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!
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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"And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters"
Beautiful cover of Fitzgerald by Ross Thorn, recorded this morning on the shores of Lake Superior.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4hq80...
Beautiful cover of Fitzgerald by Ross Thorn, recorded this morning on the shores of Lake Superior.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4hq80...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters"
Beautiful cover of Fitzgerald by Ross Thorn, recorded this morning on the shores of Lake Superior.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4hq80...
Beautiful cover of Fitzgerald by Ross Thorn, recorded this morning on the shores of Lake Superior.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4hq80...
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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.
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Sign painting (or at least that aesthetic) rules because it implies a human hand was involved in it. Seeps intention, clever visual hierarchy, and charm.
There are a lot of arguments for why Mamdani won. I, a pundit, believe it was the typeface.
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sign painting (or at least that aesthetic) rules because it implies a human hand was involved in it. Seeps intention, clever visual hierarchy, and charm.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data
Today I built a mini dataset and recorded a demo of my new FOS web app called #Click2Vector!
Users can click on the interactive map to make a point dataset for export, or import lat/long from Google Sheets!
Check it out here: www.chiaraphillips.com#click2vector
Today I built a mini dataset and recorded a demo of my new FOS web app called #Click2Vector!
Users can click on the interactive map to make a point dataset for export, or import lat/long from Google Sheets!
Check it out here: www.chiaraphillips.com#click2vector
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data
Today I built a mini dataset and recorded a demo of my new FOS web app called #Click2Vector!
Users can click on the interactive map to make a point dataset for export, or import lat/long from Google Sheets!
Check it out here: www.chiaraphillips.com#click2vector
Today I built a mini dataset and recorded a demo of my new FOS web app called #Click2Vector!
Users can click on the interactive map to make a point dataset for export, or import lat/long from Google Sheets!
Check it out here: www.chiaraphillips.com#click2vector
I get paid to make maps for a living. That's so cool and weird.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I get paid to make maps for a living. That's so cool and weird.
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#30DayMapChallenge
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
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Rude of stores to play Christmas music today, in the heart of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Season
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Rude of stores to play Christmas music today, in the heart of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Season
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Belt has recently been publishing a number of “[Midwest City] in 50 Maps” titles, which this presumably impacts.
I received this mail from Arcadia Publishing, the company which now owns Belt Publishing, who originally published my book in 2022.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Belt has recently been publishing a number of “[Midwest City] in 50 Maps” titles, which this presumably impacts.
Also a huge thanks to the folks who've been supporting me on Patreon during this journey. I try to give back to the carto community that has given so much to me, and their support helps me take the time out of my contract work to do so!
www.patreon.com/pinakographos
www.patreon.com/pinakographos
It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Also a huge thanks to the folks who've been supporting me on Patreon during this journey. I try to give back to the carto community that has given so much to me, and their support helps me take the time out of my contract work to do so!
www.patreon.com/pinakographos
www.patreon.com/pinakographos
It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Strong kinship with the commercially-minded but shotgun approach these artists are taking. OWL FRAME! Hot date with a pumpkin man! An army of pumpkin children will march towards your daughters in space!
October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Strong kinship with the commercially-minded but shotgun approach these artists are taking. OWL FRAME! Hot date with a pumpkin man! An army of pumpkin children will march towards your daughters in space!
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Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
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To any Boston-area map people who might still be with me on this site: head down to our southern neighbor Thursday evening for Maptime! I guarantee this is the closest thing to Maptime Boston you’re going see in the foreseeable future. www.mapcenter.com/maptimeri
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
To any Boston-area map people who might still be with me on this site: head down to our southern neighbor Thursday evening for Maptime! I guarantee this is the closest thing to Maptime Boston you’re going see in the foreseeable future. www.mapcenter.com/maptimeri
Average person: “So how do you actually make maps?”
Me:
Me:
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Average person: “So how do you actually make maps?”
Me:
Me:
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🌎I’m actively seeking full-time roles as a #Cartographer (on-site / remote). With rich experience in cartography & GIS, my work has been widely recognized with 70+ achievements (CartoGuophy.com). If your team’s hiring or you know openings, I’d truly appreciate any referrals or shares! #OpenToWork
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌎I’m actively seeking full-time roles as a #Cartographer (on-site / remote). With rich experience in cartography & GIS, my work has been widely recognized with 70+ achievements (CartoGuophy.com). If your team’s hiring or you know openings, I’d truly appreciate any referrals or shares! #OpenToWork
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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ANNOUNCEMENT: introducing our latest game!
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: introducing our latest game!
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
There are many places called "Round Island" in the US & Canada. Several years ago, I made a fun poster of them.
Most of them aren't very round.
Prints & free PDF download: somethingaboutmaps.com/Round-Islands
Most of them aren't very round.
Prints & free PDF download: somethingaboutmaps.com/Round-Islands
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There are many places called "Round Island" in the US & Canada. Several years ago, I made a fun poster of them.
Most of them aren't very round.
Prints & free PDF download: somethingaboutmaps.com/Round-Islands
Most of them aren't very round.
Prints & free PDF download: somethingaboutmaps.com/Round-Islands
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You'll hear me screaming much more about this book in a month or so, but for now I've made a little portfolio update to add a thing on the soon-to-be-published Cincinnati in 50 Maps, which you can and should pre-order now. andywoodruff.com/posts/2025/c...
Cincinnati in 50 Maps - Andy Woodruff, cartographer
50+ original maps of Cincinnati in a book edited by Nick Swartsell with cartography by Andy Woodruff
andywoodruff.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
You'll hear me screaming much more about this book in a month or so, but for now I've made a little portfolio update to add a thing on the soon-to-be-published Cincinnati in 50 Maps, which you can and should pre-order now. andywoodruff.com/posts/2025/c...
I brought a print of this to #nacis2025 and it was given away in a raffle. This gave me the opportunity to give an impromptu lecture to that person on early Mesopotamian civilization.
One more of these to (likely) complete my few days of fun with Sumerian #cuneiform. Spent hours digging through sources to grab many more names than last time. Caveat: many of these settlements have more than one name attested, and this map depicts names that occur centuries apart.
October 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I brought a print of this to #nacis2025 and it was given away in a raffle. This gave me the opportunity to give an impromptu lecture to that person on early Mesopotamian civilization.
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Was fortunate to have Micheale Glennon visit my lab today and she brought examples of her work: Maps? Art? Dataviz? All of the above✅ These show 1. the importance of stream buffers, 2. how HABs are created and 3. underwater pollutants in the Genesee watershed. www.adkwatershed.org/wool-water-g...
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Was fortunate to have Micheale Glennon visit my lab today and she brought examples of her work: Maps? Art? Dataviz? All of the above✅ These show 1. the importance of stream buffers, 2. how HABs are created and 3. underwater pollutants in the Genesee watershed. www.adkwatershed.org/wool-water-g...
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Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
Turtle Island Decolonized — The Map Center
Every map instantly creates two types of people: those who make the maps and those that are mapped. Every map represents a world view and a perspective and I’m so delighted to offer this piece that sh...
www.mapcenter.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
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Tonika Lewis Johnson, whose Folded Map Project explores decades of segregation in Chicago neighbourhoods, and Margaret Wickens Pearce, whom Map Room readers might remember for Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, are among… More
Two Mapmakers Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Tonika Lewis Johnson, whose Folded Map Project explores decades of segregation in Chicago neighbourhoods, and Margaret Wickens Pearce, whom Map Room readers might remember for Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, are among… More
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October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Tonika Lewis Johnson, whose Folded Map Project explores decades of segregation in Chicago neighbourhoods, and Margaret Wickens Pearce, whom Map Room readers might remember for Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, are among… More
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Hello friends!
No, Maptime HQ is not "back", we are still on indefinite hiatus.
But! There are still many decentralized #maptime chapters that are active around the world, so we wanted to create a centralized MaptimeHQ account to *occasionally* repost that mappy goodness.
We miss you all! ❤️🌈
No, Maptime HQ is not "back", we are still on indefinite hiatus.
But! There are still many decentralized #maptime chapters that are active around the world, so we wanted to create a centralized MaptimeHQ account to *occasionally* repost that mappy goodness.
We miss you all! ❤️🌈
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hello friends!
No, Maptime HQ is not "back", we are still on indefinite hiatus.
But! There are still many decentralized #maptime chapters that are active around the world, so we wanted to create a centralized MaptimeHQ account to *occasionally* repost that mappy goodness.
We miss you all! ❤️🌈
No, Maptime HQ is not "back", we are still on indefinite hiatus.
But! There are still many decentralized #maptime chapters that are active around the world, so we wanted to create a centralized MaptimeHQ account to *occasionally* repost that mappy goodness.
We miss you all! ❤️🌈