Friday, April 23, 2010

Bizarre maps

Check out the Bizarre Map Challenge hosted by SDSU. 

My favorite of the lot is i spy: missed connections in burlington, vermont.  Sure it has local interest for me, but it's also a really original idea, it has a clean look, and it's immediately clear from looking at the map what it's showing.  A Postcard from Our Little Part(s) of the World is pretty good, but thematically similar to the "staycation" one.  Weighing Their Words has a good look, but is yet another U.S. map (boring).  Earth in Reverse would be a decent second choice.  The rest all have problems -- too much clutter, I had to read the description to understand what the map was showing, and/or bad color choices.

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