i've written so. Damn. Many. gift guides and year-end lists in the past couple of weeks that I can't think in any other mode. Such is the life of a blogger.
So, since my head's in this space already, might as well do a gift guide for the mappy and geographically inclined geek in your life. This is an ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE list. I will not consider gifts that SOME OTHER map/geo geek than myself might like. This is just what you should send me if you wanna get on my good side.
Here goes:
- Panamap Series by Urban Mapping
- City Walks Decks Series by Chronicle Books
- Window Seat Books by Gregory Dicum
Two books that offer a detailed and well-designed guide to reading landscapes from the window seat of an airplane. There's one for the US, and one for Europe. I don't know if this series will continue, but I sure hope so. This is the perfect gift for a frequent flyer.
- Elvis Mars Globe by Greaves and Thomas
- Starry Night star mapping software
- Like these maps of the Great Lakes, which are $10-15 apiece.
- Or this boxed set of maps of London from four different periods for £27.50.
- Blue Monocle Maps has a whole historical collection, which you can get in a variety of sizes and on your choice of paper, including world cities like this one of Beijing. These start at around £30.
- Historic Urban Plans has smaller maps of cities the world over that start at around $10.
- Historic Maps Restored has a series of higher-quality maps starting at $30 which are mostly of the US -- railroad maps, topographical maps, panorama maps, etc. There is a small collection of international maps.
- The Old Map Company sells maps of mostly England, starting at around £6. There's a small collection of international maps.
(ETA): Here's one more I just found ... MAP PLATES! From Signals.com, these plates represent some of the countries of Europe, not all. But how cool is a series of plates in geographical shapes that fit together to make a map? I WANT.
There's much more along the lines of interdisciplinary books on geographical ideas, but I don't want to recommend very many books right now. I think the above is enough to go on for now, don't you?
But please feel free to add your ideas to the comments below!
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