A review by anetq
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings

3.0

Bits and bobs about maps. And as much as I love maps (and I do), this felt a bit lightweight. Each chapter about a different type of mapheads (roadgeeks, geography bee contestants, geocachers, collecters of old maps etc), but apart from the reassurance, that I am well within the normal spectrum of normal maploving, it was a bit of; oh right, so there are people doing that?! I didn't feel like I was learning anything new really, and I was sorely disappointed by the description of modern digital maps, and their possible effects (maybe the book is just from 2008, or at least it feels that way?)
I may be a bit harsh, but A) I just read David Byrne's How Music Works, which had a similar structure, but real content teaching me stuff as well... and B) I really like maps, so I was expecting good things!