Daniel Huffman
@pinakographos.bsky.social
An arboreal, poly, gender non-participant mapmaker.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos.
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Daniel Huffman
@pinakographos.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I arrive here having finished a major, multi-month project: creating a posters in a hachure style reminiscent of centuries past. Have a look: terrainlines.etsy.com.
There's a free ebook, too! somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/a...
If you could share them around, I would be grateful!
There's a free ebook, too! somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/a...
If you could share them around, I would be grateful!
For the next few days I'll post my favorite #maps I finished in 2025.
These are for "Into the Ice," by Mark Synnott. Often my monochrome work is simple due to print quality constraints. But they ran these in high detail and I could go all-out.
(Simulated mockups; I don't have a copy of the book)
These are for "Into the Ice," by Mark Synnott. Often my monochrome work is simple due to print quality constraints. But they ran these in high detail and I could go all-out.
(Simulated mockups; I don't have a copy of the book)
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
For the next few days I'll post my favorite #maps I finished in 2025.
These are for "Into the Ice," by Mark Synnott. Often my monochrome work is simple due to print quality constraints. But they ran these in high detail and I could go all-out.
(Simulated mockups; I don't have a copy of the book)
These are for "Into the Ice," by Mark Synnott. Often my monochrome work is simple due to print quality constraints. But they ran these in high detail and I could go all-out.
(Simulated mockups; I don't have a copy of the book)
In my annual tradition of transparency, I've put together a wrapup of my 2025 activites for my patrons. It's open for all to read, if you want to see what I was able to accomplish with the support of the community!
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
Reflections on 2025 | Daniel P. Huffman
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January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
In my annual tradition of transparency, I've put together a wrapup of my 2025 activites for my patrons. It's open for all to read, if you want to see what I was able to accomplish with the support of the community!
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
www.patreon.com/posts/reflec...
New Year’s has become so commercialized that we’ve forgotten the reason for the season. I’m starting a movement to restore tradition by putting Janus back into January.
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
New Year’s has become so commercialized that we’ve forgotten the reason for the season. I’m starting a movement to restore tradition by putting Janus back into January.
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Two new versions of the New Mexico hierarchical elevation grid. Green and brown pen & yellow and black pen on hot press watercolor paper.
December 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Two new versions of the New Mexico hierarchical elevation grid. Green and brown pen & yellow and black pen on hot press watercolor paper.
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Believe it or not, I haven't seen enough maps to do a "best of" list for 2025. Here are some mappy highlights of the year (part 1 of 2) featuring content from @mapasmilhaud.com and @pinakographos.bsky.social mapoftheweek.substack.com/p/overlooked...
Overlooked Mapping Highlights from 2025-Part 1
Many people are putting together their best of lists for 2025.
mapoftheweek.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Believe it or not, I haven't seen enough maps to do a "best of" list for 2025. Here are some mappy highlights of the year (part 1 of 2) featuring content from @mapasmilhaud.com and @pinakographos.bsky.social mapoftheweek.substack.com/p/overlooked...
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5. He cynically took advantage of good social movements with a product he didn't invent so he could make money off of people trying to do the right thing while distracting us from material social change.
December 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
5. He cynically took advantage of good social movements with a product he didn't invent so he could make money off of people trying to do the right thing while distracting us from material social change.
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1. Peters ripped off Gall and took credit. Probably.
2. Peters pretended his was the first equal area map (It wasn't. At all)
3. Peters massively distorts shapes which are also important in geography!
4. His claims reduced geography to a false premise- that size is the only thing that matters.
2. Peters pretended his was the first equal area map (It wasn't. At all)
3. Peters massively distorts shapes which are also important in geography!
4. His claims reduced geography to a false premise- that size is the only thing that matters.
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
1. Peters ripped off Gall and took credit. Probably.
2. Peters pretended his was the first equal area map (It wasn't. At all)
3. Peters massively distorts shapes which are also important in geography!
4. His claims reduced geography to a false premise- that size is the only thing that matters.
2. Peters pretended his was the first equal area map (It wasn't. At all)
3. Peters massively distorts shapes which are also important in geography!
4. His claims reduced geography to a false premise- that size is the only thing that matters.
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Sorry to the man who came into my store looking for a Peters Projection world map. I stand by my words but you didn't deserve the tone of voice I used to say "absolutely not because I'm not a hack."
December 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sorry to the man who came into my store looking for a Peters Projection world map. I stand by my words but you didn't deserve the tone of voice I used to say "absolutely not because I'm not a hack."
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Gen-X and older Minnesota folks, here's a bit of nostalgia for your Christmas gift.
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Gen-X and older Minnesota folks, here's a bit of nostalgia for your Christmas gift.
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toMake Press & Editions
Bearing Witness :: the World Beautiful
#toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking #PinholePhotography #Film #Lithography #ReliefPrints #Letterpress #Luddite #BlueSKyArt #LimitedEditions #MonoPrints #Making #ByHand . . . www.tomake.com
Bearing Witness :: the World Beautiful
#toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking #PinholePhotography #Film #Lithography #ReliefPrints #Letterpress #Luddite #BlueSKyArt #LimitedEditions #MonoPrints #Making #ByHand . . . www.tomake.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
toMake Press & Editions
Bearing Witness :: the World Beautiful
#toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking #PinholePhotography #Film #Lithography #ReliefPrints #Letterpress #Luddite #BlueSKyArt #LimitedEditions #MonoPrints #Making #ByHand . . . www.tomake.com
Bearing Witness :: the World Beautiful
#toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking #PinholePhotography #Film #Lithography #ReliefPrints #Letterpress #Luddite #BlueSKyArt #LimitedEditions #MonoPrints #Making #ByHand . . . www.tomake.com
Anecdotally, it seems like many cartographers (myself included) have a bad sense of direction and get lost easily. I'm not sure if this is just confirmation bias — a mapper getting lost sticks out as amusing. But it could make sense: those who must look at maps often end up falling in love w/ them.
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Anecdotally, it seems like many cartographers (myself included) have a bad sense of direction and get lost easily. I'm not sure if this is just confirmation bias — a mapper getting lost sticks out as amusing. But it could make sense: those who must look at maps often end up falling in love w/ them.
(Whether they want me to or not).
Also I wrote a blog post about this years ago: somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2020/10/13/t...
Also I wrote a blog post about this years ago: somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2020/10/13/t...
I sometimes use the set of aluminum press plates in my office as an excuse to teach people about offset printing.
December 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
(Whether they want me to or not).
Also I wrote a blog post about this years ago: somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2020/10/13/t...
Also I wrote a blog post about this years ago: somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2020/10/13/t...
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Evening #map doodle: showing cities in the 13 original states that have populations comparable to the whole colony's estimated pop during the Revolution. I had to mix & match both city-limit pop and metro pop to get numbers that sorta lined up.
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Evening #map doodle: showing cities in the 13 original states that have populations comparable to the whole colony's estimated pop during the Revolution. I had to mix & match both city-limit pop and metro pop to get numbers that sorta lined up.
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Evening #map doodle: showing cities in the 13 original states that have populations comparable to the whole colony's estimated pop during the Revolution. I had to mix & match both city-limit pop and metro pop to get numbers that sorta lined up.
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Evening #map doodle: showing cities in the 13 original states that have populations comparable to the whole colony's estimated pop during the Revolution. I had to mix & match both city-limit pop and metro pop to get numbers that sorta lined up.
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
1780 Data: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The 14th Mountain Cartography Workshop will be held April 22–26, in Harrachov, Czechia. I've been twice and it's a great gathering. Hoping to be able to attend & present my auto-hachures to terrain-minded colleagues. Perhaps I'll see you there?
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
XIV Mountain Cartography Workshop
mountaincartography.icaci.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The 14th Mountain Cartography Workshop will be held April 22–26, in Harrachov, Czechia. I've been twice and it's a great gathering. Hoping to be able to attend & present my auto-hachures to terrain-minded colleagues. Perhaps I'll see you there?
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
My holiday baking tip: add a small pinch of cayenne pepper to your cookie dough. Not enough for the cookies to seem spicy; just enough to leave a pleasant lingering warmth behind after eating.
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My holiday baking tip: add a small pinch of cayenne pepper to your cookie dough. Not enough for the cookies to seem spicy; just enough to leave a pleasant lingering warmth behind after eating.
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Right MAP Making :: Five Ways to Make Maps for a Future to be Possible. The most obvious characteristic of our age is its destructiveness.
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Right MAP Making :: Five Ways to Make Maps for a Future to be Possible. The most obvious characteristic of our age is its destructiveness.
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
If you enjoy both #RhodeIsland and #rivers, stop by The Map Center (@mapcenter.com) to check out (and maybe buy?) this poster I designed for them, showing the state's streams in the style of a transit network map.
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you enjoy both #RhodeIsland and #rivers, stop by The Map Center (@mapcenter.com) to check out (and maybe buy?) this poster I designed for them, showing the state's streams in the style of a transit network map.
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I have no specific endorsements, but many independent map artists' shops are here! mapartists.org
Independent Map Sellers
A shopping guide offered by the Independent Map Artists
mapartists.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have no specific endorsements, but many independent map artists' shops are here! mapartists.org
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I make stuff, &&& it is available for purchase @ toMake.com
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I make stuff, &&& it is available for purchase @ toMake.com
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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North and South America terrain as a hierarchical grid.
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
North and South America terrain as a hierarchical grid.
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This week on The Map Room (1/2):
National Rail’s All Stations Interactive Route Map
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/nati...
Alabama’s New Election Map Was Drawn by a Teenager
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/alab...
GIS and Enshittification
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/gis-...
National Rail’s All Stations Interactive Route Map
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/nati...
Alabama’s New Election Map Was Drawn by a Teenager
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/alab...
GIS and Enshittification
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/gis-...
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This week on The Map Room (1/2):
National Rail’s All Stations Interactive Route Map
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/nati...
Alabama’s New Election Map Was Drawn by a Teenager
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/alab...
GIS and Enshittification
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/gis-...
National Rail’s All Stations Interactive Route Map
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/nati...
Alabama’s New Election Map Was Drawn by a Teenager
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/alab...
GIS and Enshittification
www.maproomblog.com/2025/12/gis-...
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Curious about using Python to make #maps but don’t know where to start? I wrote a tutorial that’s ostensibly about GDAL but is really a beginner’s guide to programming: medium.com/@robsimmon/a...
A Gentle Introduction to GDAL Part 10: Python & the Command Line
Scripting directly on the command line with Bash or Zsh is relatively straightforward: work out a sequence of commands, then wrap them in a…
medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Curious about using Python to make #maps but don’t know where to start? I wrote a tutorial that’s ostensibly about GDAL but is really a beginner’s guide to programming: medium.com/@robsimmon/a...
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Another atlas headed for recycling (yes, I've saved many but there are dozens just like this and I just cannot save them all). I had to translate what this glorious map was showing -- it's wind! And the location is Azerbaijan.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another atlas headed for recycling (yes, I've saved many but there are dozens just like this and I just cannot save them all). I had to translate what this glorious map was showing -- it's wind! And the location is Azerbaijan.