Turning Points

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.

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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-

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.