{"id":1813405,"date":"2023-03-23T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1813405"},"modified":"2023-03-23T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:25:08","slug":"some-map-how-to-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/03\/some-map-how-to-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Map How-to Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Flatten a Folded Map so You Can Frame It\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOgWuLhUaRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Most of their videos are a few years old, but I only recently stumbled across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NewWorldMaps\">YouTube channel<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworldmaps.com\">New World Maps<\/a>. They have a number of short, practical videos aimed at map buyers and map owners who want to display their maps: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WAqAvNnc7vE\">tips for framing maps<\/a>, for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fOgWuLhUaRc\">flattening maps so they can be framed<\/a> (above), for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aJ0-DGQI0Xc\">dealing with small chips and tears<\/a> (at least on inexpensive maps), among other subjects. Useful\u2014and not just for maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of their videos are a few years old, but I only recently stumbled across the YouTube channel of New World Maps. They have a number of short, practical videos aimed at map buyers and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/03\/some-map-how-to-videos\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1614,1613,307,106],"class_list":["post-1813405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-map-repair","tag-map-restoration","tag-map-stores","tag-wall-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2950,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/war-map-an-exhibition-of-pictorial-conflict-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813405,"position":0},"title":"War Map: An Exhibition of Pictorial Conflict Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 September 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"We're familiar with caricature maps from before and during the First World War: maps that reimagine various countries as warring animals or caricatured faces. These aren't the only\u00a0examples of persuasive cartography or of pictorial maps of this or other wars, but I imagine they'll be front and centre at a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"war-map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/war-map.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/war-map.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/war-map.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/war-map.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789658,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-more-real-world-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813405,"position":1},"title":"Lord of Maps: More Real-World Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Here\u2019s another map artist who draws maps of real-world places in the style of fantasy maps: Isaac of Lord of Maps has around 30 maps\u2014mostly of U.S. states, but also a few countries and one city\u2014available for sale as prints of various sizes. Style-wise they\u2019re dead ringers for Christopher Tolkien\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787490,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/talking-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813405,"position":2},"title":"Talking Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Talking Maps, opening today at the Bodleian Libraries, is a major new map exhibition featuring maps from the Bodleian's collections. Highlights on show include the Gough Map, the earliest surviving map showing Great Britain in a recognizable form, the Selden Map, a late Ming map of the South China Sea,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4697,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/08\/in-defence-of-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813405,"position":3},"title":"In Defence of Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 August 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Paul Weimer offers up a defence of fantasy maps, at least the good ones. It might be facile to hashtag #notallmaps, but, really, not every map is a geologic mess, not every map is a Eurocentric western ocean oriented map, with an eastern blend into problematic oriental racial types. 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