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Anthony Robinson
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E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professor of Geography, Penn State. Director, Online Geospatial Education programs & GeoGraphics Lab. Chair, AAG Cartography & Mapping Specialty Group. Vice Chair, ICA Commission on Geovisualization. Past President of NACIS. .. more

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Bob Myers is an incredible alum @pennstategeography.bsky.social - the only person to ever earn multiple Master's degrees in our online program, a tireless advocate for civil rights, and a key supporter of the cartographic work we're doing in the GeoGraphics Lab today: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
Adult learner finds ‘antidote to aging’ through geography program | Penn State University
You might need a degree in geography to chart the career and life experience paths of Bob Myers. Thankfully, he has a few. Myers is a geospatial expert, with two master's degrees and three certificate...
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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be ''objective'', data visualizations ...
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The National Geographic Society hired PSU Geography alumnus Harrison Cole to design maps for the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, currently under construction in Washington, D.C.

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Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum | Penn State University
Work on large-scale map installations at Penn State helped shape alum Harrison Cole’s path to one of the world’s most recognizable names in cartography, National Geographic.
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Fond memories of going to the mall (!) and getting this the morning after it was released as soon as the music store opened.

Douro reds are always my favorite.
New article! A fantastic new tool Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps, from @arpitnarechania.bsky.social Alex Endert & Clio Andris doi.org/10.1080/1523... #GISchat website exploropleth.github.io video of the tool in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNV8...

We're hiring our next colleague for our Online Geospatial Education programs @pennstategeography.bsky.social - Assistant Teaching Professor of Spatial Data Science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Assistant Teaching Professor in Spatial Data Science
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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🗺️ + 🏀 = 📈

ICYMI: PSU Geography alum Kirk Goldsberry returned to campus last week to share how his geography degree led him to work with Team USA, the Spurs, ESPN, and The Ringer.

📺 Watch the full talk: psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Kirk%2...
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

We're recruiting cartography & GIScience grad students @pennstategeography.bsky.social - if you're interested, we'll hold a live info session on October 23rd - sign up today: tinyurl.com/psugeoinfo
The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening.
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Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026
February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.
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🏀 Penn State geography alum & NBA analyst Kirk Goldsberry is giving a talk Fri, Sept. 26 at noon in 102 Paterno Library (Foster Auditorium).

He’ll share how maps & data changed the NBA. Open to all, Zoom option available!

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The 1st year students I am teaching right now include a few who are already experiencing their geospatial revelation, and it's a wonderful bright spot.
We welcomed alumni and donors Bob Myers and Jim McCrory back to campus Friday!

Bob has committed up to $25K in matching support for the GeoGraphics Lab, directly funding student cartography internships. Jim has also been a key supporter of the lab.

Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab
🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game.

🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26
📍 102 Paterno Library
💻 Zoom Option Available
🕛 Noon
📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry | Penn State University
Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, in 102 P...
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There's a subfleet ased out of GUM that fly to routes like Okinawa, Ulanbataar, etc ex-NRT in addition to running their south Pacific island hopper route.

Here is a stock image that appears to be the basemap for this: www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/5...

Examples indexed in stock collections appear to go back to 2017 according to Tineye results.

Not sure if it's nearby, but Proud Mary is amazing in Melbourne. One of my favorite breakfast experiences on the planet.

We're so excited about a new opportunity to support the GeoGraphics Lab @pennstategeography.bsky.social - our alumnus Robert Myers has committed up to $25,000 in a 1:1 match. These funds propel student cartographers working on mapping projects for community partners: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab
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The Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS2025 is back. Check out the Call for Sessions and Call for Papers: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net
Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025
December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking spatial...
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The chaos is really part of the charm of the ICA experience. :) It's usually not boring, and it's always wonderful to meet a broader int'l audience of cartofolks.

The stickers are so awesome, and you're so very welcome to always join our PSU celebrations at the UC. ☺️

Right... I suspect that's what they intended. GPT and other LLM/LMMs can make rudimentary maps (at best, currently) but the idea that generative AI has replaced maps is wishcasting.

Not even a little? Who has examples of AI replacing maps that they would be able to share? Does AI in this case just mean "computationally-derived"?

We @pennstategeography.bsky.social are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Online Geospatial Education programs with a symposium on Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on Weds, July 16th from 8:00 - 10:00 in San Diego. Please join us! engage.tassl.com/event/11593/ #esriuc
2025 PSU OGE Symposium "Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
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Thanks to Z-GIS University of Salzburg for another fine AGIT event. Excellent content, contacts, conversation, venue.

That looks amazing!

Haven't seen it yet, hopefully soon!

Yep - I guess I need to entertain a flat earther in my class and honor their special viewpoint? Cool.
Ep. 2 of our "Navigating the Shoals of the Academic Job Market" is live! we dive into putting an application together, what interviews might be like, and share @rsfrankl.bsky.social , @darribas.bsky.social and I share our experiences in these rough and wild waters!
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Episode 23: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 2)
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