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A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world.

A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible

About Read The Plaque

It began with a lunch. A lunch of Indian food salad things:

And here's a fantastic episode of The Memory Palace about plaques, "Notes on an Imagined Plaque":

Special Thanks to:

  • Alan Brown for donating over 2000 plaque images and transcriptions from his sites Ontario Plaques and Toronto Plaques.
  • Byron Hooks for contributing nearly 3000 plaques from his site Lat34North.
  • Logan Rockmore for his beautiful redesign of the origainl maps interface and page header.
  • Geograph for sharing their plaques photos and transcriptions.

    • How it works

    Anyone can submit a plaque. Upload a photo, drop a pin on the map, and add a description. Submissions are reviewed before appearing on the site. Once approved, each plaque gets its own page and appears on the Big Map.

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