{"id":1824261,"date":"2024-01-11T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T00:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1824261"},"modified":"2024-01-11T19:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T00:33:19","slug":"fields-favourites-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/01\/fields-favourites-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Field’s Favourites for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another end-of-year tradition is Kenneth Field posting a roundup of his favourite maps of the year. The 2023 iteration<\/a> is the usual mix of the very good (e.g. Eric Knight\u2019s Tien Shan<\/a> and Anton Thomas\u2019s Wild World<\/a>) and the extremely original, such as Chicago\u2019s L depicted in snake form, or a river map designed for a receipt printer.<\/p>\n

Previously: Field\u2019s Favourites for 2022<\/a>; Maps at Year\u2019s End<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another end-of-year tradition is Kenneth Field posting a roundup of his favourite maps of the year. The 2023 iteration is the usual mix of the very good (e.g. Eric Knight\u2019s Tien Shan and Anton Thomas\u2019s… 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":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1824261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1810758,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/fields-favourites-for-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824261,"position":0},"title":"Field’s Favourites for 2022","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 December 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Speaking of end-of-year lists, here\u2019s the 2022 edition of Kenneth Field\u2019s favourite maps of the past year, which he\u2019s been doing for the last decade or so. As usual, there\u2019s a lot of range here. Previously: Maps at Year\u2019s End.","rel":"","context":"In "Cartography"","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/green-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824261,"position":1},"title":"Green Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Kenneth Field's map of Mars\u00a0(note updated link) now includes an option to add oceans, with checkboxes to\u00a0fill the landscape to various elevations. You can irrigate the planet below the areoid on this map using the water layers. You'll notice the water layers aren't blue. On Earth, water appears blue due\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"irrigated-mars","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/irrigated-mars-1024x612.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/irrigated-mars-1024x612.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/irrigated-mars-1024x612.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/irrigated-mars-1024x612.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4217,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/whither-the-bcs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824261,"position":2},"title":"Whither the BCS?","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"10 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"If you're going to rant, do it at length. 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