“The Map Room is a blog that points to maps, map collections, map-related resources, and material about maps on the web. Anything that fits under that rubric, from medieval mappæ mundi to satellite imagery, and from topo maps to Tolkien, is fair game.
Launched in March 2003, The Map Room is aimed at a broad audience. While GIS professionals and cartographers seem to enjoy reading it, it’s meant to be accessible to anyone with nothing more than an interest in maps.”
I particularly enjoyed finding the section on Imaginary Places when I was working on a recent reference question.
See also the link to Strange Maps, where you can find a map of the 1969 moon landingsite or have a look at the abandoned proposal (thankfully) to rename star constellations with more recognizable figures such as The Tyrants–featuring Hitler, Attila the Hun, and Mussolini.
Enjoy!
Tara
Search This Blog
Categories
Archives
desk resources
- Books like sapphires : from The Library of Congress Judaica Collection / Ann Brener ; foreword by Martin J. Gross.
- Temples of knowledge : art & science / texts by Alberto Manguel, António Filipe Pimentel, Stefano Salis; photographs, Massimo Listri.
- Jewish languages and book culture / edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger & César Merchán-Hamann.
- The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen lives / Adam Smyth.
- Ductus : an online course in paleography / course, Bernard J. Muir ; software and graphics, Nick Kennedy ; video and ms images, Graeme Smith.
