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Subject:        Fw: Duncan Webb's Cahill-Keyes Wall Map on Indiegogo
Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:10:07 GMT
From:   Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]>
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Might be of interest to MAPS-L readers
Philip Hoehn
San Francisco -- [log in to unmask]

Please note: forwarded message attached

From: Gene Keyes <[log in to unmask]>
To: Gene Keyes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Duncan Webb's Cahill-Keyes Wall Map on Indiegogo
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:54:12 -0400

To those with whom I have been in touch about the Cahill-Keyes world map:
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After many months, Duncan Webb has just launched his Indiegogo campaign
<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cahill-keyes-world-map-poster/x/5715561> --
a crowd-sourced funding vehicle -- to raise the funds needed for a
high-quality press run of his 5' (1.56m) wall-size version of the
Cahill-Keyes world map (see reduced attachment, which supersedes earlier
rough drafts).
The price is to be $79 US, including S&H in a big tube. The Internet and
Indiegogo provide a method of outflanking stultified conventional map
designs, but will require word of mouth and forwarding and linking by
those who are interested. Or, as Duncan puts it, a little more
straightforwardly than me:

    "You are map enthusiasts passionate about beautiful accurate useful
    tools. I know this is one of those. Map publishers don't publish new
    maps because they don't make money. I'd love to see crowdfunding
    become a way to get around that problem. But it only will if those
    with passion get behind this to spread the news. So please tell your
    friends about this. Your word of mouth networks can make this happen."

Meanwhile, two descriptions of my mapwork have appeared this week: an
article on Wired.com by Nick Stockton;
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/gene-keyes-quest-for-the-perfect-map/
and an elaboration here, by Wesley Fenlon, on the MythBusters site:
http://www.tested.com/art/makers/459348-cahill-keyes-megamap-accuracy-40-years-making/
Best regards,
Gene Keyes