Cartography by the People
What getting lost in Eindhoven has to do with a nice pit bull and a shovel.
PEN & PAPER: 1, GPS: 0
It’s no secret we’ve been obsessed with maps for a while now. Which is why we’re all over the Hand Drawn Map Association — a quirky, relentlessly amusing archive of user-submitted maps and other interesting diagrams, all drawn, of course, by hand.
The collection spans anything from convoluted direction maps 
that we bet did more harm than good, to a weird hybrid diagram of the digestive system and hell, to what appears to be a bizarre and somewhat creepy treasure-hunting map.
And in the ultimate old-school-new-school fashion, the Association has its very own Facebook page, complete with free goodies for anyone who fans it. You can even follow them on Twitter.
Which reminds us of that incessantly awesome Map of Online Communities.
- Experimental Cartography: The Map as Art Fascinating experimental map-inspired art...
- Power to the People The two man-beasts face off on a driving range, hitting long balls like there's no tomorrow. Home Run Derby anyone? ...
- Emotional Cartography: Technologies of the Self Excellent free book on emotion mapping, featuring essays by artists, designers, psychologists, cultural researchers, futurists and neuroscientists, exploring the political, social and cultural implications of dissecting the private world of human emotion with bleeding-edge technology....
- Geography, Topography, and Everythingography Google vs. Hitler, underwear peninsulas, Hansel and Gretel, global black holes, 18th century German lovescapes, how Holland’s streets are finally becoming rivers, why Philly is reinventing the wheel, and what Joan Miró has to do with NASA. We’re exorcising our maps obsession. MOUNTAIN VIEW TIMES Alright, folks. It’s happening: Google...
- The Last and the Curious Democracy, rashes, the big ambush, Eastern Europeans for free, why the ‘burbs are cool again, how 40 tons can make you really, really uncomfortable, what gingerbread has to do with sustainability, and just dance, dammit. THE INDEPENDENT MASSES Let’s face it, neither big labels nor online music sales are exactly...
These are awesome!!! Now, that’s an unusual form of doodles that even I haven’t seen before! Kudos for a great find!