Citations:cartozoology

English citations of cartozoology

pastime of finding animal shapes outlined by street layouts in maps

• a. 2004, “About cartozoology”, in Norwegian Cartozoologic Society‎^[1], archived from the original on 2004-12-06:

  Cartozoology n. The science or practice of discovering and studying animals outlined paradigmatically by street layouts as they appear on maps, especially with reference to physical evidence of the animals’ presence in the corresponding terrain.

• 2005 February 17, Jill Walker Rettberg, “cartozoology”, in jill/txt‎^[2]:

  On the plane to Paris tomorrow I’m going to indulge in a bit of cartozoology. Who knows which fabulous animals we’ll find hiding in the streets of Paris!

• 2009 November 3, Frank Jacobs, “422 - Cartozoological Specimens”, in Big Think‎^[3]:

  Cartozoology, the discipline dedicated to the discovery and study of animals outlined paradigmatically by street layouts as they appear on maps, took almost three decades to mature from idea to reality.

• 2010 March 11, “Cartozoology”, in Choice Map Tuesday‎^[4]:

  Ah, carto-zoology - sweet sweet carto-zoology. Your obscure and intriguing way of twisting geographic shapes into animal forms is simultaneously cute and mystifying to me.

• 2010 May 23, Alan Davies, “More cartozoology – two dogs”, in Crikey‎^[5]:
• 2010 June 30, Stephen Drew, “Cartozoology: dog of london”, in Journal of Improbable Research‎^[6]:
• 2010 August 25, Sam Schlinkert, “Cartozoological Urban Planning Coming to Southern Sudan”, in FlavorWire‎^[7]:

  What exactly is cartozoology? The society’s website defines it as, “The science or practice of discovering and studying animals outlined paradigmatically by street layouts as they appear on maps, especially with reference to physical evidence of the animals’ presence in the corresponding terrain.”