...when you’ve got coloured crayons?
Here’s a handmade map of the area around Nature’s London offices, with a few features of interest highlighted. (Click for larger view.)
Although the King’s Cross area is blighted by train lines and traffic, there’s still plenty to see within a square half-mile or so. Ask me for a tour if you’re ever visiting.
Now it’s your turn. I’ll award a map-based prize to whoever can hand-draw the best chart of the area around their own institution. If you post to a NN blog, tag the post with ‘sciencemap’ so we can collect them all together. And if you need somewhere to upload the image, just send it my way and I’ll stick it on a Nature server and send you the code.
Has the heron moved since you drew this?
Heron or heroin?
I think it’s nailed onto the edge of Camley Street natural park. It’s always there.
I’m always up for an artsy challenge, but I need some time.
The University of Cromer, Maison des Girrafes outpost is up.
Never mind the heron, has Matt moved since he drew this?
Maybe he just wobbled a bit.
If you were to solve a Matt or heron wavefunction, the positions given in the map represent the peaks of the respective probability distributions for our locations, and not some absolute, invariable location.
It’s not a shitty extension!
Well, bits of it aren’t.
Scott – you sooooo have to do one of these for the Royal Society. You’ve got secret tunnels and Nazi Alsatians in your ‘hood.
The St Panc is, at least, uninspiring, and some would say inconvenient. I guess it’s never going to shine next to the delicious frontage. The insides are much better – a finer selection of eateries has never been assembled in one train station.
Sharpie and Pantone map of Leuven
Done!
I’m very tempted to add The National Physical Labs map to this. Bouncing-bomb, atomic clock, Newton’s apple tree, Benny Hill and Noel Coward’s assless chaps.
Brb.
Sid – do it! Sounds like a good one.
Eva is clearly winning the competition so far. What a great map.
Raf – nice effort, and bonus points for using a Sharpie.