Why are old often maps nicer than new ones? Have we forgotten how to make nice maps? Here are my favorites, two cute picture-maps, and the 70yr older version looks much nicer to me: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eestimaa-piltkaardid/id464010216?mt=8 . It seems to be available only for iOs (or paper), no web.
-- Jaak On 26.07.2012, at 0:38, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Anselm Hook wrote: > >> One of my favorites is the Stamen Watercolor stylization: >> >> http://maps.stamen.com/watercolor/#12/37.7706/-122.3782 >> >> Which we use in our upcoming project lemonopoly.org - I simply love >> the feel of it. > > > A gorgeous map. Partly inspired me to make (though not nearly as beautiful as > the Stamen map) > > http://earth-base.org/geomaps?display=chronolith&mode=extended > > If you move the left pane, the right one adjusts accordingly. The left pane > shows geologic units colored by time, while in the right pane the map slips > into geologic units colored by lithology. > > > -- > Puneet Kishor > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
