Tag Archives: Cartography

Mapping Meaningful Travel

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 Tourism Cares, a leading non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainability within the tourism industry, announce the launch of its “Get on the Map” campaign, a month-long initiative running from October 1 through October  31, 2024. The campaign is designed to inspire … Continue reading →

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Who doesn’t love a good Dorling Cartogram

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

World Population Flags is a Dorling cartogram in which country flags are sized by population. The cartogram is used to visualize where people live around the world and the relative size of each country’s population. Take for a spin. A … Continue reading →

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Oldest Map in the World

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

If you stop by TBTP on a regular basis, you are likely aware that I am a bit of a map geek. It all began with a small globe on my childhood nightstand. I don’t discriminate when it comes to … Continue reading →

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it’s closer than you think

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

CLOSE is a very neat visualization project that shows where to locate in city neighborhoods essential amenities within a short distance of travel. “Proximity governs how we live, work, and socialize. Close is an interactive travel time map for people … Continue reading →

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“To walk alone in London is the greatest rest.”

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

It’s surprising to learn that London wasn’t well mapped until the 1500s, but the cartographers, topographers, and historians of the Historical Towns Trust have the decided to remedy the problem by looking back in time to create period maps.. Their … Continue reading →

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You CAN get there from here

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Usually you see a railway map from a local or regional perspective because it’s meant to show how you get from point A to point B. As an experiment, Zhaoxu Sui mapped major railways worldwide. It’s not comprehensive but still … Continue reading →

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If you’re happy and you know it…

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

As usual, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden top the country ranking in the annual World Happiness Report .  However, seeing Israel at #5 , just above the Netherlands and Norway, is quite a surprise. The map above also does something extra: … Continue reading →

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Fun and Games with Art and Maps

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Backdrop Backdrop is a map based game which is somewhat similar to the very popular GeoGuessr game. However in Backdrop instead of Google Maps Street View images you have to identify the locations depicted in famous paintings by some of history’s … Continue reading →

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Conflict Cartography

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

I was recently bemoaning the fact that the main stream media in the United States can’t seem to focus on more than two serious conflicts at the same time, and even then, the coverage is sorely lacking. But I just … Continue reading →

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Maps, Art and AI

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

The very clever guys behind the website Brilliant Maps have utilized artificial intelligence programming to conjure up some quite interesting maps based on the painting styles of some great artists. You can see the results on their website and on YouTube in … Continue reading →

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