Ah, the classic D20 projection

Updated this map with a few meaderies that I had missed, thanks to Texas Longhouse Mead. I hope that I got all of them because I'm running out of room...

David Nuttall @artimaps.bsky.social has produced some stunning and decidedly physical maps, especially in his ongoing Human Terrain series, in which he renders maps on human bodies. Other cool physical maps on his website! artimaps.com/human-terrai...

Finished a map of meaderies in Texas! I’m doing two challenges with this map: 1) Use more color and have more fun, 2) Complete a final draft and immediately publish it instead of poking things around for an additional week.

Environmental Artist Stacy Levy created this map for the Penn State Arboretum, showing waterways around State College. It was sandblasted into Pennsylvania bluestone, and when it rains, the water flows through the map features as it would in real life: www.stacylevy.com/projects/rid...

Here's a map from a student in my advanced cartography course last fall, Brendan Pham. He 3D printed and hand-painted a map of Tussey Mountain, a local ski resort. Slopes were color-coded according to their difficulty.

Evan Applegate has made a number of really stunning illuminated maps– this one is 4'6' and hangs in an office building, showing physical features of the Americas: radiantmaps.co/the-americas

Here's one of my own– tactile flood maps that I developed for my dissertation research. I published a couple papers on them, and there's a short blurb on my website here: www.harrisoncarto.com/tactile

This is a thread of physical maps– not just printed maps or maps on signs, and mostly not globes (maybe some), but those that somehow utilize their dimensionality. I might also include maps that have a sensory component, but they have to have physical presence. Or not. We'll see!

I wanted to challenge myself to use more color in a map. Pretty happy with the result— heavy inspiration taken from Frank Lloyd Wright’s stained glass designs, of course. The map itself just includes places named “Harrison”. “Harrison Township” e.g. were excluded.

Maybe I'm late to the game but I just came across this unbelievable treasure trove of CC0 cartography brushes from @kmalexander.bsky.social. Can't wait to try these out: kmalexander.com/free-stuff/f...

Lighthouse of the Balearic Islands, Instituto Geografico, 1935. I csn't find a good source but if someone who reads Spanish wants to look, that would be helpful.

Lighthouses of Lake Ladoga, Merenkulkuhallituksen merikarttalaitos, 1942. src: timomeriluoto.kapsi.fi/Sivut/Paasiv...

Lighthouses of (Heroica) Veracruz and Antón Lizardo, Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Obras Publicas, 1907. src: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...

Lighthouses of China, H.C. Müller, 1894. src: www.loc.gov/resource/g78...

Lighthouses and coastal lights of Finland, Suomen maantieteellinen seura, 1898, 1909. src: timomeriluoto.kapsi.fi/Sivut/Paasiv...

Lighthouses and general coast lights of the British Isles, Woolfield H. F. Hardinge, 1874. src: bostonraremaps.com/inventory/sp...

This is a thread of lighthouse maps. While there's no set criteria for what I post here, I focus on multivariate maps. This first map is exemplary: New Zealand lighthouse chart of general coast and principal harbour lights, 1900, by Augustus Koch. src: ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/Del...