Not all my maps are of fantasy lands – every now and again, one comes along from the real world. Before Christmas I was asked to map the Mayacamas mountain range for Tricycle Wine Partners, a vineyard in California. Continue reading“Mapping Napa Vineyards” Posted on March 22, 2014Categori...
Giant’s Causeway Torr Head Toome Larne Sperrin Mountains HBO ® ’s award-winning television series Game Of Thrones ® has extensively used the stunning scenery within the Causeway Coast and Glens to represent everything from Winterfell to the King’s Road, The Iron Islands to Stormlands. ...
I love looking at maps and studying geography (real or imaginary) there is just something about other lands on the earth and their geographic positions and layouts that are fascinating. As designers we can chart our own course and make our own maps of perhaps real life areas or map out our...
Other than those notes, this went surprisingly well. I may well continue to expand out this map with more of Essos. Of course, if you want a big map, you can alwaysgrab the huge poster maps I drew for Lands of Ice and Fire:). ...
When Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza says that “Game of Thrones has such a terrible map it could be presented as a parody of bad fantasy maps,” he’s not saying that the cartography of the various Song of Ice and Fire mapmakers, such as Jonathan Roberts (The Lands of Ice and Fire),...
The first to act would be the Spanish Empire, approaching the French out of concern for the security of the Papal lands in Italy for a possible grand coalition against the Empire. Once their ally, Spain had grown increasingly distant from the Habsburg Empire following the end of Habsburg rule...
Enter the mysterious world of the Atlantean Empire as 1 of 4 Heroes (or villians) in this expansive world that allows players to conquer lands, steer the wheels of history and give birth to legends in this exciting all in one board game. ...
Just a short one-hour drive west of Edinburgh lands you right in the heart a cultural wonderland. Theatre, art galleries, and street art galore, Glasgow offers the perfect one day getaway from the capital city of Edinburgh.On your journey there, keep an eye out for the cutest highland ...
1. The Tower of London History! If you like the TV showGame of Thrones(and who doesn’t?), then you’ll love theTower of London. This place was home to so much plotting, scheming, death and betrayals that it almost makes George’s epic tale of Westeros seem pale in comparison. ...
Empowered with offline mapping technology, Ecuador’s Waorani people created maps of their traditional lands whichbecame evidence in a successful legal battleagainst the Ecuadorian governments’ attempts to drill for oil in the rainforest. As Waorani leader Alex Lucitante said, “el mapa es poder.”...