Riley Champine
@rileydchampine.com
Cartographer at the University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab • Former Graphics Editor at Nat Geo —
🗺️ Map Nerd • 🚲 Bike Commuter • 🚎 Transit Advocate • 🇺🇸 USMNT / 🦘 Richmond Kickers / Fulham FC ⚽️ fan
🗺️ Map Nerd • 🚲 Bike Commuter • 🚎 Transit Advocate • 🇺🇸 USMNT / 🦘 Richmond Kickers / Fulham FC ⚽️ fan
🚲🌊 When the James River and your evening commute become one (Riverside Dr between Rockfalls Dr and the Z Dam).
February 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🚲🌊 When the James River and your evening commute become one (Riverside Dr between Rockfalls Dr and the Z Dam).
Today's combined Sewage Overflow map AKA "Richmond's Map of Shame" — 12 of 25 outflows currently spewing our raw wastewater into the James and Gillies Creek. apps.emnet.net/richmond-pub...
February 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today's combined Sewage Overflow map AKA "Richmond's Map of Shame" — 12 of 25 outflows currently spewing our raw wastewater into the James and Gillies Creek. apps.emnet.net/richmond-pub...
We're one step away from a beautiful Mayo Bridge... #RVA richmondbizsense.com/2025/02/11/l...
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We're one step away from a beautiful Mayo Bridge... #RVA richmondbizsense.com/2025/02/11/l...
Latoya Gray-Sparks gave an excellent (and heartbreaking) talk about Urban Renewal history in #RVA tonight. RPL Memory Lab was a great host and put together these fantastic Sanborn map displays with monopoly pieces to show homes razed for Gilpin Court, I-95, and the downtown expressway.
February 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Latoya Gray-Sparks gave an excellent (and heartbreaking) talk about Urban Renewal history in #RVA tonight. RPL Memory Lab was a great host and put together these fantastic Sanborn map displays with monopoly pieces to show homes razed for Gilpin Court, I-95, and the downtown expressway.
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A group is trying to effectively sabotage the Fall Line trail’s path through Bryan Park. Sign BikeWalk RVA’s petition here to tell City leadership you support the trail!
www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike...
www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike...
Sign The Petition - Sports Backers
www.sportsbackers.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A group is trying to effectively sabotage the Fall Line trail’s path through Bryan Park. Sign BikeWalk RVA’s petition here to tell City leadership you support the trail!
www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike...
www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike...
I dabbled in some local reporting last night. Moral of the story — RVA311.com is fully staffed and improving. The more folks log on and upvote requests the better it works.
For the first meeting of her term, Abubaker invited Peter Briel, the city’s Director of Citizen Service and Response to talk about RVA311, and how citizens can best use it to solve problems
southrichmondnews.com/2025/02/06/d...
southrichmondnews.com/2025/02/06/d...
Deep dive into RVA311 at 4th District Meeting
Deep dive into RVA311 at 4th District Meeting / South Richmond News - Richmond, Virginia
southrichmondnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I dabbled in some local reporting last night. Moral of the story — RVA311.com is fully staffed and improving. The more folks log on and upvote requests the better it works.
New music from Butcher Brown coming fresh out of #RVA might be the only thing keeping me sane after two weeks of the new admin’s cruelty and bullshit. youtu.be/2cs0CKylxPI?...
Butcher Brown: Select Cuts - “Ibiza” (Official Live Performance)
YouTube video by Butcher Brown
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
New music from Butcher Brown coming fresh out of #RVA might be the only thing keeping me sane after two weeks of the new admin’s cruelty and bullshit. youtu.be/2cs0CKylxPI?...
Ever since the @richmondkickers.bsky.social brought out the old '90s logo in 2022 I've been toying with ideas for a new crest that brings back that OG soccer feel in a fresh way. I'm not sure I cracked the code but I wish the new crest went in this direction instead of old-timey baseball.
January 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ever since the @richmondkickers.bsky.social brought out the old '90s logo in 2022 I've been toying with ideas for a new crest that brings back that OG soccer feel in a fresh way. I'm not sure I cracked the code but I wish the new crest went in this direction instead of old-timey baseball.
Wild ice falls in #RVA — at the back of the quarry loop off of the Buttermilk trail. These cliffs seem to have the perfect mix of runoff (possibly spring water?!) and no sun.
January 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Wild ice falls in #RVA — at the back of the quarry loop off of the Buttermilk trail. These cliffs seem to have the perfect mix of runoff (possibly spring water?!) and no sun.
Noon press conference on #RVA water crisis:
• All nine water zones pressurized!!!
• 1st test began in the last hour
• 2nd test 16 hours later needed to lift boil advisory
• Mayor optimistic for Friday or early Saturday lift
• "Absolutely feel free to take quick showers"
• "Okay to wash dishes"
• All nine water zones pressurized!!!
• 1st test began in the last hour
• 2nd test 16 hours later needed to lift boil advisory
• Mayor optimistic for Friday or early Saturday lift
• "Absolutely feel free to take quick showers"
• "Okay to wash dishes"
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Noon press conference on #RVA water crisis:
• All nine water zones pressurized!!!
• 1st test began in the last hour
• 2nd test 16 hours later needed to lift boil advisory
• Mayor optimistic for Friday or early Saturday lift
• "Absolutely feel free to take quick showers"
• "Okay to wash dishes"
• All nine water zones pressurized!!!
• 1st test began in the last hour
• 2nd test 16 hours later needed to lift boil advisory
• Mayor optimistic for Friday or early Saturday lift
• "Absolutely feel free to take quick showers"
• "Okay to wash dishes"
3 actions to consider on day 4 of #RVA water crisis:
Volunteer to hand out drinking water (3hr):
www.cfengage.org/search (search "Water distribution")
Take the MapRVA survey, pinpoint outages (30 sec):
survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Donate to test Wayside Spring (30 sec):
gofund.me/022c8fa4
Volunteer to hand out drinking water (3hr):
www.cfengage.org/search (search "Water distribution")
Take the MapRVA survey, pinpoint outages (30 sec):
survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Donate to test Wayside Spring (30 sec):
gofund.me/022c8fa4
January 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
3 actions to consider on day 4 of #RVA water crisis:
Volunteer to hand out drinking water (3hr):
www.cfengage.org/search (search "Water distribution")
Take the MapRVA survey, pinpoint outages (30 sec):
survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Donate to test Wayside Spring (30 sec):
gofund.me/022c8fa4
Volunteer to hand out drinking water (3hr):
www.cfengage.org/search (search "Water distribution")
Take the MapRVA survey, pinpoint outages (30 sec):
survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Donate to test Wayside Spring (30 sec):
gofund.me/022c8fa4
#RVA Mayor's press conference on Richmond's water crisis just wrapped. Mixed news:
• Two pumps now online after stops and starts overnight
• Cautiously optimistic water service to return today
• Boil-water advisory likely to continue for 48 hours
• RPS likely to remain closed (somewhat unclear)
• Two pumps now online after stops and starts overnight
• Cautiously optimistic water service to return today
• Boil-water advisory likely to continue for 48 hours
• RPS likely to remain closed (somewhat unclear)
January 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#RVA Mayor's press conference on Richmond's water crisis just wrapped. Mixed news:
• Two pumps now online after stops and starts overnight
• Cautiously optimistic water service to return today
• Boil-water advisory likely to continue for 48 hours
• RPS likely to remain closed (somewhat unclear)
• Two pumps now online after stops and starts overnight
• Cautiously optimistic water service to return today
• Boil-water advisory likely to continue for 48 hours
• RPS likely to remain closed (somewhat unclear)
Sanborn detail of #Detroit, 1949 — Carstens Elementary School — one of 195 schools closed in Detroit between 2000 and 2015. This section of the city's east side suffered from heavy abandonment, typically attributed to white flight and auto industry consolidation. historicdetroit.org/buildings/ca...
January 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Sanborn detail of #Detroit, 1949 — Carstens Elementary School — one of 195 schools closed in Detroit between 2000 and 2015. This section of the city's east side suffered from heavy abandonment, typically attributed to white flight and auto industry consolidation. historicdetroit.org/buildings/ca...
Sanborn detail of #Baltimore 1952: "Public School No 176" aka "Francis M Wood [School] For Handicapped Colored Children". This block and ~20 others would be cleared to build West Baltimore's "Highway to Nowhere". Read more: www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/busi...
December 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Sanborn detail of #Baltimore 1952: "Public School No 176" aka "Francis M Wood [School] For Handicapped Colored Children". This block and ~20 others would be cleared to build West Baltimore's "Highway to Nowhere". Read more: www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/busi...
If this is how Disney feels then they should sell ABC and any another entity reporting on the administration. I guess journalism isn’t “family-friendly” 🐀 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/b...
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 AM
If this is how Disney feels then they should sell ABC and any another entity reporting on the administration. I guess journalism isn’t “family-friendly” 🐀 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/b...
Infuriating that Disney and their legions of lawyers didn’t fight this harder . The mouse is not committed to journalism — it’s one of the big reasons I left Nat Geo. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/b...
ABC to Pay $15 Million to Settle a Defamation Suit Brought by Trump
The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Infuriating that Disney and their legions of lawyers didn’t fight this harder . The mouse is not committed to journalism — it’s one of the big reasons I left Nat Geo. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/b...
I’m a big fan of these candy cane flex posts now bringing some cheer to Blanton Ave 🎄🚲
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I’m a big fan of these candy cane flex posts now bringing some cheer to Blanton Ave 🎄🚲
Sanborn detail of Richmond, VA 1950 — Jackson Ward.
I am so intrigued by this so-called "Cave" street that cut diagonally across the center block here. Was there an actual cave at some point? This block, like so many around it, was razed to make way for the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. #RVA
I am so intrigued by this so-called "Cave" street that cut diagonally across the center block here. Was there an actual cave at some point? This block, like so many around it, was razed to make way for the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. #RVA
December 4, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Sanborn detail of Richmond, VA 1950 — Jackson Ward.
I am so intrigued by this so-called "Cave" street that cut diagonally across the center block here. Was there an actual cave at some point? This block, like so many around it, was razed to make way for the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. #RVA
I am so intrigued by this so-called "Cave" street that cut diagonally across the center block here. Was there an actual cave at some point? This block, like so many around it, was razed to make way for the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. #RVA
Screenshot from an alternate reality — the Google Maps search result for "Shockoe County". After reading today's editorial by @times-dispatch.bsky.social, I imagined this fictional county formed by the dissolved boundaries of Chesterfield, Henrico, and Richmond. Article: richmond.com/opinion/edit...
December 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Screenshot from an alternate reality — the Google Maps search result for "Shockoe County". After reading today's editorial by @times-dispatch.bsky.social, I imagined this fictional county formed by the dissolved boundaries of Chesterfield, Henrico, and Richmond. Article: richmond.com/opinion/edit...
Sanborn detail of Philadelphia, PA 1950: Dock Street.
It's nutty to me how much building density has changed here in 75 years. Check out this lovely history by NPS on the entombed creek beneath Dock Street and how it was pivotal to the city's founding. npshistory.com/publications...
It's nutty to me how much building density has changed here in 75 years. Check out this lovely history by NPS on the entombed creek beneath Dock Street and how it was pivotal to the city's founding. npshistory.com/publications...
November 30, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Sanborn detail of Philadelphia, PA 1950: Dock Street.
It's nutty to me how much building density has changed here in 75 years. Check out this lovely history by NPS on the entombed creek beneath Dock Street and how it was pivotal to the city's founding. npshistory.com/publications...
It's nutty to me how much building density has changed here in 75 years. Check out this lovely history by NPS on the entombed creek beneath Dock Street and how it was pivotal to the city's founding. npshistory.com/publications...
Sanborn detail of Shreveport, LA 1963: Two annotations, "ALL BLDG'S IN THIS BLOCK REMOVED", record the destruction of a neighborhood in progress. This area, now beneath the interchange of I-20 and I-49, once contained over a hundred dwellings (marked "D" on the maps). It now has almost zero.
November 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Sanborn detail of Shreveport, LA 1963: Two annotations, "ALL BLDG'S IN THIS BLOCK REMOVED", record the destruction of a neighborhood in progress. This area, now beneath the interchange of I-20 and I-49, once contained over a hundred dwellings (marked "D" on the maps). It now has almost zero.
Obsessed with this spider style 🕷️
#30DayMapChallenge: Day 24, Only circular shapes
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis
November 25, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Obsessed with this spider style 🕷️
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#30DayMapChallenge: Day 24, Only circular shapes
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis
November 24, 2024 at 1:30 PM
#30DayMapChallenge: Day 24, Only circular shapes
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis
Spoke-spider: cylinders are circular shapes, right? A map that connects the legs to a central point, based on the nearest 8 points in an underlying dataset (in this case, airports).
spoke-spider.netlify.app
#geosky #gischat #geography #gis