Art, Money and Maps
Further proof that pinning information to a map can make it a lot more interesting comes from two very different sources:
First, a Mapize map with the billionaires from the Forbes list pinned on to it (not literally of course), which could also be used as fuel in ye olde Sydney vs. Melbourne debate, because it shows that Sydney has five resident billionaires against Melbourne's three. Perth has one too, but surely the place with the greatest wealth per capital in Australia must be Humpty Doo, as there's a billionaire residing just outside of it – take that Sydney and Melbourne.
- Forbes Billionaires List by Mapize
And second, a map to which great landscape paintings have been pinned. This map is on a site called Geo-Coded Art.
- Where in the world is Euguene von Guerard's 'Govett's Leap and Grose'?
It's supposed to bring attention to some of the world's greatest, but overlooked, landscape paintings, and you can browse by location, artist or painting name - it's good fun just to have a look at the map and see which areas are most painting-ogenic.
