I was searching for an old map that I knew was vaguely connected with a culture from Central America, and I knew that Esri had worked on it, so I tried Google-searching for “Mayan Esri mapping” and “mesoamerica Esri mapping” and then “Aztec Esri mapping.”
I was appalled, amazed, and confused to think about an Aztec person destroying precious metadata, especially about a national monument! What were they thinking!?
Only GIS-geeks and librarians are likely to find this as amusing as I did.
A very clever sketch that interprets tattoo placements. I guess Barbie didn’t take their advice?
via Nag on the Lake.
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Atlas Obscura Day 2011 is just around the corner. Time to celebrate and explore the weird and wonderful phenomena of our phenomena-filled world. I like the Atlas itself as a resource for locating the types of places that I enjoy visiting, like the Fremont Troll.
Posted in humor, VGI, web mapping
Ikea’s iconic instructions, applied to construction long ago. First page is hilarious, second loses its clever edge.
Assembly diagrams like these are classic examples of thinking in space.
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One day do kids with pants below their butts wake up and say, woah, what was I thinking? This is what they look like underneath.
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diana maps 