: navigation on the h...2021-03-1730 min
urhereThree Historic MapsBabylonian Map of the World 0:21Hereford Mappa Mundi 14:20Catawba Deerskin Map 21:40 Babylonian Map of the WorldWhat does this map have to do with unicorns, mermaids, Ikea, and Sharpies? Incredibly we weave it all in.Babylon is the center of the universe in this map. It’s one of the oldest known maps, it’s a copy of an earlier map that has since gone missing, and it features a large circle that represents the Bitter River (ocean). We talk about cartographic symbology then vs. now. Do the t...2021-03-1031 min
urhereWelcome to UrhereHello map fans! We're Gretchen Peterson and Vanessa Knoppke-Wetzel. Gretchen, an author of several books about maps, works as a cartographer making maps for clients large and small, and has been running a geo business for over 20 years. Vanessa is an expert cartographer with over 10 years of experience in private and public industry who also teaches a university class on maps and gives talks at industry conferences all over.Want to learn more about maps from a cartographer's perspective? You've come to the right place! All kinds of maps are covered, from historic to contemporary, a...2021-03-0602 min