Even though we featured Kelly's home last week, we really wanted to take another look back at this giant wall map. It's so fabulous we thought it deserved its own feature and spotlight.
This giant map is accented with smaller pieces (including that fabulous Italian lamp), all of which are common in Mid-Century decor. Because of its size, it really makes the space feel warm and friendly instead of lack luster and lonely. Going big with artwork is a great way to make a small space feel bigger and make big spaces feel more homey!
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Thanks Kelly!
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great map, but the raging grammarian inside is seething:
its....not it's.
It's really not that hard.
I believe the post is correct. Apostrophes are used for contractions and possessives, not plural. So, since they aren't referring to multiple ITS, their apostrophe use is appropriate.
nope, apostrophes aren't used for possessives... i remember this by 'possessive its don't possess an apostrophe':
http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/its.html
Where can you get that map? I want it!
It looks like an aerial photo, not a map.
The map is cool. I don't know why I'm commenting on the apostrophe because we all make mistakes, but it is definitely wrong.
"it's" = "it is"
Therefore, the sentence means "it deserved it is own feature and spotlight."
We all make mistakes though. I guess I'm responding more to the person who said it is correct. I'm sure the original poster just typed quickly and didn't realize her error.
Oh, and actually, apostrophes are used for possessives in some cases. "Jon's dog ran down the street" means Jon owns the dog.
I really like this idea, I wonder how someone could get a high enough res aerial view of their area of choice without hiring a helicopter or patching together 300 pieces from google maps... anyone know good resources for this?
K K K ool
But could you tell us how she did it or how something similar could be done?
"it's neat!" lol
I think I've just been grading too many first year essays...and after a certain point I get cranky. But the poster is quite amazing. And the post, for what it's worth, had two bits of "it's" bizarreness and has been fixed, so I'm happy.
No info on what it is, where to get one, or how to make one?
I'm thinking Google Earth and Rasterbator could do this.
City archives often have such aerial photos available to the public. If your city's 'with it', they'll even be digital.
A friend who was in a small commuter plane was flying over our neighbourhood (we live near the airport) & took a great pic for us, about the same scale as the featured map above.
state governments have maps like this that they use in decennial redistricting. call your legislator, they can direct you to the mapmaker, who can print out your desired region on huge map paper, costing you, like, $3.
FYI, that is an aerial photograph of my hometown taken (i think) in the early 1950s.
It used to hang in the library of my elementary school when I was a kid. Years later, I noticed it sitting behind a bunch of broken furniture in a hallway -- basically, left for trash and forgotten.
I've been lugging it around from apartment to apartment ever since -- no small feat because it weighs a ton.
Here's a picture of it in my last apartment...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylj/1984986104/in/photostream/
Kelly--thanks for the info! I love that you grabbed that. What a cool thing to have.