Hagar the Horrible is still struggling with maps:
Monday, March 23, 2015
Bad Lars
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
Dik Browne,
gold,
Hagar the Horrible,
treasure map
Friday, March 20, 2015
GPS abuse
The GPS in thid Six Chix strip/panel is kinda abusive:
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Orientation
We've seen gags where the map of the Earth is upside-down. This xkcd panel by Randall Munroe is a different take on that theme.
That said, "title-text" at the actual webcomic says:
That said, "title-text" at the actual webcomic says:
Due to their proximity across the channel, there's long been tension between North Korea and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
Earth,
Randall Munroe,
upside-down,
xkcd
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Zombie interactive
I'm still no fan of the zombie genre, but I am a fan of interactive maps. This one created by Cornell researcher Matt Bierbaum can help you envision what the zombie apocalypse would look like.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
interactive,
Matt Bierbaum,
zombies
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Demon paper
Hagar the Horrible attempts to explain the concept of a map to his band of barbarians.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
Dik Browne,
Hagar the Horrible,
map
Monday, March 16, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Blast from the Past (well, more of a mist)
Here's a map in a cartoon about the H1N1 vaccine from 2009 from your friendly neighbo(u)rhood guest blogger, Amanda:
Jimmy Margulies, NorthJersey.com, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Welcome to Earth
Sometimes it does seem like the world does this to people:
Friday, March 6, 2015
introducing Owl Turd
Owl Turd webcomic has this strip about snow. But it kinda gets away from me.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Geography GIFs
Labels:
ABVH,
Blue Sky GIS,
geography,
GIFs,
map animation
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Here comes the sun
Here's some panels from Ryan Seby, new to the blog. We've seen this gag before from AccordingtoDevin webcomic.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Topographic sandbox
Friend of blog Clint found this video of an intensely interactive topographic map sandbox.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
interactive,
map animation,
topographic map
Monday, March 2, 2015
Even More Historical Caricatures!
During
some research, I came across a collection of caricature anthologies that
feature "great men" from various geographic areas. Many of the
caricatures from these collections included globes.
Here
we have A. B. Newman on page 343 of Chicagoans As We See 'Em, circa 1904:
- Amanda Murphyao
Labels:
1904,
as we see 'em,
Chicago,
globe,
historical caricatures,
world
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Maps by state
Here's a pair of map-by-state maps:
First the most used words in online dating sites by state
And then favorite stores
First the most used words in online dating sites by state
And then favorite stores
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