Satirical/Cartoon maps that are interesting


I have one of these framed in my house!

i love this pic of it in context.

Wow! Thanks for sharing it. Movie prop maps… can’t find those at Rumsey. So…

Don’t Hate, Appreciate!

Googling “Map Props from Movies” yields a bunch of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. So… punt!

A Selection from the Map of Stereotypes

from http://www.halcyonmaps.com/

**forgive me, @marquac ?

Well, those are fantastic. Nice find!

The World During the Last Ice Age

Not very friendly, eh?

You always have to be thinking 3 moves ahead on Defense if you wanna be a Great Power…

Huh, I wonder why some of the number changes. 82 is actually numbered 84 (Salt Lake to Portland) and 92/94 in Michigan is actually 94 runs the south, 96 the north loop. I-80 runs north of its projected route, and ends in NYC not Philly.

But fascinating map regardless.

The Game of Secession, or Sketches of the Rebellion

More visualization than “map”, but arguably a memory address is a “place”:

From: http://benfry.com/distellamap/

I still think he should sell those in poster sizes.

iirc, this was in part due to issues with getting I-84 and I-90 approved by the localities they were going to run through.

Mmmm. Spaghetti code.

Tacoma: Come for the manufacturing, stay for the bridges.

Only Canadians could think Albany is important.

As an interstate highway nerd, the Wikipedia pages on the system and the individual routes are fascinating reading. (I’m still waiting for the city builder that’s “Freeway Tycoon”/“Sim Interstate.”)

Illustrated Map of the Route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc.