this place
What makes a place, a place? Can somewhere be a place if it doesn't have a name?…
•maps•
Newcastle’s Forth
This is another post about Newcastle history and old maps (my last was about chares); it is the story of the decline and loss of what was once the nicest place in Newcastle.…
the map’s in your soul
I found this quotation about novel-writing from E.L. Doctorow and immediately liked it. It reminded me of a car journey I once made, when I was a PhD student. I needed to return to Newcastle, but there was a very heavy fog; I didn't realise how heavy, until I got out of town…
a history of chares
Following my map research last month, I grew increasingly interested in Newcastle's geography and how it came into being.…
map research
I've written about my contributions to OpenStreetMap before. Surveying the ever-changing Newcastle Helix site for OSM, I noticed that part of Corporation Street no longer exists on the ground, bulldozed to make way for a new building that is just being started…
the map of Whorlton
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a work in progress, and always will be. All maps that try to keep up with the world as it changes are.…
maps and travel answers
More of my answers on Quora. This week: maps, cartography, and travel (mostly air travel questions, but featuring "luggage")…