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Mike O'Brien
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Full-stack fish ecologist. Richmond, VA culture leech living in Eastern Henrico. Small farm dabbler.

https://obrien.page
https://github.com/mhpob
I threw together a hacky first blush at creating package for the Allmaps MapLibre plugin (allmaps.org/docs/package...), now I can peruse georeferenced maps in #Rstats!

github.com/mhpob/allmaps
I'm a complete JS novice and using this as a foil to learn, so I will greedily accept any suggestions.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Super easy to use the mapgl package and @oldinsurancemaps.net to compare 1886 Richmond, VA to today in #rstats. The site of Gallego Mills, the ruins of which became an iconic photo after the fall of Richmond in the American Civil War, is now an office building and freeway.
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The @maprva.org surveillance map, ported to #Rstats using mapgl, osmdata, sf, and dplyr.

gist.github.com/mhpob/17782b...

Not 1:1 in terms of Ultra/Mapbox GL JS -> R, but pretty close!
Original query: overpass-ultra.us#query=url%3A...

cc @mackaszechno.bsky.social @kylewalker.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM