Stop making cartograms! At least until permission is granted from the chap who holds the patent on them. Karl Karsten’s “population projection” was published in his book Charts and … more →
Making Maps: DIY CartographyJohn Krygier wrote 1 week ago: Stop making cartograms! At least until permission is granted from the chap who holds the patent on … more →
John Krygier wrote 3 weeks ago: Guide Psychogéographique de OWU (2009, med res jpg) ••••• During the week of June 15-19 (2009) five … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 month ago: The construction of symbols on maps requires the interaction of many elements. How these elements … more →
John Krygier wrote 3 months ago: Don’t you think we’d better skidoo? They say this part of the map won’t be safe f … more →
John Krygier wrote 4 months ago: This manual establishes the design, weights, and gauges of symbols, and the type styles and sizes t … more →
John Krygier wrote 5 months ago: I was moving some piles of junk in a storage room and came across a 1934 U.S. Public Works Admi … more →
John Krygier wrote 5 months ago: Prähistorische Karte von Südwestdeutschland und der Schweiz, 1879 (Protohistoric and Prehistori … more →
John Krygier wrote 6 months ago: Examples of map symbols used to show trees and forests on old Russian maps (1700s & 1800s) are … more →
John Krygier wrote 6 months ago: A set of salt and pepper shakers, one each for the 48 contiguous U.S. states. Photographs from the … more →
John Krygier wrote 9 months ago: Official sites of execution – prisons, military bases, etc. – are found in parts of the … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Erwin Raisz is among the most creative cartographers of the 20th century, known in particular for … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Quite a few years ago I wrote an overview article on the use of sound for representing geographic d … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Wells Springs Successful, Unsuccessful Nonmineral, Mineral Nonmineral, Mineral, Artesian, Gravity, … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: A cartogram varies the size of geographic areas based on the data values associated with each are … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Map of New York City, Showing the Distribution of the Principal Nationalities by Sanitary Districts … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Making maps is rife with rules. But following rules does not necessarily produce a great (or even g … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Ah, the shingly shore… William McTaggart, A Shingly Shore, oil on canvas, 1904. The nature o … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Denis Wood, co-author of Making Maps, has been working on an atlas of the Boylan Heights neighborho … more →
John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Google’s My Maps allows the easy creation of pseudo map mash-ups, where you can map your own … more →