Cartographic Curiosities, by David Hillman
We haven't done too much on maps here lately, so I thought maybe it was time. Frank Jacobs authored Strange Maps last year and in addition to many other useful and informative topics, his very entertaining work can be found on the Big Think blog. There's nothing earth shattering here in terms of new projections, etc and some of the offerings are cartogrammatic rather than cartographic, but cartograms are usually more fun and entertaining, and that's what Jacobs seems to be going for anyway. Among the interesting titles of these creative visual treats are, Map of One Arm Waving, Slapstick on a Map: The Three Stooges Starvania, Marge Simpson's European Adventure, and my personal fave…Area Codes in Which Ludacris Claims to Have Hos…