How globes are made – via Kottke.

The Chicago History Museum’s “Mapping Chicago: The Past and the Possible” exhibition also looks at Replogle Globes, Inc., which has been turning maps into globes in Chicago for over 77 years. Replogle is the world’s largest globe manufacturer. With their help, you can discover how globes are made.

BY Phillip Torrone

Editor at large - Make magazine. Creative director - Adafruit Industries, contributing editor - Popular Science. Previously: Founded - Hack-a-Day, how-to editor - Engadget, Director of product development - Fallon Worldwide, Technology Director - Braincraft.

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