Andrew Tyrrell
@southarrowmaps.co.nz
🗺🇳🇿🇨🇦🏔 NZ-based cartographer, actually now Canada-based. Blender, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Illustrator. Partial to a good mountain.
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Andrew Tyrrell
@southarrowmaps.co.nz
· Jun 10
I'm off to #Canada 🍁 and I'm looking for #jobs!
I'm looking for roles in BC/AB in or around #Vancouver / #Calgary / Canadian #Rockies / remote.
Open to anything #GIS & #cartography.
11+ years experience across ArcGIS, QGIS, FME, Adobe, Blender…
Please get in touch if you have any leads!
#gischat
I'm looking for roles in BC/AB in or around #Vancouver / #Calgary / Canadian #Rockies / remote.
Open to anything #GIS & #cartography.
11+ years experience across ArcGIS, QGIS, FME, Adobe, Blender…
Please get in touch if you have any leads!
#gischat
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Transit Study I
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Transit Study I
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
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Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Oooh, #NACIS2025 talks are out! Love ‘em or hate ‘em!
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Oooh, #NACIS2025 talks are out! Love ‘em or hate ‘em!
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Paul McCartney's cartography career never took off because he kept mixing up his lat-heyjude and long-heyjude.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Paul McCartney's cartography career never took off because he kept mixing up his lat-heyjude and long-heyjude.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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As a general reminder: if you see an item in my portfolio (somethingaboutmaps.com/Client-Work), and you want to know more about how I made it, I can usually send my Illustrator/Photoshop files to you for dissection.
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As a general reminder: if you see an item in my portfolio (somethingaboutmaps.com/Client-Work), and you want to know more about how I made it, I can usually send my Illustrator/Photoshop files to you for dissection.
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Further gratuitous #Papyrus in the wild, on a map in Squamish illustrating the altered course of the Mamquam River. Featuring four separate “You Are Here” markers.
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Further gratuitous #Papyrus in the wild, on a map in Squamish illustrating the altered course of the Mamquam River. Featuring four separate “You Are Here” markers.
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
YAY: Version 6.0 of the NZ Land Cover Database has been released.
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
YAY: Version 6.0 of the NZ Land Cover Database has been released.
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
Terrible video, but last night’s brewery in #Penticton, BC, had a paper scrollable cadastral map on the wall.
#MapsInTheWild
#MapsInTheWild
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Terrible video, but last night’s brewery in #Penticton, BC, had a paper scrollable cadastral map on the wall.
#MapsInTheWild
#MapsInTheWild
Honoured to be considered co-author with Daniel for this.
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
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 2:36 AM
Honoured to be considered co-author with Daniel for this.
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
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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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Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
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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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I can't begin to explain what it's like here. So I won't bother.
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I can't begin to explain what it's like here. So I won't bother.
Just some gratuitous #Papyrus typeface on this official map from the District of West Vancouver, where I’m currently dog sitting and researching dog-friendly walking trails.
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just some gratuitous #Papyrus typeface on this official map from the District of West Vancouver, where I’m currently dog sitting and researching dog-friendly walking trails.
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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:
Beyond gutted that I couldn’t make it to #NACIS2025 this year, not only because I’m missing out on seeing some amazing #cartography presentations, but more because I’m missing out on meeting the new mappy friends I made last year!
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Beyond gutted that I couldn’t make it to #NACIS2025 this year, not only because I’m missing out on seeing some amazing #cartography presentations, but more because I’m missing out on meeting the new mappy friends I made last year!
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I’ve just finished my full-scale topographical map of the Himalayas and that’s a huge relief, I can tell you
October 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’ve just finished my full-scale topographical map of the Himalayas and that’s a huge relief, I can tell you
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New poster! Hachure illustrations of the highest Cascade Range volcanoes. This one took a lot of experimentation to get the layout right. If you or someone you know loves this area, check it out. www.etsy.com/listing/4373...
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New poster! Hachure illustrations of the highest Cascade Range volcanoes. This one took a lot of experimentation to get the layout right. If you or someone you know loves this area, check it out. www.etsy.com/listing/4373...
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The Alliance of Freelance Cartographers has a new website! Thanks to @alyolli.bsky.social for getting it off the ground. It hosts past editions of the survey, as well as other resources. www.freelancemaps.org/home
September 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Alliance of Freelance Cartographers has a new website! Thanks to @alyolli.bsky.social for getting it off the ground. It hosts past editions of the survey, as well as other resources. www.freelancemaps.org/home