Map Corner

Guest: Alex, the Map NerdIn this episode, we're joined by Alex, the social media sensation known as the Map Nerd, who has taken the digital world by storm with his unique insights into maps and geography. From the bustling streets of Birmingham to the serene landscapes of Lille in Northern France, we journey through tales of passion, discovery, and the ever-evolving world of maps. Plus, don't miss our special audio postcard segment that brings the world closer to you.Episode Summary:Guest Spotlight: Alex, the Map Nerd, discusses his journey from a traditional career in entertainment to becoming a social media sensation with over half a million followers. He shares insights into the world of maps in the digital age, the power of social media in shaping map content, and the importance of engaging with a community of map enthusiasts.Notable Quotes from Alex:"It shows you when you really follow your passion. People start to notice.""People want to learn. They want to know something interesting. They don't just want to watch someone dancing or fall over.""We're in a new age of maps and geography and it's really exciting, but you also have to understand what people are intrigued by."Audio Postcard from Lille: Claire Astbury takes listeners on a virtual journey to Lille in Northern France. She highlights the city's rich history, its transformation as a tourist destination, and the fascinating "plan relief" or miniature model maps housed in the Palais des Beaux Arts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Palle Bo a Danish radio producer and modern digital nomad who aims to visit all the countries in the world. In today's captivating conversation, Clare and Roifield have the pleasure of diving into the extraordinary journey of Palle, a Danish radio producer and intrepid explorer. For the first 51 years of his life, Palle found himself rooted in the same rural part of Denmark, dedicated to his children's education. However, a revelation struck him: he could work remotely from anywhere in the world. With this newfound freedom, Palle embarked on an ambitious quest to circumnavigate the globe.Originally planning to complete his global odyssey in just 80 weeks, Palle's wanderlust grew stronger, prompting him to extend his expedition to two years, then four years, and now an incredible five-year adventure. With no desire to halt his nomadic lifestyle, Palle shares his unwavering passion for travel and the endless possibilities it brings.In our intriguing conversation, Palle unveils the artistry behind his travel escapades, driven by his meticulous planning skills honed through his background as a graphic designer. Join us as we delve into the captivating narrative of Palle's globetrotting exploits and uncover the transformative power of embracing a life on the move. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month we look at the LGBTQIA+ community that has always found ways to exist and bond. Adam Nathaniel Furman and Joshua Mardell have brought together a team of authors to tell stories of spaces, from educational and institutional to re-appropriated and beyond, in their colorful and detailed book Queer Spaces. This book pays homage to the past, present, and future of the community, celebrating LGBTQIA+ life as powerful and deserving of its own place in history. It also looks ahead to the potential form these spaces may take in the coming years to continue promoting queer lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ken is an academic cartographer and geographer from the UK who lives in California since 2011 he teaches, talks and writes about cartography,and makes maps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roifield and Claire speak to the map man himself about his new book https://www.amazon.com/Random-Maps-World-Over-Unusual/dp/1914317068 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ralph Velasco is the Founder and CEO (Chief Experience Officer) of PhotoEnrichment Adventures and Alla Campagna Experiences, as well as a travel photography instructor and seasoned international guide who has photographed in over 70 countries on 6 continents. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his teens, Russell Heath hitchhiked to Alaska and lived in a cabin on the banks of the Tanana River; in his twenties, he lived in Italy and then travelled overland across the Sahara, through the jungles and over the savannas of Africa and into southern Asia.In his thirties, he sailed alone around the world in a 25-foot wooden boat; in his forties, he wrote novels; and in his fifties, he bicycled the spine of the Rockies from Alaska to Mexico.He's worked on the Alaska Pipeline, as an environmental lobbyist in the Alaska Legislature, and run a storied environmental organization fighting to protect Alaska's coastal rain forests.He now lives in a cabin on the coast of Maine coaching business and non-profit leaders intent on making big things happen in the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rosemary J Brown Freelance is a writer, world traveller, and adventurer, who has lived in Canada, US, England and France. Now residing in London she has written a bio of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century the intrepid journalist Nellie Bly who raced through a ‘man's world' — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joni Seager has created a comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, in her 5th edition of her woman's atlas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RedMapper believe in the democratization of space exploration. Using modern mapping technology they build tools that bring the planetary surface within reach of students, educators, and space enthusiasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Educator Podcast is presented by Matt Douglas, a longtime educator, former history teacher and life coach for teens and young adults. Each episode pulls back the curtain on a unique topic, from the most famous Civil War battles to the hidden world of professional comedians. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Map Men is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of around 5 minutes long videos about specific maps and abnormalities considering them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phoebe Smith is an adventurer, presenter, broadcaster, author, photographer, speaker and podcast host.By day she is award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and presenter, host of the Wander Woman Podcast and Sleep Storyteller-in-Residence at Calm.com. By night she's an extreme sleeping outdoors adventurer who thrives on heading to the wildest locations she can find to sleep in the strangest places she can seek out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak to Portuguese Chef Davide Guimarães Martins living in Washington D.C, he is the creator of the Podcast Turning Chickens and Breaking Dishes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak to Rudyard Lynch of the popular YouTube channel WhatifAltHist. WhatifAltHist is a channel about how history could have been different. It explores how the past and present could have been different using examples from our present timeline, geography, culture and reasoning. The channel is dedicated to alternate histories (Example:What if the C.S.A. won the U.S. civil war) , what if scenarios (Example:What if there was a zombie apocalypse). https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we talk to VanDeGraph about his map related YouTube channel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we speak to Father Bill Miller, an Episcopal priest who set off on a cross-country road trip with his terminally ill dog, not knowing if the dog would make it back home,. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we are talking to author Gideon Defoe, about his book An Atlas of Extinct CountriesWe have an audio postcard from Andy Gladwin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Good flags and bad flags are discussed by Ted Kaye who has studied vexillography for 20 years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We take regular postal addresses for granted in parts of the world, so it was thought provoking for us to consider how it is just another form of invisible privilege. We speak to the author of the brilliant tome the Address book about what your address can reveal your race and class. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Presently based in Melbourne, Australia. Born and raised in New Zealand, Anton draws detailed maps with colour pencil and pen. He spent almost 4,000 hours or 5 years creating an incredibly detailed view of the North America. https://www.antonthomasart.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sorry about the Roifield's audio! This month we look at map related board games with Darrell Cannon, via Zoom. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Breen is the host from the Explorers podcast, he talks to us about the men from the age of discovery. We also have an audio postcard from Ken McDonald and the Map Corner Quiz See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claire and Roifield have a Zoom chat with Twitter's Mr Maps Simon Kuestenmacher plus 10 listeners give us their audio postcards and answer some questions on geography live! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we answer listener calls from Kevin from Washington State and Richard from Melbourne and we speak to OS Product Manager Paul McGonigal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The WomanStats Project is a team of approximately twelve undergraduate research assistants, seven graduate research assistants, thirteen principal investigators, and over 120 former student assistants. We are dedicated to the continual expansion of the WomanStats Database, as well as the pursuit of our research agenda assessing the relationship between the situation and security of women, and the dynamics between security, stability, and the behavior of the state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This time we have calls from Jan, Guy, Richard Asher. Gis with Ben Jacobs and an audio postcard from Ken McDonald at Prospect Park. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How to Hide an Empire tells the story of the United States outside the United States – from nineteenth-century conquests like Alaska, Hawai‘i, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to the catalogue of islands, archipelagos and military bases dotted around the globe over which the Stars and Stripes flies. Many are thousands of miles from the mainland; all are central to its history. Roifield talks to author Daniel ImmerwahrWe also hear from listeners about their stories of Christmas travel and here the story of Santa, from Turkish saint to commercial juggernaut. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month Roifield talks to Mick Ashworth about the world of maps and map-making – its history, evolution and latest innovations and his new book Why North Is Up? This episode features calls from Kieren, Ben, Bob and Mia about being wide-eyed about new places.The audio postcard is from our Claire in the rain forest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dave Amos from City Beautiful, Sarajevo and listeners most favourite places See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman and City Metric site and podcast talks about transit maps, Helsinki and his love of Spanish cities.The Helsinki map is the work of Jug Cerovic, here is Jug's Twitter and his website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Download the new Map Corner app to your smart phone with this link https://flickchat.page.link/wiBcVkQcEkRYU8uo8US Pershing Map and info on freewaysWhy did Dwight D. Eisenhower invent the interstates system if we already had U.S. highways? - Quora Italian Autostradehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostrade_of_Italy#/media/File:Italia_-_mappa_autostrade.svgAutostrade of ItalyItaly became the first country to inaugurate motorways reserved for motor vehicles with A1[4]. The Milano-Laghi ... Autobahns of the Third ReichStock Photo - Nazism / National Socialism, architecture, autobahn construction, net of the autobahns of the Third Reich with supplemental routes, map, December 1940Stock Photo - Nazism / National Socialism, architecture, autobahn constr...

On this week's show we have calls from Thomas who has a question about the most liveable cities. Megan asks which map projections we should trust. Ken comes back with a dose of history about GPS. Nicole who asks about which city is a gourmet’s delight and Interview with Matt Brown from The londonist.com the creator of some of the most tweetable maps of the moment. Mark Everden sends in an audio postcard from Avebury. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Map Corner Episode 3In this episode we have calls fromCynthia 35 – who has a question of technicality in relation to counting the countries we have visitedMary Not Contrary – who is interested in TopographyKeri Davis – who has an answer to Barb’s question about 6 figure OS referencesAlso in Answers to Questions, we had an early question from Alison about paper maps and teaching geography with paper mapsOn the Facebook Page – membership continues to growWe have had a proliferation of British maps there including stalwarts likeHow to describe a bread roll,Where people with your surname live http://named.publicprofiler.org/?fbclid=IwAR3VkmWNJXkNWFGXobKIZJvtF8N2CVhcLbSYLmWKa3sQFgxRvl5LVPeyhG4Google autocompletes, might be worth testing this! https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/5j0xyr/english_counties_according_to_google/Who is the best selling recording artist from each county https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/95jmaq/popularbest_selling_artists_by_english_county_of/ (Rutland has NO-ONE!) Wikipedia search Sam Carter http://samcartermusic.co.uk/Star of the week on Facebook was Neal Sommer who scored a mighty 7/10 on the Guardian quiz to identify cities by their population density. This was a tricky quiz which stumped many people. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/19/quiz-identify-world-cities-density-maps-alone?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard&fbclid=IwAR1W-zSobf8PPfEtg6FFKrf5e_RtatEEYroCdO1KyOPo0uQ_aWfkoP9RyU8And Roifield posted another devilishly difficult quiz – the Geoguesser https://geoguessr.com/?fbclid=IwAR3Wg6uLPORfClOl8tKGfJ-xDMQt5gSdRxz0-lqGIyqNyp6yG4x7EPz3jUcOn #Mapcorner on TwitterA few transit maps including Relf with the roman roads of Spain & Portugal http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/the-roman-roads-of-spain-portugal-visualized-as-a-subway-map.html and Kosmo shared a TFL tube style map of London’s road network https://twitter.com/Heidi_LDN/status/1106554832947724289 .I took an interest in maps relating to fast food outlets – we will work that up for something on the podcast in a future episode.My favourite map of this week was Alison sharing Simon Keustenmacher’s tweet about the manhole covers in Oklahoma City. They all have a map of the city on them but best of all each one shows you where you are on that map. https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1109101180469370881And best worst map of the week was shared by Roifield on Twitter and Simone Liuzzi on Facebook – the ordering preferences of countries in Africa https://twitter.com/TerribleMaps/status/907411725313613824 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we talk to Keri Davies one the scriptwriters of the Archers, the long running BBC soap about how there about imagery village is mapped and the role that plays in writing the drama. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Catherine Rowan Jones' empbroidered globe https://twitter.com/88ivyfox/status/1095269875856146432 The anglo saxon map https://twitter.com/ClaireJAstbury/status/1097599995921006595 Oslo Tube Map from Ben Johnson https://twitter.com/ben1976johnson/status/1094167703076638720 Information about the Ghost Map, Dr Snow's mapping of cholera GIS analysis of Snow's London cholera map Link to Charles Booth's poverty map Charles Booth's London See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you are a Twitter user and you’re a lover of maps, you’ve definitely retweeted Simon Kuestenmacher’s great posts, Simon welcome to show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.