Neal is known among his friends for his mapmaking abilities, and they regularly call on him to draw maps to local points of interest. This map suggests he also has a gift for knowing when cartography could be turned into a punchline. Drawn on notebook paper, it offers formally composed directions from 9 South Maple […]
Dan writes, “this was a quick attempt at guiding an out-of-town musician friend (hence the staff paper) from Kenmore Square to the site of my wedding at Fenway Park in Boston last year. Note the landmarks at Unos, Beerworks, the banners on Yawkey Way, and gates D and B.”
Tom sent us this map drawn by his mother, Ilse Barker. Ilse, also known as the novelist Kathrine Talbot, created the map shortly after moving to Midhurst from Bexley Hill, a move that was prompted by the death of her husband, Kit. It’s a wonderful example of a strip map where the main artery, A286, […]
Joost says, “This is a map I’ve drawn for my friend, who visited my house for the first time. Since the rain didn’t stop pouring down, I explained she best take her bicycle on the subway to the city center instead of cycling all the way back. I tried to explain the shortest way to […]
Ricardo sent this map as an open invitation to his home in Rosario, Argentina. The route begins at the Paraná River and the city’s famous Monumento a la Bandera — the National Flag Monument, one of Argentina’s most significant landmarks — and follows Córdoba Avenue south for fifty blocks to the red flag marking Ricardo’s […]
Eileen’s friend HM drew this map to show her a shortcut from HM’s house in southern New York. This is a good example of a directional map created during a conversation discussing the actual navigation. We can assume some of the areas that are missing are places Eileen understood, the map, in this case, serves […]