You don’t need to be a superstar!

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Be a superstar Isn’t it great when people test your gear, so you don’t need to be a superstar? There’s your 50m waterproof watch that someone deep-sea dove to prove it didn’t leak. Your…

Saving the homeless and the wordless

Geographic information is saving lives and helping the world become a more just place. Ed Freyfogle invited two inspirational projects who claim to be saving the homeless and the wordless with geo-technologies to our…

Twitter inventions

Why Twitter inventions? You may have noticed that Twittter is my favourite of the the social media.  For me it’s pretty easy to understand, easy to post and easy to reference and get links…

FARC ‘n SplashMaps

FARC ‘n SplashMaps collide in Colombia Our news, just in from intrepid head of the Scientific Exploration Society, Col. John Blashford-Snell, is that SplashMaps has come up against some heavy artillery in the towering…

Professional Adventurers

I’m constantly amazed and inspired by the people who fill their shopping carts at SplashMaps‘ on-line super store. Professional Adventurers of every kind; Travel writers, Expedition leaders, Survival Instructors, Bushcraft heroes, military types and…

SplashMaps Expedition in Costa Rica

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We love to get stories of adventures with thier personalised SplashMaps.  Each story, like the maps themselves, is so unique!  The latest story, a SplashMaps Expedition in Costa Rica, comes from our friends in…

International Maps Launched

Our International Maps Launched at Baden-Powell House in London.  Invited there as guests of the Scientific Exploration Society and in celebration of 30 years since the first Operation Raleigh voyage we spent the evening…