Andrew Middleton
@mapcenter.com
'Peddler of Wheres,' job creator, Owner at The Map Center in Pawtucket RI- it's like a hip record store but for maps.
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
www.mapcenter.com
Cartographer, GIS specialist and educator
Linktr.ee/ecoandrewtrc
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Discount bundles on allllll published 50 Maps books: 10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. Stock up for the holidays!
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Discount bundles on allllll published 50 Maps books: 10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. Stock up for the holidays!
Had a lovely chat this morning with someone who came into the store looking for geospatial career advice. Idk man, the industry is big, always changing. No one knows the future. I'm acutely aware that most of the advice I ever got was complete BS.
I've had awesome mentors so I try to pay it forward.
I've had awesome mentors so I try to pay it forward.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Had a lovely chat this morning with someone who came into the store looking for geospatial career advice. Idk man, the industry is big, always changing. No one knows the future. I'm acutely aware that most of the advice I ever got was complete BS.
I've had awesome mentors so I try to pay it forward.
I've had awesome mentors so I try to pay it forward.
There is no land on Earth that is free from human bloodshed.
I bring this up not to downplay the crimes committed against people in the name of territorial aggression but to remind us that all of us, no matter where we live, know better.
I bring this up not to downplay the crimes committed against people in the name of territorial aggression but to remind us that all of us, no matter where we live, know better.
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There is no land on Earth that is free from human bloodshed.
I bring this up not to downplay the crimes committed against people in the name of territorial aggression but to remind us that all of us, no matter where we live, know better.
I bring this up not to downplay the crimes committed against people in the name of territorial aggression but to remind us that all of us, no matter where we live, know better.
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Finally made it to the @mapcenter.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finally made it to the @mapcenter.com
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This holiday season, surprise & delight the train fan in your life with this gift combo
The US Highspeed Rail Boardgame by @alfredtwu.com www.thegamecrafter.com/games/us-hig...
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If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy islandpress.org/books/if-you...
The US Highspeed Rail Boardgame by @alfredtwu.com www.thegamecrafter.com/games/us-hig...
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If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy islandpress.org/books/if-you...
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This holiday season, surprise & delight the train fan in your life with this gift combo
The US Highspeed Rail Boardgame by @alfredtwu.com www.thegamecrafter.com/games/us-hig...
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If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy islandpress.org/books/if-you...
The US Highspeed Rail Boardgame by @alfredtwu.com www.thegamecrafter.com/games/us-hig...
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If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy islandpress.org/books/if-you...
Do I know any Indigenous folks who make maps? Got a request for a paid design/cartography job and it'd be rad if I could connect you with them.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Do I know any Indigenous folks who make maps? Got a request for a paid design/cartography job and it'd be rad if I could connect you with them.
Welp, got my first flat earther. Shame he was so freakin' nice. Big smiles. Polite.
Insufferable.
Insufferable.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Welp, got my first flat earther. Shame he was so freakin' nice. Big smiles. Polite.
Insufferable.
Insufferable.
Just got a pitch from a building developer in Providence who might rent to the Map Center. They offered an eye-wateringly high price.
I know some folks don't leave this state but RI is, in fact, competing with other places. Some of them are looking mighty attractive by comparison. #hasbro
I know some folks don't leave this state but RI is, in fact, competing with other places. Some of them are looking mighty attractive by comparison. #hasbro
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just got a pitch from a building developer in Providence who might rent to the Map Center. They offered an eye-wateringly high price.
I know some folks don't leave this state but RI is, in fact, competing with other places. Some of them are looking mighty attractive by comparison. #hasbro
I know some folks don't leave this state but RI is, in fact, competing with other places. Some of them are looking mighty attractive by comparison. #hasbro
A stack of "This Way Up" books by the Map Men (@jayforeman.bsky.social + Mark Cooper-Jones) just arrived! I'm delighted to report it is every bit as funny and thoughtful as their YouTube series which makes me laugh and glower in envy at their talent in equal measure www.mapcenter.com/store/p/this...
This Way Up by The Map Men — The Map Center
The perfect combination of thoughtful, historical and well researched academic content and humor, this magnificently English work is packed with fascinating stories, full color reproductions of maps a...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A stack of "This Way Up" books by the Map Men (@jayforeman.bsky.social + Mark Cooper-Jones) just arrived! I'm delighted to report it is every bit as funny and thoughtful as their YouTube series which makes me laugh and glower in envy at their talent in equal measure www.mapcenter.com/store/p/this...
If you're a mappy author passing through the Northeast, gimme a shout. I want to promote your work! Let's move some copy!
Dr. Patty Heyda is coming to @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social to talk about her book The Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA by @beltpublishing.bsky.social publishing. If you're a map nerd, sociologist, political scientist, journalist, environmentalist or interested in social justice, don't miss it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If you're a mappy author passing through the Northeast, gimme a shout. I want to promote your work! Let's move some copy!
Dr. Patty Heyda is coming to @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social to talk about her book The Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA by @beltpublishing.bsky.social publishing. If you're a map nerd, sociologist, political scientist, journalist, environmentalist or interested in social justice, don't miss it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Dr. Patty Heyda is coming to @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social to talk about her book The Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA by @beltpublishing.bsky.social publishing. If you're a map nerd, sociologist, political scientist, journalist, environmentalist or interested in social justice, don't miss it.
Hey @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, I can't access this title in the US. Is it only available in India? It looks awesome and I want it in my store! www.penguin.co.in/book/india-i...
India in Triangles: The Incredible Story of How India was Mapped and the Himalayas Measured | Explore the History and Science Behind The Great Trigonometrical Survey | Ages 11+ - Penguin Random House ...
Step into the boots of fearless surveyors as they trek across forests, mountains and monsoons—facing disease, wild animals and gruelling terrain—to chart the subcontinent with astonishing precision. T...
www.penguin.co.in
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hey @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, I can't access this title in the US. Is it only available in India? It looks awesome and I want it in my store! www.penguin.co.in/book/india-i...
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Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
Secret Maps at the British Library reconsiders the lines that shape our world
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
Just reflecting on how many Stan Rogers songs are imbued with positive masculinity vibes:
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just reflecting on how many Stan Rogers songs are imbued with positive masculinity vibes:
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Point 🍑✨
This was one of my early explorations in #LEGO mapping, back in Spring 2024. Now I turned this design into a 3D model using round tiles (flat points), creating this "flat" 3D map of #Georgia. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ge...
This was one of my early explorations in #LEGO mapping, back in Spring 2024. Now I turned this design into a 3D model using round tiles (flat points), creating this "flat" 3D map of #Georgia. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ge...
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Point 🍑✨
This was one of my early explorations in #LEGO mapping, back in Spring 2024. Now I turned this design into a 3D model using round tiles (flat points), creating this "flat" 3D map of #Georgia. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ge...
This was one of my early explorations in #LEGO mapping, back in Spring 2024. Now I turned this design into a 3D model using round tiles (flat points), creating this "flat" 3D map of #Georgia. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ge...
Visited Westerly, RI this weekend. Cute town. Gorgeous library and adjacent park. They have a statue of Columbus with a fence around it. I don't think you'd need a fence for a statue of Verrazzano, just sayin'.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Visited Westerly, RI this weekend. Cute town. Gorgeous library and adjacent park. They have a statue of Columbus with a fence around it. I don't think you'd need a fence for a statue of Verrazzano, just sayin'.
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Debated whether I should participate this year—a crisis of confidence and purpose and all that—but here I am again.
#30DayMapChallenge · Day 1 · Points: Threats to global shipping as measured by anti-shipping activity messages.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
#30DayMapChallenge · Day 1 · Points: Threats to global shipping as measured by anti-shipping activity messages.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Debated whether I should participate this year—a crisis of confidence and purpose and all that—but here I am again.
#30DayMapChallenge · Day 1 · Points: Threats to global shipping as measured by anti-shipping activity messages.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
#30DayMapChallenge · Day 1 · Points: Threats to global shipping as measured by anti-shipping activity messages.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
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Day 1 #30DayMapChallenge: Points 🧵🪡
I created a hand-felted map of Wellington showing Community Emergency Hubs as buttons, using locations from the GWRC web map viewer (via the Natural Hazards Portal).
It is roughly to scale, offering a soft, tactile take on community resilience. 💚
I created a hand-felted map of Wellington showing Community Emergency Hubs as buttons, using locations from the GWRC web map viewer (via the Natural Hazards Portal).
It is roughly to scale, offering a soft, tactile take on community resilience. 💚
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Day 1 #30DayMapChallenge: Points 🧵🪡
I created a hand-felted map of Wellington showing Community Emergency Hubs as buttons, using locations from the GWRC web map viewer (via the Natural Hazards Portal).
It is roughly to scale, offering a soft, tactile take on community resilience. 💚
I created a hand-felted map of Wellington showing Community Emergency Hubs as buttons, using locations from the GWRC web map viewer (via the Natural Hazards Portal).
It is roughly to scale, offering a soft, tactile take on community resilience. 💚
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Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
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#30DayMapChallenge “Points”
I chose to map this pene-exclave using a modified antique style. Point Roberts is a small community only accessible via the water or by driving through Canada (twice if you’re coming from the US!) I enjoy that our little exclave is nestled by our 🇨🇦 neighbors.
I chose to map this pene-exclave using a modified antique style. Point Roberts is a small community only accessible via the water or by driving through Canada (twice if you’re coming from the US!) I enjoy that our little exclave is nestled by our 🇨🇦 neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#30DayMapChallenge “Points”
I chose to map this pene-exclave using a modified antique style. Point Roberts is a small community only accessible via the water or by driving through Canada (twice if you’re coming from the US!) I enjoy that our little exclave is nestled by our 🇨🇦 neighbors.
I chose to map this pene-exclave using a modified antique style. Point Roberts is a small community only accessible via the water or by driving through Canada (twice if you’re coming from the US!) I enjoy that our little exclave is nestled by our 🇨🇦 neighbors.
Coding on personal projects mean that I can make edits directly to prod YOLOLOLOLOL
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Coding on personal projects mean that I can make edits directly to prod YOLOLOLOLOL
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In mediaeval times, maps were made by laying a very big piece of paper over the town, and rubbing the surface with a crayon.
November 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In mediaeval times, maps were made by laying a very big piece of paper over the town, and rubbing the surface with a crayon.
But also the best bookshops (mine)
We’ve been instructed to use the phrase “available in all good bookshops”. But I believe it’s also available in bad bookshops. Basically, wherever you buy your books.
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
But also the best bookshops (mine)
For those who aren't deep in the geography nerd-verse, November is the #30DayMapChallenge where map makers challenge themselves to make one map every day according to a list of themes. If you need inspiration, Rhode Island has plenty!
Keep an eye out for good maps this month!
Keep an eye out for good maps this month!
Day 1 - Points
Rhode Island Lighthouses
Most of my maps will be about Rhode Island. A good way for me to learn about a place (and find datasets) is to try to create a map of a thing.
#30DayMapChallenge
Rhode Island Lighthouses
Most of my maps will be about Rhode Island. A good way for me to learn about a place (and find datasets) is to try to create a map of a thing.
#30DayMapChallenge
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For those who aren't deep in the geography nerd-verse, November is the #30DayMapChallenge where map makers challenge themselves to make one map every day according to a list of themes. If you need inspiration, Rhode Island has plenty!
Keep an eye out for good maps this month!
Keep an eye out for good maps this month!
SHE DRESSED UP AS A MAP
🧵: It's almost time for...Rick or Treat!
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
SHE DRESSED UP AS A MAP