the Art of Geography weblog

National Geographic Maps … is retreating from publishing maps for the general public and is focusing instead on detailed maps targeted for outdoor recreation enthusiasts, emergency responders, geologists and other field workers who often venture out of well-traveled terrain.

via The Denver Business Journal

What About ProPhoto RGB?: “After spending some time last week discussing how sRGB and Adobe RGB differ, it seemed an opportune time to bring ProPhoto RGB into the mix. While the gamut of Adobe RGB is bigger than that of sRGB, ProPhoto RGB is really big. But is bigger necessarily better?….”

(Via Earthbound Light Photography Tips.)

The Palo Alto Walking map makes it easier and more efficient to do the artwalk on First Friday.

For those not familiar with First Friday, a number of galleries and some businesses in downtown Palo Alto (Bay Area) have one night a month where they stay open late, and often have their openings/receptions for new art then.

The map shows galleries, restaurants, bistros, pubs, coffee & tea houses, dessert & bakeries, the color-coded parking zones, parks, and the streetgrid. It deliberately does not show things which most likely are of little value to the gallery visitor.

This map is free to download (for personal use), and print for your next excursion to Palo Alto.

The map is available from http://www.artofgeography.com/maps/palo-alto-downtown.html

This map is in a different style than the Pearl map, as I am trying some different approaches.

The Pearl Gallery map makes it easier and more efficient to walk the Pearl on First Thursday.

For those not familiar with First Thursday, almost all the galleries in Portland’s Pearl District have one night a month where they stay open late, and many galleries have their openings/receptions for new art then. The Pearl becomes quite the scene, with thousands of people walking the streets and parking spots are scarcer than hen’s teeth. Other art districts have their own nights, such as Last Thursday, First Friday, etc.

The map shows galleries, restaurants, bistros, pubs, coffee & tea houses, dessert & bakeries, parks, mass transit, ATMs and the streetgrid. It deliberately does not show things which most likely are of little value to the gallery visitor.

This map is free to download (for personal use), and print for your next excursion to the Pearl.

The map is available from http://www.artofgeography.com/maps/pearl-gallery-map.html

What became interesting to me after creating this map is the distribution of galleries. Perhaps someone more familiar with economic geography would have a theory why the “plot” of locations seems to fall into a diagonal cluster, orthogonal to the perfect rectangular grid of streets. I would have guessed the cluster to be vertical, parallelling the streetcar route.

Welcome to the first post on the Art of Geography weblog

This weblog will contain announcements for the site, as well as links of interest by category. To start off, there are Maps, General interest, Art and VR categories.

erik

The Art of Geography weblog describes new developments at the Art of Geography site, and highlights developments of interest in the world of cartography, photographic panoramas, and backcountry/wilderness exploration.

The weblog “VRlog” has been folded into this publication. If you want to continue to read just panorama-related items, choose the VRlog category in the right column. VRlog.com will continue to point to items of interest to VR photographers.

The masthead photo is a spring panorama from Sunol Regional Wilderness, in the east bay of Northern California.

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