Presentation made at Cartonama conference organised by HasGeek in September 2012, on a brief history of mapping and using spatial data through classic, radical and weird maps.

1. The Classical,
the Radical,
and
the Weird:
A Brief History of Making Maps
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
@ajantriks

15. A Serio-Comic Map of Europe, John Bull and his Friends,
1900

38. Courtesy:
Atlantis Maps, BBMP, Buckminster Fuller, Christian Nold,
Eric Fischer, Foreign Policy, Global Security, Google Maps,
India Urban Portal, Institute for Applied Autonomy,
Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping,
Jon Bruner / Forbes, Kai Krause, MapKibera,
mappingweirdstuff.wordpress.com, Mental Floss,
Miklian Antiquarian Maps, Oliver O’Brien, Open Street Map,
Richard Saul Wurman, Stephanie Meece, Stephen Walter,
Strange Maps, Ushahidi, V. Naresh Narasimhan,
WikiMedia Commons.
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
@ajantriks