Comments on: "The mapmaking took two years and over 3,000 hours to complete."

"The mapmaking took two years and over 3,000 hours to complete."

desjardins — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:08:35 -0800

A hand-drawn, interactive map of Reykjavik, Iceland , via The Map Room

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:57:44 -0800

Awesome! It does feel kinda like walking around there. Someone should take up drawing the residential area and letting people tag their nifty-looking houses.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:17:23 -0800

THIS IS WONDERFUL YES. Also, not really felt, Reykjavik is tiny. I walked across it accidentally following bad directions and I was still comfortably within the city center complete with friendly wandering kittens just hanging out on the sidewalk.

By: norm

norm — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:28:05 -0800

My wife and I stayed in Iceland for about 36 hours on our way to France a few years back, and wound up stumbling here, a bakery that just celebrated 177 years of service. And they gave us a free canvas bag to carry our loot away in, at least I think it was free. We could have just shoplifted it in a communications failure, and the good natured clerk not bothered explaining that we were supposed to pay for it. Either way, it's really fun having a bag with the word "Bergstaðarstræti" prominently featured.

By: Queen Sabium

Queen Sabium — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:15:27 -0800

awesome map! I didn't know Reykjavik was so small. When the page loaded, I tried scrolling it to the left to see more of the city...

By: SLC Mom

SLC Mom — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:48:51 -0800

Wow. That is really nice.

By: Harald74

Harald74 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:09:30 -0800

I really looks inviting when hand-drawn. Maybe something for other tourist boards to consider? My home town looks positively post-apocalyptic on the Google satelite map, due to the images being form late spring. I'm guessing it doesn't excactly attract tourists.

By: jacalata

jacalata — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:10:51 -0800

That's gorgeous. I'd love to be able to add annotations for places that are not marked.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:24:01 -0800

Pepsi Bjork!

By: CreativeUsername

CreativeUsername — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:01:58 -0800

I am very impressed by the level of details that went into the making of the map. I would hope someone would attempt to do such a thing with my town.

By: like_neon

like_neon — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:43:24 -0800

I clicked on it not knowing what to expect. "Wow" Double click to zoom in "Oh wow" Double click to zoom in "Oh my god" Double click to zoom in "Holy crap! I suck at life." Thanks for sharing!

By: machaus

machaus — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:19:00 -0800

no Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur?

By: desjardins

desjardins — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:31:03 -0800

the city center complete with friendly wandering kittens just hanging out on the sidewalk. *books flight*

By: mazola

mazola — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:50:09 -0800

awesome map! I didn't know Reykjavik was so small. It's not to scale!

By: acb

acb — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:52:55 -0800

It only seems to cover central Reykjavík, i.e., 101 and thereabouts. It doesn't go to the park on the hill, whose name I forget, or the geothermally heated beach south of the centre. The choice of shops there strikes me as a bit touristy; there are lots of gift/knitwear shops and "traditional Icelandic" restaurants, though a few notable omissions. (They left Icelandic Fish & Chips off, as well as that bar co-owned by Damon Albarn. Also omitted are Reykjavík's various notable record shops (12 Tónar in particular).) They did include Te Og Kaffi, though, who do sell excellent coffee.

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:23:48 -0800

the city center complete with friendly wandering kittens just hanging out on the sidewalk. I saw those guys! I was charmed even though I wasn't into cats back then.

By: acb

acb — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:28:02 -0800

I saw those guys! I was charmed even though I wasn't into cats back then. I see they grow nice and fluffy in the cold Icelandic climate.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:28:42 -0800

Oh man, it cuts out just before you get to my apartment, though my parents' house is on it. Yeah, you can barely walk a block in downtown Reykjavík without passing by two or three cats. It's pretty great, especially for someone who's lived with cats most of his recent past, but can't right now. machaus: no Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur? They're on the map, in a little red-roofed shack east of the harbor. Oh, and the best places to get coffee in Reykjavík are Kaffismiðjan, Kaffifélagið and Café Haïti (in case you're ever there and need a coffee).

By: sonika

sonika — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:10:14 -0800

Holy cow, that's amazing. I particularly love the swans and the construction on Vonarstræti. It's making me all wistful for summer in Reykjavík. I'd love to go down to the pond and scare some ducks. Well, in theory. In actuality there's a lot of "cold and windy" that would put a damper on that plan. (Or so I'm going to keep telling myself.)