In much of the same spirit of the recent Cartographies of Time, the BBC is running a series on The Beauty of Maps. They’ve got two branches. The first is historical, which is an exploration of some of the world’s oldest existing maps. As a complement, the second is a study of digital worlds, or maps of virtual spaces.
Of course being in the US I don’t get to watch it in all its HD glory, but at least the BBC tossed the US a bone and posted a few clips on YouTube (below).
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The British Library has just (today apparently) opened its “Magnificant Maps” exhibition, if you were looking for something else to be jealous about….
http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/
oh why thank you, mike. you are far too kind.
Details of the map of science shown at 56s in the youtube clip can be found at:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0004803
Bollen J, Van de Sompel H, Hagberg A, Bettencourt L, Chute R, et al. 2009 Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4803. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004803