Rhodes Cartography
@thinkinginspace.bsky.social
Maps, mapping, geoviz. No politics.
Fellow @RGS_IBG
Board member @wmsmapsociety
Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs
www.thinkinginspace.net
Simple Orthographic Map Creator with MetBrewer colors:
https://www.mapspam.net/MetOrtho.html
Fellow @RGS_IBG
Board member @wmsmapsociety
Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs
www.thinkinginspace.net
Simple Orthographic Map Creator with MetBrewer colors:
https://www.mapspam.net/MetOrtho.html
Pinned
Spheres of Influence: Projecting Power & Fear onto the Globe
April 2nd - September 19th 2025 at the David Rumsey Map Center
storymaps.arcgis.com
Excited to have one of my maps featured in the new Rumsey Map Center exhibition "Spheres of Influence" at Stanford. Please visit if you are in NorCal, but you can also see the digital exhibit here:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/83a4...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/83a4...
A holiday look for the North Pole.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A holiday look for the North Pole.
So cool.
...i once did a visualisation of the first 10 months of ship movement in the Baltic Sea, in 2014...where each ship gets a line of a week long.
youtu.be/5WVPDacW1vk?...
youtu.be/5WVPDacW1vk?...
Baltic Sea ship movement, week 1-33, 2014
YouTube video by miska knapek
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
So cool.
Kids were making snowflakes and shadow puppets. First time making a map with scissors.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Kids were making snowflakes and shadow puppets. First time making a map with scissors.
Really excited about this collection of blank maps from 1900 that I just got. Many very challenging geography exercises for students to color in historic features and boundaries with crayons.
December 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Really excited about this collection of blank maps from 1900 that I just got. Many very challenging geography exercises for students to color in historic features and boundaries with crayons.
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❗Join us for our last collection showing of 2025 ... guest curated by you❗
This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions.
Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.
This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions.
Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
❗Join us for our last collection showing of 2025 ... guest curated by you❗
This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions.
Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.
This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions.
Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.
Global connectivity.
Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).
Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Global connectivity.
Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).
Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).
Geography questions from the 1858 Oxford Local Examinations. How would you do?
I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.
I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Geography questions from the 1858 Oxford Local Examinations. How would you do?
I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.
I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.
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#30daymapchallenge | Day 22 Data: Natural Earth | The Great Islands
Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!
Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#30daymapchallenge | Day 22 Data: Natural Earth | The Great Islands
Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!
Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!
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This physical map of North America by the masterful @mtnmapper puts the location of Greenland and Iceland into perspective. You can grab the map here: buff.ly/M3Y4zrV
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This physical map of North America by the masterful @mtnmapper puts the location of Greenland and Iceland into perspective. You can grab the map here: buff.ly/M3Y4zrV
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Day 22 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Natural Earth Data. I used the Ocean Bottom layer to make a Bathymetry map of Northern Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Day 22 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Natural Earth Data. I used the Ocean Bottom layer to make a Bathymetry map of Northern Europe.
After some helpful comments from testers, I have updated this tool for making simple outline maps on an equidistant projection. Zoom and rotate functions work better now and without a mouse. Make base maps for briefing graphics or coloring books.
mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html
mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html
Outline Atlas — AEQD
mapspam.net
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
After some helpful comments from testers, I have updated this tool for making simple outline maps on an equidistant projection. Zoom and rotate functions work better now and without a mouse. Make base maps for briefing graphics or coloring books.
mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html
mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html
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That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.
On Monday afternoon (GMT) I will be giving a lecture at the Royal Geographic Society on Alexander Macomb Mason. Naval history, exploration in Africa, 19th-century century science, and lots of #maps... Register for in-person or online here:
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
On Monday afternoon (GMT) I will be giving a lecture at the Royal Geographic Society on Alexander Macomb Mason. Naval history, exploration in Africa, 19th-century century science, and lots of #maps... Register for in-person or online here:
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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We've recently created a new collection of legacy maps in our Catalogue, which will be added to over time. For now, we have 3 interesting maps available to view and download: data.bas.ac.uk/collections/...
The Scotia Arc is one of our favourites. The map was a massive compilation effort at the time!
The Scotia Arc is one of our favourites. The map was a massive compilation effort at the time!
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We've recently created a new collection of legacy maps in our Catalogue, which will be added to over time. For now, we have 3 interesting maps available to view and download: data.bas.ac.uk/collections/...
The Scotia Arc is one of our favourites. The map was a massive compilation effort at the time!
The Scotia Arc is one of our favourites. The map was a massive compilation effort at the time!
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Celebrate Geography Awareness Week at Brown! From Nov 17-21, IBES & partners will host a career panel, photo contest, workshops, colloquia, and tours highlighting how GIS skills can be used in + beyond the classroom.
Full schedule: https://ibes.brown.edu/news-events/2025-geography-awareness-week
Full schedule: https://ibes.brown.edu/news-events/2025-geography-awareness-week
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Celebrate Geography Awareness Week at Brown! From Nov 17-21, IBES & partners will host a career panel, photo contest, workshops, colloquia, and tours highlighting how GIS skills can be used in + beyond the classroom.
Full schedule: https://ibes.brown.edu/news-events/2025-geography-awareness-week
Full schedule: https://ibes.brown.edu/news-events/2025-geography-awareness-week
Who was "SHB" that made these maps for Churchill's books?
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Who was "SHB" that made these maps for Churchill's books?
So glad to receive my copy of Great Power Diplomacy. It was a worthy challenge to make maps for a range of case studies. I am especially grateful that Wess thought to include a "Note on the Maps": a rare chance to reflect on the interplay of maps and strategy.
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So glad to receive my copy of Great Power Diplomacy. It was a worthy challenge to make maps for a range of case studies. I am especially grateful that Wess thought to include a "Note on the Maps": a rare chance to reflect on the interplay of maps and strategy.
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My new map of the Baltic Sea got a strong response last week. Many seemed to appreciate the fresh perspective on maritime geopolitics, and a few asked for a high-resolution download, so I've posted it here:
thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea...
thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea...
Baltic Sea: Oblique Orthographic View of Maritime Geopolitics
I took the existing orthographic oblique style I have used for some other recent maps and made this map after reading a few news stories about the Baltic. This rotation and framing gives a fresh persp...
thinkinginspace.net
October 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My new map of the Baltic Sea got a strong response last week. Many seemed to appreciate the fresh perspective on maritime geopolitics, and a few asked for a high-resolution download, so I've posted it here:
thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea...
thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea...