#topographical maps

Image description: yellow and orange illustration of a chicken of the woods fungus set into a collaged tree

Image Description: illustration of two deer, one with antlers, surrounded by a collaged border of topographical maps. On the right side of the image is the outline of a hand filled in with small brown, black, and grey circles. The lines on the hand are stitched in and labeled according to a palm reader's map

“Digging may be on hold due to the pandemic, but the team have found parts of two Roman roads, around 30 prehistoric or Roman large embanked settlement enclosures, around 20 prehistoric burial mounds, as well as the remains of hundreds of medieval farms, field systems and quarries. Those leading the project believe they will make many more discoveries in the coming weeks.” More info on this fascinating project from Phys.org on this venture by University of Exeter ...

スイスの官製地形図は、山の起伏などを芸術的な美しさで表現していることで有名。その地形図に制作者が密かに加えた隠し絵を紹介した記事。 http://bit.ly/381SUlE マーモットやクモなどの生物や人の姿を含む。誰かが見つけると、誤りがあったと認定して次の版で消去するとのこと。官製のユーモア。by Oguchi T／小口 高

See also

The La Plata Mountains & The Twin Lakes - Lake Fork of The Arkansas. U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, c.1876.

Fig. 37. “The skillful representation of a body of water.” A text-book of topographical drawing. 1907.

Anybody who has ever had need of a topo -- THIS IS FOR YOU