ornaments – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:12:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg ornaments – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 3D-Printed Lithophane Globe Ornament https://www.maproomblog.com/2023/12/3d-printed-lithophane-globe-ornament/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:12:47 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1821810 More]]> 3D lithophane globe ornamentEvery year, for the past few years, John Nelson has released a DIY globe ornament; this year he eschews papercraft and teamed up with Ruben Bruijning to produce a 3D-printed lithophane globe: “A lithophane is a backlit 3D object that glows brighter or dimmer depending on how thick the material is. Areas where the ornament is thin, the light more readily shines through, so it appears light. Thicker areas let less light through, so they appear darker. It’s a 3D negative.” Obviously needs a light put in it (to say nothing of a 3D printer).

Previously: Orthographic Papercraft Ornament; This Year’s Papercraft Globe Ornament; John Nelson’s Cassini Globe Ornament; John Nelson’s Dymaxion Globe Ornaments; DIY Map Ornaments.

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Orthographic Papercraft Ornament https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/12/orthographic-papercraft-ornament/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:09:04 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1810482 More]]> John Nelson's papercraft ornamentEvery year John Nelson comes up with a papercraft globe ornament for printing out, cutting and pasting together; this year’s uses Living Atlas world imagery in an orthographic projection.

Previously: This Year’s Papercraft Globe Ornament; John Nelson’s Cassini Globe Ornament; John Nelson’s Dymaxion Globe Ornaments; DIY Map Ornaments.

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This Year’s Papercraft Globe Ornament https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/12/this-years-papercraft-globe-ornament/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:53:40 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1805629 More]]> John Nelson's papercraft globe ornaments for 2021

In what is now an annual tradition, John Nelson has released another do-it-yourself papercraft globe ornament; John says that this “this year’s ornament craft is the most straightforward yet! Just some cutting and pasting and high fives all around.”

Previously: John Nelson’s Cassini Globe Ornament; John Nelson’s Dymaxion Globe Ornaments; DIY Map Ornaments.

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John Nelson’s Cassini Globe Ornament https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/12/john-nelsons-cassini-globe-ornament/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:56:37 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1789785 More]]> Another year, another DIY papercraft globe ornament from John Nelson. “This ornament is a blending of NASA Visible Earth imagery and Esri/USGS Ecological Land Units. It uses the Cassini projection as six half-gores for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, arranged in ArcGIS Pro.” In this blog post he shows how to print and assemble it.

Last year John released a set of Dymaxion ornaments. The year before that, a more complex geodesic globe ornament. This is now officially a tradition, John.

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John Nelson’s Dymaxion Globe Ornaments https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/12/john-nelsons-dymaxion-globe-ornaments/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:36:06 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1788151

Something to add to our list of map-based Christmas ornaments: John Nelson’s papercraft Dymaxion globe ornaments. In three colours. Print, cut, fold, enjoy.

Previously: Waldseemüller Globe Ornament; DIY Map Ornaments.

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DIY Map Ornaments https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/12/diy-map-ornaments/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:23:00 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786797 More]]> DIY map ornaments (mosaic)

Meanwhile, Caitlin has a roundup of guides to making your own map-based Christmas ornaments. They include John Nelson’s printable geodesic globe ornament, a decoupage ornament made by gluing map cutouts onto a round ornament, and ornaments made by recycling old maps.

Previously: Waldseemüller Globe Ornament.

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Waldseemüller Globe Ornament https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/12/waldseemuller-globe-ornament/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=6219 More]]>

I didn’t know Replogle made Christmas ornaments. I stumbled across the above, a Waldseemüller globe ornament—i.e., an ornament based on the Waldseemüller globe gores—while poking around my local map store for the first time in years. I bought the last one they had in stock. It’s 3¼″ (8.3 cm) in diameter, comes with a stand, and cost me all of $10. There’s apparently a Coronelli globe ornament as well.

No links to point you at. Amazon doesn’t stock them (though they have other globe ornaments, like this one and this one), and Replogle’s terrible website is Flash-only.

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