Lego Cartograms

The problem with cartograms is that they can be difficult to interpret: distorting a country to be larger or smaller isn’t helpful if you don’t know the size of the country in the first place, or can’t recognize it when you’re done. None of which applies, however, if you distort a flat map along a third axis — i.e., a three-dimensional cartogram. And if you happen to do it with Lego bricks, well, that just adds an extra veneer of awesome. Via @dvdhns, among others.

Lego Cartograms first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on February 27, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.

Lego Cartograms

Backlink: http://www.maproomblog.com/2011/02/lego_cartograms.php

Lego Map of Europe

Wow: a huge relief map of Europe made of Lego — 53,500 bricks’ worth — with monuments added (not to scale). Via MAKE.

Lego Map of Europe first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on October 29, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.

Post originale: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2010/10/lego_map_of_eur.php

A 3D Lego Fabricator Made of Lego

eldavojohn writes "Making a Lego printer is pretty cool if you've never seen The LegoMakerBot. The creator has instructions on his site on how to make (out of Lego bricks) a machine that 'prints' Lego models — much like a 3D fabrication machine — after you model them in MLCad. The sped up video is nothing short of impressive."