I saw a few Valentines Day themed maps this week. None of them were that interesting. I did halt upward writing almost Esri's map of Britain's Most Romantic Roads exactly that was actually entirely because I wanted to explore the toponym of the 168 Love Lanes on Esri's map - the master pregnant of which is perhaps non quite every bit romantic every bit Esri imagines (John Stow inwards 1598 said London's 'Love Lane' was "so called of Wantons". In other words Love Lane inwards London got its refer from the prostitutes who worked there).
The entirely interesting Valentines Day maps released this calendar week were the Cordiform Map Projections 💛💗💖 posted to Observable. This Observable Notebook shows you lot how to brand heart-shaped or cordiform Stab-Werner map projections. These equal-area map projections are heart-shaped, together with therefore the perfect map projection for Valentines Day. The Cordiform Map Projections 💛💗💖 postal service on Observable includes links to 2 vintage maps which too role a Werner projection.
