I present my new cartographic project: The Minimal Geography Atlas (Kickstarter). This selection with 40 of my best maps is largely made using Maptorian. 😉 All the information on the campaign page:
Category - Geography
I dare say that, of all the stories about lost continents, lost islands and other geographical myths, one of them stands out above the rest: Atlantis. It is incredible how many articles, books, films and similar products have...
In some science fiction films there are several visions of the future of California in which this portion of the United States is shown separated from the continent as if it were an island, generally after a great cataclysm in...
Alan Day narrates in his book The A to Z of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia the following about a curious map of Australia dating from the early 19th century: The Friend of Australia [is a book] attributed to a Retired...
The Peters projection (named after Arno Peters), also called the Gall-Peters projection, is a cartographic projection that was first described in 1855 by James Gall. This projection is equivalent, that is to say, it preserves the...
Although most national borders have maintained their traditional form for a long time, political crises and armed conflicts have shaped various areas in which disputed territories are still located today. When we design maps in...
Last Monday I was struck by a large mural map of the world that decorated the travel section of a shopping mall. Not bad at all, the map was quite good, with some detail and good taste in the typographies and colors used...
What time is the sunset in different parts of the world? What time will the sun come up tomorrow? It is not difficult to know such data if you have the right software, or access to services as interesting as the one I recommend...
According to the US Census Bureau’s population clock, when it is 9:20 a. m. on October 30, 2017 (GMT), we live on this planet the following number of human beings: 7,431,028,901. By the time you read this text, this number...
