I 💛💗💖 Maps

I saw a few Valentines Day themed maps this week. None of them were that interesting. I did halt upwards writing virtually Esri's map of Britain's Most Romantic Roads merely that was actually solely because I wanted to explore the toponym of the 168 Love Lanes on Esri's map - the master copy important of which is peradventure non quite every 2nd romantic every 2nd Esri imagines (John Stow inwards 1598 said London's 'Love Lane' was "so called of Wantons". In other words Love Lane inwards London got its cite from the prostitutes who worked there).

The solely interesting Valentines Day maps released this calendar week were the Cordiform Map Projections 💛💗💖 posted to Observable. This Observable Notebook shows y'all how to brand heart-shaped or cordiform Stab-Werner map projections. These equal-area map projections are heart-shaped, together with then the perfect map projection for Valentines Day. The Cordiform Map Projections 💛💗💖 transportation service on Observable includes links to 2 vintage maps which likewise role a Werner projection.