Adventures In Mapping

This was a talk I gave at the Esri UK Scottish Conference, which was a total blast and wonderful event. I gave a similar, more cozy/boisterous version of it in a London pub the next day which was an outstanding experience. Remarkable hosts and engaging attendees. Continue reading Mapping On Purpose

A year and a half ago Betsy Mason, a journalist and blogger for National Geographic, asked if I’d like to collaborate on a map for her upcoming book, “All Over the Map”. I couldn’t say absolutely fast enough. Here’s the resulting map… Betsy had seen the initial Old Lights & New Lights map showing unchanged … Continue reading All Over the Map

Here is a small how-to for the overview globe. Continue reading The Antarctic Peninsula

Ah NACIS, how I love you. A one week full-on map-nerd-fest. I got to do a short talk on the free-wheeling Practical Cartography Day, and then a session the following day. The Practical Cartography Day demo showed my process for making contour lines that are aware of what direction they are facing so you can … Continue reading NACIS 2018 Presentations

I am experimenting with CSS filters and blend modes to merge a hillshade map layer with a satellite imagery map layer, with noble (or, eh, ignoble) cartographic goals. Anyway, it goes like this… Take an imagery basemap, like this… Give it some CSS Filter secret sauce, then add a hillshade layer, like this… And give … Continue reading Blending Hillshade & Imagery in the Browser

What do we Americans wonder about our, or other, states such that we just go ahead and Google it in such numbers as to appear in auto-suggest? Here is a simple zeitgeist-y app, made my Jinnan Zhang and me (inspired by the Ur example from Dorothy Gambrell) that shows you what people wonder about these … Continue reading United States of Wonder

Download this template with all the glob-y components and instruction pics. Cut out all 20 little maps (tip, there are 4 PDF pages, you can stack the North Pole / Lower Latitudes and the South Pole / Upper Latitudes pages and save half the cutting). Crimp along the dotted lines and start assembling the little … Continue reading Geodesic Globe Christmas Ornament Thing