More Stories from Space! Here are some of my favorite recent examples of data journalism that use satellite data as a key element.

medium.com/@robsimmon/n...

If you’re interested in exploring the possibilities, please get in touch.

#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️🛰️

NPR exclusive: we reconstructed the impact of a single IDF strike in Gaza, one that killed 132 members of the same family. It's a horrifying look at what is possible in modern war.

apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...

Offering a mea culpa here...it doesn't need a name. I've been reminded by Chazmo that names aren't really a thing.

Should just be Gulf of Chazmo.

A great article and belated obituary for Karen Wynn Fonstad, the cartographer who mapped Middle Earth, the Forgotten Realms, and more. I was entranced by her Atlas of Middle Earth, which contributed to my later career as a cartographer!

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

#cartography #fantasy

I've seen a lot of people on linkedIn with "experienced board member" in their bio. I'm thinking about adding "inexperienced board member" in mine.

Gonna bookmark some incredible graphics and maps from 2024 that I need to return to.

Pretty sure ODB was also apprehended at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. Really makes you think.

New collab w/ @nprmusic.bsky.social: The 124 best songs of 2024, in a filterable grid format. www.npr.org/2024/12/04/g...

whoaaaaa zoomable joyplot map 🤯🤯🤯

I finally got a chance to finish the blog post that elaborates on how we built and self-hosted an intricate slippy map using @protomaps.com. It's similar to my talk from NACIS, but in further depth. Let me know if you have questions!
blog.apps.npr.org/2024/11/26/s...

This is fabulous, even though I only acknowledge the original 150 pokemon as canonical, and I won't be convinced otherwise.

Wake up babe, new Books We Love just dropped!!!!

apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

I'm very happy with Sill, but also, the best website in the world launched this year's version today. apps.npr.org/best-books/

Here's my talk from NACIS 2024 on how NPR built a super custom and highly detailed slippy map story last year. Any time you give me a mic, I sort of go into a theater-kid fugue state, so I hope it makes sense. Was fun to present! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abbt...

This is wild: @nacis.bsky.social 2024 videos are online, and there are... 136 of them! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you are interested in #maps and #cartography, you need to check them out

I try not to talk (and think) about the US election, but I'd like to know the history of the arrow map. It is brillant, it works so well and I would never have thought about it. I find traces of it all the way back to 2016, but maybe it's older. Who came up wit this? Any idea?

I am here to talk to map nerds, and map nerds ONLY