I am looking for some examples of creative cartographic output. I am planning for something like a mixture of cartography, graphic design and spatial information. The output will be initially in hardcopy, maybe poster size maps. These maps are reuired to be very unconvetional, uncommon but appleanig. I am not bothered about map scale, projection or other technical details, since my target audience will be mostly laymen in mapping. This could be considered as an idea of InfoGraphics, with a spatial sauce!
For example what I have in my mind is
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A map for "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. This
will be a poster size map, with world boundary and trip route
alongwith some images/ photographs/ descriptions at major breaks. -
Another could be the use of beautifull and informativs symbols in
pollution maps (Elements of cartography, H. Robinson), where all the
indicators are shown as a combination of parts of human face. eg.
size of ear for sound pollution, color of mose for air
pollution(from red to yellow), the curve of mouth for water
pollution and etc. - Or even a map of Europe made out of clothes. You can see it
here.
I am not looking for webmaps or historical maps or maps of very specialized theme that requires special understanding of maps.
Best Answer
You may screen the websites listed at Good websites for map-lovers? and also have a look at flowingdata. I love stamen maps: