So, after having lived in my present apartment for over a year, I’m finally setting the place up.
I’ve had just a clear shower curtain liner in the tub for a while, and I figured it was time to get a shower curtain. I usually buy something with bright colors for $15 or $20, but I’m actually considering splurging on this one. The image is just so geekily cool!
I’d decorate my place with this giant world map mural, but I don’t want to lose my deposit.
Nice. The physical map has the advantage of not changing. I recall around 2006 or so visiting a friend and noticing that his world map shower curtain still had the Soviet Union on it. Ewww.
I wish it came in a shower-stall size.
I wish it had a legend.
I love map-stuff, too.
For decoration purposes, might I suggest getting or borrowing a color printer? You can go online, find whatever kind of maps you want, and work it out to print out for you. Can make them huge, too, if you don’t mind taping printer paper together. 
Negative Ions. I need those. I’ll have to get some more shower curtains.
Also some positive vibrations, some neutral ionians and some quantum frequencies. I’ve heard those are good, too.
I have a relief map of Death Valley on display about 8 feet from where I’m sitting.
Frame it and, rather than affixing it to the wall, prop it up.
Feng Shuie and let your Freak Flag Fly.
A number of us cartographers have supported an effort to create a small-scale public domain map of the world.There are raster images of the physical world created by the amazing Tom Patterson, and corresponding boundary and cultural information files for GIS users. The latter require special software and a little knowledge, but some big premade physical maps can be found at Tom’s own Shaded Relief site..
Ooh–good idea! My department has a huge color printer dedicated to making big, shiny posters. We’re not supposed to use it for non-academic stuff, but maybe I could get away with a couple of big maps, at least of the area of the world I work in.
Nava–I suppose I could put the mural on a big piece of wood, frame it, and prop it against the wall. It would still be pretty cool. But, somehow, it just wouldn’t feel the same.
In any case, I caved in and ordered the shower curtain. I found a slightly cheaper source, with quicker shipping, on Amazon. My bathroom should be geekified by early next week. Yay!
Nice. I’ve got an old map of Lake Eucumbene from 1960 that belonged to my grandfather which I need to get framed. When I was at what is now Geoscience Australia I did a few geological maps of Western Australia that I need to get up on the wall as well.
I have a map of the world. It’s actual size.
– Steven Wright
OP–Nice! I had a basic “political” map of the world (that just means it labels the countries and capitals) as my shower curtain for a while, and now it’s tacked to my home office ceiling. It uses Matt Groening’s “Akbar” font.
For years when I was an undergrad I decorated my wall with US Geologic Survey 7.5 minute quadrangles of the New York City area, which I “stitched” together to make one floor-to-ceiling map of NYC. It’s insanely detailed, and you can see at a glance how high different parts of the city are.
Something similar has happened with the Aral Sea, too.
I’m a petroleum geologist so I see this somewhere in most every building I’ve worked in. It incites a lot of travel and work conversations with fellow explorationists.
When we lived in Grand Junction I’d taken 4 raised relief quads from that region, cut and glued them together, framed them and hung it from the garage wall. We’d look for places with interesting looking topography and go investigate them weekends.
Let me guess… you’re a ‘window-seater’ on the airplane, rght?
I used to pick up topo map puzzles of the National Parks that I have visited over the years, but the ranger/shop stations now longer sell those, but there is a site that sells custom topo puzzles.
That’s my geeky contribution to this thread that I am proud to share.
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Fenk Shui.
Freak Flag.
