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PEP BB community.sand.map- Make a map

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Community.


For this badge bit, you will need to create (or update) a map showing the points of interest. It can be made on paper, cloth or wood.   Or, it could be entirely digital.  

Here's an example of a map I made of my property (I used my husband's old khaki pants and ink.




Tips on making maps:

(1) Find a map (google maps is great for this) of the area, zoom in as close as you can. You can print it up if need be. This can be used for reference. You can also put it behind your cloth or paper map and use a light desk (or bright window) to shine the printed map through to your future map, so you can sketch out the locations accurately.
(2) Sketch out the areas with PENCIL before inking. This way you can adjust the spacing if you really need to.
(3) Use consistent, repetitive shapes for things like trees--this will help accent your named locations. Drawing things at a 45 degree angle, rather than straight down helps to identify them. You can also make identifying things larger than to scale. like my ducks and cats are.

Here's some videos that might help:






Map by Davin Hoyt



To qualify for the badge bit, you must:
- Make a map that depicts and names at least a dozen different areas (only six required if this will be on cloth or wood).
- Post pictures of at least three of the areas named/depicted on the map.

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Here's my map (it does still exist after almost 2.5 years. The edges are a little curled, and the black X--which was made with marker, not ink--has turned green)


And here's some of the locations on the map:

Here Be Ducks (the duck yard)


Beware of Cats (the cats love to hang out in the Fally-Downy shed/barn that the previous owner built)


Bobcat Pond (the pond we spotted a bobcat on twice)


Sleeping Beauty's Castle (the previous owner confined his large dog in this kennel. We use it as a play area and trellis for the native blackberries, that grow around all four sides)


Blueberry Land (our blueberry hugel mound)


Big Happy Rock (Named by my son. We discovered it's existance when clearing out blackberries to make his garden bed. He loved leaning against the big rock, and named it "Big Happy Rock." We buried a treasure chest there for his birthday a few years back, as documented in this thread. You can see the X marks the spot in the below picture)


Sambang Hill (When my son was 1.5, he could not yet say "Salmonberry," and instead called them Sambangs. This hill--in spring--is surrounded by salmonberry hedges, and we walk up and down it harvesting the berries in June)

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I made my own cartoon-ish style map for the Basecamp of Wheaton Labs!



Some of the points of interest I included in my map are:
- The Library
- The Fisher Price House
- Apricot Alley
- Arakis
- The Shop and Auditorium
- Turtle Lot
- Willow Bank
- The Shower Shack
- The Pee Palace
--The Caldera
- Plum Plateau
- Tent Pads and Campsite
- Bermshed
- Raspberry Rock

Here are some pictures of a few points of interest at Basecamp!

This is the Fisher Price House, and this is typically a major community hub for us, because that's where we eat and socialize a lot of the time. Some of us sleep in bunks here.



This is The Library and Garage, and it is where we house books, games, the backup pantry, recyclables, burnables, and a wood splitting station (just to name a few).



This is Turtle Lot, which is where most of the Bootcamo work vehicles park, like Toots, Ranger Doug, and Judy.



This is the Red Cabin, which is a rentable structure on Basecamp, and it is the building with the Cyclone Rocket Mass Heater.



This is Plum Plateau, which has the hugelkultur that I built on it.

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I'm wondering if it might be good to find a way to preserve the map if it's on paper? Paper is so easy to destroy by ripping, getting wet, and I'd hate to see someone's hard work ruined on accident!

I also wanted to give a durability report on the cloth map. My son had left his map out in the rain for at least three weeks (he'd been having fun burying rocks in his gravel pit and pretending they were treasure and having his sister dig them up). When I couldn't find it as a reference for my daughter's map, I went and looked outside. It's still in great shape! The X done in washable marker--as one might assume--washed out entirely. But, the rest of it looks no worse for all the days of rain and freezing temperatures and dirt. I'd sealed the edges with Elmer's School Glue (2 years ago!) and while a bit washed out in the weather, the edges didn't unravel and a lot of the glue is still there. I'm impressed!

This thread was on my mind when I was making my daughter's map for her birthday scavenger hunt. I really enjoyed being able to add so many more new things to her map. So much has happened in just two years!
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My input:

North arrows can be really simple.

I've been using those new thin Sharpie pens which are cheaper than the popular Micron brand.

Watercolor is really easy, quick, and cheap when you use the elementary school level packaged pallet product.

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Here's the map of our place, and some of the immediate surroundings.

I'm a complete map nerd, and have long loved gazing at all kinds of different maps. The "cartoony perspective" maps were always my favorite style as a kid.

Some of the places on our map already had a name (Spider Hut, Stinky Hut), while others have been heretofore unnamed features (Jackson House, Salad Island). Some of the items (Poison Grass, Cars, Loud Tiny Dog), to me are not a placename, more like a status or condition.

Here are the named places on our map:
- Jackson House
- Spider Hut
- Stinky Hut
- Tree Swing
- Pond (my son, in the best tradition of our 'Cajun ancestors, named the pond, 'Pond')
- Rope Swing
- Compost Islands
- Squirrel Fence
- Salad Island
- Tulip Island
- Climbing Tree
- Hiding Trees
- David's Yard
- Rock Stack Island
- Construction Yard (now no longer, but in both our minds it still has the permanent bobcat in it)
- Chime Yard


More map pages are planned, but this is the "home page."
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Map, overall
Map, overall
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Map, zoom in
Map, zoom in
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Tulip Island, with Jackson House, Climbing Tree, and Squirrel Fence in the background
Tulip Island, with Jackson House, Climbing Tree, and Squirrel Fence in the background
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Spider Hut, aptly named
Spider Hut, aptly named
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Rope Swing, Stinky Hut, Pond, and Compost Islands
Rope Swing, Stinky Hut, Pond, and Compost Islands
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Rock Stack Island
Rock Stack Island
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If you look real close, you can see the north arrow
If you look real close, you can see the north arrow
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The Salad Islands
The Salad Islands

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Here is my BB attempt!



Here is Lilac Island in front of the Gazebo:



Here is the strawberry patch:



Here is the "Ugly Bed":



Here is the 3 -Sister Patch



Here is the Greenhouse Dreamhouse:



And here is the Pseudo Hugel & Bee Bed :





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Here's a map of my immediate neighborhood, showing vegetable gardens, fruit trees (one stands for many, usually), chickens, and blackberry patches. There are more that I don't have first hand knowledge of in various backyards I'm sure!

Houses where we know the neighbors are marked with initials. The house with the heart is  ours.

Everything is fenced against deer and bears (not that a simple fence will stop them. The neighbor up the road with chickens finally installed an electric fence this spring).
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Here's the map, based on a Google Maps printout of the streets
Here's the map, based on a Google Maps printout of the streets
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Half of our backyard veg garden, with cherry and mulberry trees
Half of our backyard veg garden, with cherry and mulberry trees
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Neighbors "N&B" small backyard veg garden
Neighbors N&B small backyard veg garden
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Neighbors "C&C" new fruit trees after a clean sweep of stumps etc
Neighbors C&C new fruit trees after a clean sweep of stumps etc

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I think this is a map too: the ground plan of my garden. I make copies (not photocopies) when needed. Here you can see the first map (on millimeter paper), the garden plan with annual and perennial plants for this year, as I thought it would be (in February) and between them one with only all perennial plants and bushes.


Because I live on the ground floor and there's a 'gallerij' ( an open corridor) above my back yard for the upper neighbours, I was able to make these photos 'from the air'. The garden is too wide to fit in one photo, so here are two.

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So you can compare the photos with the drawings. Or maybe you have questions ... Then please ask and I'll answer.  

Edit: I added some photos made today on ground level. I hope then I can qualify for the BB.

The willows (wilgen) and 'trapje op en neer' (stairs up and down)


Rubarb (rabarber)  and blackberries (bramen) next to 'trapje op en neer'


Sunchokes (aardperen) near the back door. They are mixed with another invasive but gorgeous plant


Compost heap

View through the middle of the garden, with the perennial kale (eeuwig moes), the plants in pots and the entrance gate.

"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)

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Hi Inge! Nice work!

Looks like you have at least a dozen 'sites' indicated.

Can you mark, indicate, or explain at least three places on the map that are also in your photos?

Thanks!

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