Maps in the Wild is a crowdsourced and curated map archive of real-world maps found in everyday life - such as park maps, museum guides, transit maps, or historical maps displayed in public spaces. The website consists entirely of images of real-world maps submitted by readers.
People from around the world submit photos to Maps in the Wild of maps they spot in real-life. These can include maps on clothing, tattoos, café walls, subway stations, advertisements, public murals, or even on cakes. The archive is a fun, often quirky celebration of how maps appear in unexpected places and how they’re used creatively outside of on-line contexts.
Now, TripGeo (to which I also contribute) has teamed up with Maps in the Wild to launch Scrambled Maps in the Wild - a new twist on the classic scrambled map jigsaw game. This special series takes selected real-world map images from Maps in the Wild and turns them into interactive puzzles.
The first installment features seven scrambled map games (with more to come), each challenging players to reassemble these creative and unusual map sightings.
Check it out and get puzzling!
If you have an image of a map that you want to contribute to Maps in the Wild e-mail it to "Maps at Mappery dot Org".
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