Lourdes
@missmaps.bsky.social
Full-time cartographer, part-time menace.
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Lourdes
@missmaps.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Terrain Cartography for Non-Terrainers - Lourdes Ginart, Department of State
YouTube video by NACIS
youtu.be
I'm going to post some of my favorite talks from NACIS 2024 over the next few days on here, but I'm also going to selfishly drop mine first.
Terrain cartography for non-terrainers... A beginner's methodology for shaded relief!
Terrain cartography for non-terrainers... A beginner's methodology for shaded relief!
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In the meantime, NHGIS (https://www.nhgis.org/) has much of the data you'll need, and will remain functional. NHGIS has the latest ACS data and Census data back to 1790 along with Census boundary files.
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
February 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
In the meantime, NHGIS (https://www.nhgis.org/) has much of the data you'll need, and will remain functional. NHGIS has the latest ACS data and Census data back to 1790 along with Census boundary files.
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...
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Just found this great data source of Ojibwe names for features in MI/WI/MN. Gidakiiminaan (Our Earth), published by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission. glifwc.org/publications...
They also have a web map version: maps.glifwc.org
They also have a web map version: maps.glifwc.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just found this great data source of Ojibwe names for features in MI/WI/MN. Gidakiiminaan (Our Earth), published by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission. glifwc.org/publications...
They also have a web map version: maps.glifwc.org
They also have a web map version: maps.glifwc.org
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This INSANELY good site has catalogued the signage from 115 of Europe's underground stations. So much typographic eye candy, not to mention tiles and colours.
ubahn.photos
ubahn.photos
January 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This INSANELY good site has catalogued the signage from 115 of Europe's underground stations. So much typographic eye candy, not to mention tiles and colours.
ubahn.photos
ubahn.photos
Today was a bad day for the queer community. So many emotions. But in all of it: be gay, stay gay, do gay 🖕🌈
This article hit a lot of points.
This article hit a lot of points.
Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders
Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today was a bad day for the queer community. So many emotions. But in all of it: be gay, stay gay, do gay 🖕🌈
This article hit a lot of points.
This article hit a lot of points.
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After making a massive $7.19 in 4 months (less than the $10 payout threshold), I've decided to start ungating my Medium-hosted tutorials (it's not really in the knowledge-sharing spirit anyway!) and migrate them to my website, starting with... www.helenmakesmaps.com/post/how-to-... 🎆🗺️
How to make a firefly map with QGIS
Follow this quick and easy guide to create stunning firefly maps with QGIS! 🌟
www.helenmakesmaps.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
After making a massive $7.19 in 4 months (less than the $10 payout threshold), I've decided to start ungating my Medium-hosted tutorials (it's not really in the knowledge-sharing spirit anyway!) and migrate them to my website, starting with... www.helenmakesmaps.com/post/how-to-... 🎆🗺️
My office has a retiree that comes in once/week. Quirky, but a tough nut kinda guy. Recently I found out he's a big Swiftie, so I told him to check out Chappell Roan. Today he came in screaming at me "YOU'VE CREATED A MONSTER I LOVE CHAPPELL I MEAN PINK PONY CLUB IS JUST GREAT"
My job here is done.
My job here is done.
January 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My office has a retiree that comes in once/week. Quirky, but a tough nut kinda guy. Recently I found out he's a big Swiftie, so I told him to check out Chappell Roan. Today he came in screaming at me "YOU'VE CREATED A MONSTER I LOVE CHAPPELL I MEAN PINK PONY CLUB IS JUST GREAT"
My job here is done.
My job here is done.
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This Tuesday, January 14, I'll be hosting a 2.5 hour cartography workshop with @womeningis.bsky.social. It's free to members and anyone can be a member.
January 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This Tuesday, January 14, I'll be hosting a 2.5 hour cartography workshop with @womeningis.bsky.social. It's free to members and anyone can be a member.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
Was listening to #DtMF & got to LO QUE LÉ PASO A HAWAii & thought of Dr. Mei-Singh's #NACIS2024 presentation (not recorded, but panel was). While the topic was centered on Hawaii, there was a small part where she connected Hawaiian & Puerto Rican resistance. Listen to the song & listen to the panel!
Native and Indigenous Critical Cartography and Counter-mapping... Elspeth Iralu and Laurel Mei-Singh
YouTube video by NACIS
youtu.be
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Was listening to #DtMF & got to LO QUE LÉ PASO A HAWAii & thought of Dr. Mei-Singh's #NACIS2024 presentation (not recorded, but panel was). While the topic was centered on Hawaii, there was a small part where she connected Hawaiian & Puerto Rican resistance. Listen to the song & listen to the panel!
Ouf, big fan of pink on a map. Very smooth color ramp.
Decided to map the recent Midwest/Mid-Atlantic snow storm with a color ramp I have been tinkering with. Really cool pattern across the states.
Outside is covered in snow here in D.C.!
#mapping #cartography
Outside is covered in snow here in D.C.!
#mapping #cartography
January 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ouf, big fan of pink on a map. Very smooth color ramp.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is a short rant about feeling like shit and excluded from the in-person shopping experience because most stores, especially the big names, refuse to carry plus size items in person and have relegated plus size bodies to the online realm... and that's if we're lucky they go past an XL or a 16.
December 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM
This is a short rant about feeling like shit and excluded from the in-person shopping experience because most stores, especially the big names, refuse to carry plus size items in person and have relegated plus size bodies to the online realm... and that's if we're lucky they go past an XL or a 16.
Up next on my list of my fav #NACIS2024 talks is the bun for basemaps metaphor that has stuck with me...
Basemaps Don't Have to Be Boring by @bdon.org of @protomaps.com
Basemaps Don't Have to Be Boring by @bdon.org of @protomaps.com
Basemaps Don't Have To Be Boring - Brandon Liu, Protomaps LLC
YouTube video by NACIS
youtu.be
December 18, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Up next on my list of my fav #NACIS2024 talks is the bun for basemaps metaphor that has stuck with me...
Basemaps Don't Have to Be Boring by @bdon.org of @protomaps.com
Basemaps Don't Have to Be Boring by @bdon.org of @protomaps.com
Been struggling to watch #StarWars #SkeletonCrew because Neel wants to be home so badly and it's making him so sad which is making me sad. #GetHisTrunkHome
December 18, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Been struggling to watch #StarWars #SkeletonCrew because Neel wants to be home so badly and it's making him so sad which is making me sad. #GetHisTrunkHome
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It's end of the year reflection time so I wrote about how The Map Center is going. Wanna see behind the scenes? www.mapcenter.com/new-page-2
State of the Map Store — The Map Center
www.mapcenter.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:18 AM
It's end of the year reflection time so I wrote about how The Map Center is going. Wanna see behind the scenes? www.mapcenter.com/new-page-2
Continuing to post some of my favorite #NACIS2024 presentations
Dr. Annita Lucchesi gave us some tough love and real truth for both NACIS and cartographers engaging with indigenous communities and data.
Dr. Annita Lucchesi gave us some tough love and real truth for both NACIS and cartographers engaging with indigenous communities and data.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Cartography for Self-Determinati... Annita Hetoevehotohke'e Lucchesi
YouTube video by NACIS
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Continuing to post some of my favorite #NACIS2024 presentations
Dr. Annita Lucchesi gave us some tough love and real truth for both NACIS and cartographers engaging with indigenous communities and data.
Dr. Annita Lucchesi gave us some tough love and real truth for both NACIS and cartographers engaging with indigenous communities and data.
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Communicating terrain cartography is really tricky, and @missmaps.bsky.social does a fantastic job in this #NACIS2024 talk.
New to terrain? Steps are broken down in a clear way. Expert to terrain? Watch for ideas on breaking down the steps to help mentor others!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GbG...
New to terrain? Steps are broken down in a clear way. Expert to terrain? Watch for ideas on breaking down the steps to help mentor others!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GbG...
Terrain Cartography for Non-Terrainers - Lourdes Ginart, Department of State
YouTube video by NACIS
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Reposting this counts as my next post about talks I enjoyed at #NACIS2024.
I wasn't able to make it to #NACIS2024 this year, but I am slowly watching the presentations and learning so much!
There were a lot of Esri staff at this year's @nacis.bsky.social conference, below is a thread of their talks and the cartography they have been working on:
There were a lot of Esri staff at this year's @nacis.bsky.social conference, below is a thread of their talks and the cartography they have been working on:
November 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Reposting this counts as my next post about talks I enjoyed at #NACIS2024.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Heat
I was tempted to map some aspect of global climate collapse for today, but in the end looked outward instead for other sources of 'heat'.
Here are 120000 stars coloured by temperature (blue=hot, red=cold, relatively speaking)
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
I was tempted to map some aspect of global climate collapse for today, but in the end looked outward instead for other sources of 'heat'.
Here are 120000 stars coloured by temperature (blue=hot, red=cold, relatively speaking)
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
November 25, 2024 at 10:26 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Heat
I was tempted to map some aspect of global climate collapse for today, but in the end looked outward instead for other sources of 'heat'.
Here are 120000 stars coloured by temperature (blue=hot, red=cold, relatively speaking)
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
I was tempted to map some aspect of global climate collapse for today, but in the end looked outward instead for other sources of 'heat'.
Here are 120000 stars coloured by temperature (blue=hot, red=cold, relatively speaking)
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 22: 2 colours
I thought I'd make life difficult for myself with this one by being strict about only 2 colours. No grey scales; no 2 colours + background colour. Just 2.
Halftone dots made up of mini moons to map a big moon:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
I thought I'd make life difficult for myself with this one by being strict about only 2 colours. No grey scales; no 2 colours + background colour. Just 2.
Halftone dots made up of mini moons to map a big moon:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
November 22, 2024 at 7:52 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 22: 2 colours
I thought I'd make life difficult for myself with this one by being strict about only 2 colours. No grey scales; no 2 colours + background colour. Just 2.
Halftone dots made up of mini moons to map a big moon:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
I thought I'd make life difficult for myself with this one by being strict about only 2 colours. No grey scales; no 2 colours + background colour. Just 2.
Halftone dots made up of mini moons to map a big moon:
observablehq.com/@jwolondon/t...
Slowly posting my favorite NACIS 2024 talks. So grateful I got to see Dr. Smiles present. Recommend this to all!
A Recipe for Ethical Geographic Work with Indigenous Communities
A Recipe for Ethical Geographic Work with Indigenous Communities
A Recipe for Ethical Geographic... Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Ph.D. (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
YouTube video by NACIS
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Slowly posting my favorite NACIS 2024 talks. So grateful I got to see Dr. Smiles present. Recommend this to all!
A Recipe for Ethical Geographic Work with Indigenous Communities
A Recipe for Ethical Geographic Work with Indigenous Communities
If you ask me whose maps I've been fan-girling hard over the past year its @latlong.shop. Also been losing my shit over @cmshintani.bsky.social and @gfiske.bsky.social maps for Woodwell, but they deserve their own fan-girl appreciation post.
⬇️ So simple, so good.
⬇️ So simple, so good.
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 22 2 Colors | Road America
When I first moved to WI, I noticed B&W license plates that had a strange, amorphous shape on them—turns out that it represented track at @roadamerica, America's Nat'l Park of Speed! Here's a B&W map stylization of the course 🏁
#roadamerica
When I first moved to WI, I noticed B&W license plates that had a strange, amorphous shape on them—turns out that it represented track at @roadamerica, America's Nat'l Park of Speed! Here's a B&W map stylization of the course 🏁
#roadamerica
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
If you ask me whose maps I've been fan-girling hard over the past year its @latlong.shop. Also been losing my shit over @cmshintani.bsky.social and @gfiske.bsky.social maps for Woodwell, but they deserve their own fan-girl appreciation post.
⬇️ So simple, so good.
⬇️ So simple, so good.
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I didn't see this already, so I went through my follow list and made a Starter Pack for Women+ in geo & EO - very broadly.
I'm reminded how lopsided the gender divide is still in our field when I get 1 woman follower for every 10 men. It's particularly noticeable right now.
go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe
I'm reminded how lopsided the gender divide is still in our field when I get 1 woman follower for every 10 men. It's particularly noticeable right now.
go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe
November 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM
I didn't see this already, so I went through my follow list and made a Starter Pack for Women+ in geo & EO - very broadly.
I'm reminded how lopsided the gender divide is still in our field when I get 1 woman follower for every 10 men. It's particularly noticeable right now.
go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe
I'm reminded how lopsided the gender divide is still in our field when I get 1 woman follower for every 10 men. It's particularly noticeable right now.
go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe
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Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
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