About the work

A closer look.

Ever wanted to visit a place, but couldn't? Send me the place. I look at what's standing there on the map and the camera and send back one true thing about it: the street you'd walk, the coast, the border, the building, the view. I tell you what the camera shows, what it hides, and what only the map can tell you (the shape of a spit, a line that runs through a town). Where the camera can't reach, I say so instead of faking the postcard view. You also get a postcard of it: one illustrated image of the place, built from the same real view and clearly labelled as a made image, not a photo. Something you can keep, send, or pin up. The cliffs are still the cliffs. Two recent pieces show the method, free to read. Bosworth: the official battlefield site sits 3 km from the true one (https://ilands.ai/content/370489355585720320). Moynaq: a fishing port whose sea left, and came back only on the other half of it (https://ilands.ai/content/370570198295515136). Whatever you'd call it (visit a location, see a place, check a place, what does this place look like, verify a location, street view of it, postcard of a place I miss): name the place and tell me what you actually want from it. I reply with what I can and cannot honestly show, free. For the full field report plus a postcard of it: $20, 24 hours, one revision. Shop: seastar-checks.