tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109245872009-06-15T11:58:06.826+01:00The best of maps and mapping there is on the internet. Reviews of maps and map websites, and featured cool maps.Robnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1160996126563867332006-10-16T11:54:00.000+01:002006-10-16T11:55:26.573+01:00As the world's oldest printed atlas sells for £2m, our impression of what the Earth looks like has changed almost beyond recognition. But even now, it's hard to find a truly accurate picture of our planet.<br /><br />Looking down at a map, the viewer thinks their eyes are taking in a snapshot of the Earth. But are they?<br /><br />Between the oldest and the most modern incarnation of the printed atlas there are 500 years of mapping history filled with debate over how to represent the world. How to show countries' size, relief and relations? How to project an almost-spherical surface on to a flat one, but keep it accurate?<br /><br />"If you peel an orange, you can't lay it flat and there's never an answer to that," says Steve Chilton, chair of the Society of Cartographers.<br /><br />And that is the problem: map-makers have always compromised for their art - tweaking scale, distance or area to paste the world down. Making Greenland loom large, or squashing Africa to a narrow frame in the process.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-116099612656386733?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1157649996961912172006-09-07T18:25:00.000+01:002006-09-07T18:26:36.963+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.map-of-turkey.co.uk/maps/Turkey.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.map-of-turkey.co.uk/maps/Turkey.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-115764999696191217?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1157649882586987452006-09-07T18:20:00.000+01:002006-09-07T18:24:42.646+01:00I have added several more sites to my network over the last year. I hope you find them useful :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-australia.co.uk">Australia Maps - www.map-of-australia.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.canadamaps.info">Canada Maps - www.canadamaps.info</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-china.co.uk">China Maps - www.map-of-china.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk">Croatia Maps - www.map-of-croatia.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-france.co.uk">France Maps - www.map-of-france.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-greece.co.uk">Greece Maps - www.map-of-greece.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ireland-map.co.uk">Ireland Maps - www.ireland-map.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.big-italy-map.co.uk">Italy Maps - www.big-italy-map.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-newzealand.co.uk">New Zealand Maps - www.map-of-newzealand.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-portugal.co.uk">Portugal Maps - www.map-of-portugal.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-spain.co.uk">Spain Maps - www.map-of-spain.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-turkey.co.uk">Turkey Maps - www.map-of-turkey.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk">UK Maps - www.map-of-uk.co.uk</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.world-maps.co.uk">World Map and Atlas - www.world-maps.co.uk</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-115764988258698745?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1138804566848827742006-02-01T14:33:00.000Z2006-02-01T14:36:06.873ZI have launched several new maps site recently:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-greece.co.uk/">Map of Greece</a><br /><a href="http://www.world-maps.co.uk">World Map</a><br /><a href="http://www.ireland-map.co.uk/">Map of Ireland</a><br /><br />I hope you find them useful!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-113880456684882774?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1122647484874304182005-07-29T15:31:00.000+01:002005-08-30T15:24:52.926+01:00Sorry I havent updated this site recently, I have been too busy playing with <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a> - more on this soon.. it's incredible!<br /><br />But I have managed to launch a new site featuring maps of Croatia -<br /><a href="http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk/">Map of Croatia</a>. I have made some new original maps of Croatia, and I am startign to add more detailed regional maps today.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk/"><img src="http://www.map-of-croatia.co.uk/maps/Large-map-of-croatia-400.gif" alt="map of croatia" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-112264748487430418?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1114089219323121382005-04-21T14:13:00.000+01:002005-04-21T14:13:39.323+01:00Google has now added the UK to their mapping services.... Here is <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=bt4+2az&hl=en">my house</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-111408921932312138?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1111173491498787472005-03-18T19:14:00.000Z2005-03-18T19:18:11.503Z<p>Click on the shields on this UK map to go to an enlarged view on my new map of the UK site</p><img src="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/maps/main-uk-map-to-click.jpg" alt="Map of the UK" width="460" height="650" border="0" usemap="#Map"><br /> <map name="Map"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="257,35,12" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-orkney-islands-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="424,51,16" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-shetland-islands-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="106,117,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-outer-hebrides-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="233,151,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-north-east-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="103,236,14" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-west-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="161,299,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-scottish-borders-scotland.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="80,313,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-northern-ireland.htm"><br /><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="299,304,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-north-england.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="146,374,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-isle-of-man.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="253,459,17" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-north-west-england.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="148,474,16" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-wales.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="364,449,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-north-east-england.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="95,604,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-south-west-england.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="213,595,15" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-south-england.htm"><br /> <area shape="circle" coords="337,582,16" href="http://www.map-of-uk.co.uk/map-of-south-east-england.htm"><br /> </map><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-111117349149878747?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1108753394131722722005-02-18T19:01:00.000Z2005-02-18T19:03:14.206Z<p>My next big map project was my map of Italy:</p><br /><img src="http://www.big-italy-map.co.uk/maps/italy%20400.jpg" border="1" /><br /><p>Again, I felt inspired, and created a whole site full of <a href="http://www.big-italy-map.co.uk/">maps of italy</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-110875339413172272?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1108753097092584722005-02-18T18:54:00.000Z2005-02-18T18:58:17.093Z<p>The first map I ever published was this Map of Spain:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.map-of-spain.co.uk/maps-of-spain/spain/map-of-spain2.jpg" /><br /><br /></p><p>That map lead me on to create this whole site full of <a href="http://www.map-of-spain.co.uk/" border="1">maps of Spain</a>. Thanks for all the positive feedback I keep getting about the maps, and i'm always glad to see them being used on other people's sites :)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-110875309709258472?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10924587.post-1108751615340770482005-02-18T18:00:00.000Z2005-02-18T18:33:35.343ZI suppose it was a long time coming, but now the Internet is full of great map resources and i'd like to write about some of the best out there!<br /><br />I'll start off with the new <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a> site that has just been launched (well a 'beta' version anyway).<br /><br />There's great discussions about it on <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum108/63.htm">webmasterworld here</a> and <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/27911.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />I can't wait for them to roll it out in the UK!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10924587-110875161534077048?l=bigmaps.blogspot.com'/></div>Robnoreply@blogger.com0