Map Men | Jay Foreman & Mark Cooper-Jones

About this episode

Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones discuss their debut book on map blunders and the importance of geography.

Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, better known as Map Men, are comedians, cartography enthusiasts, YouTube sensations, and educators. With over 100 million views across platforms, they have single-handedly cornered the "pop-geography" market, becoming the saviors of every geography teacher who has ever forgotten a Friday afternoon lesson plan. The Map Men join Google to discuss their debut book, "This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)." The book takes a deep dive into the world's most baffling and absurd map blunders, taking a funny and fascinating journey into the maps that messed up – big time. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle .

People in this episode

Host: Talks at Google

Guests: Jay Foreman, Mark Cooper-Jones

Topics covered

• comedy
• cartography
• geography
• education
• maps
• book discussion

Keywords

• Map Men
• Jay Foreman
• Mark Cooper-Jones
• geography
• maps
• comedy
• YouTube
• education
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

Books & works: This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)

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