Winning SplashMaps
It’s a fever pitched week for Winning SplashMaps! Firstly a frenzy of geo-businesses gathered at the Association for Geographic Information GeoComm conference in Warwick just to get their hands on our goods. Thanks Chris…
Tag: Rainproof maps
Fell Running
Fell running is an outdoor activity that consists of a race over hills (or fells). The word fell comes from the Old Norse word “fjall”, which means mountain, and fell runners are often referred…
Fifth most influential mapper in the World
SplashMaps become the Fifth most influential mapper in the world! Sounds hard to achieve, maybe hard to believe… but here it is in raw stats! The most influential mapper in the world! The clever…
SplashMaps Scouting Competition
We love working with future adventurers. So we’re so excited about our SplashMaps Scouting Competition! We’ve now gone public with this as 100 000 copies of the Scouting Magazine begin to drop on the…
Sweaty Hands in the South Downs
I took our South Downs West SplashMap into the National Park to get some views. The key ones? Highlighted rights of way save time and ease navigation GPS and phone signals are poor in…
Variable Weather SplashMaps in the Lake District
I loved getting out to the Lakes. The variable weather was ideal as we road-tested our Lake District Central Map. SplashMaps weather in the Lakes.
SplashMaps win the Wallis award!
SplashMaps win the Society of Cartographers Wallis award for excellence in cartography 2014! Only one prize is given each year and this year was particularly well contested with 10 entrants in the final. We…
SplashMaps in the Lakes
SplashMaps are put through their paces in the Lakes. Here they’ve proved essential in the extremes of weather, in the uncertainty of route signage, in the depths of the water and in the heights…
SplashMaps Mountain Biking in the Lakes
Whinlatter and Grizedale Forest are terrific Mountain Bike centres. Boasting two of the few mountain forests remaining in Great Britain, the Forestry Commission have encouraged the creation of some stunning trails with amazing views…
Canoeing with SplashMaps
Who said maps were for trekking, walking and running? Increasingly SplashMaps are used on the waterways too. Recently we trialled the Lake District Central Map on Derwent water. The map was so water resistant…
