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Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 9m

The map's form: isometric
It shows: zones
Its purpose: to record legends

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 44m

The map's form: moonlight
It shows: undiscovered
Its purpose: errand

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 1h

The map's form: bird’s-eye view
It shows: mitigation plans
Its purpose: to indicate access

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 1h

The map's form: real-time
It shows: notes for detectives
Its purpose: to warn

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 2h

The map's form: food and drinks
It shows: landscape
Its purpose: to aspire

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 3h

The map's form: chart
It shows: transmission
Its purpose: to observe

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 3h

The map's form: leaves – small
It shows: postage times/costs
Its purpose: to mislead

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 4h

The map's form: just warnings
It shows: things to do with death
Its purpose: to connect

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 4h

The map's form: hedge maze
It shows: relative heights
Its purpose: ephemeral

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 5h

The map's form: poem
It shows: story
Its purpose: to contextualise

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Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 5h

The map's form: tapestry
It shows: historical x
Its purpose: ephemeral

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 6h

The map's form: bird’s-eye view
It shows: luminaries
Its purpose: to register

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 6h

The map's form: prose/written
It shows: weather
Its purpose: evasion

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 7h

The map's form: riddle
It shows: unexplored
Its purpose: to teach

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 8h

The map's form: prose/written
It shows: landscape
Its purpose: to pin time/space

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 8h

The map's form: insoluble
It shows: water cycle
Its purpose: to show tourist attractions

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 9h

The map's form: beaten metal
It shows: context
Its purpose: humble

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 9h

The map's form: found objects
It shows: voyage
Its purpose: to divide

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 10h

The map's form: jewellery
It shows: where things happened
Its purpose: to determine

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 10h

The map's form: leaf – large
It shows: geology
Its purpose: to teach

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 11h

The map's form: wheel tracks
It shows: context
Its purpose: lucid

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 11h

The map's form: laser cut
It shows: currents
Its purpose: to be an aide memoire

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 12h

The map's form: relocatable pins
It shows: the present
Its purpose: a single destination

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 13h

The map's form: variable
It shows: campaign
Its purpose: travel

Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social · 13h

The map's form: sound-activated
It shows: to compare evidence
Its purpose: to move into position