Excited I could chat with some of the StoryMaps team about, well, stories and maps. You can read some of the conversation here: ow.ly/cL1n50WzKHG

Shockingly, nobody took me up on running the #BostonMarathon with this thing strapped to their wrist

Currently obsessing over this 12 ft wide, 1921 strip #map of Palisades Interstate Park in NJ/NY. An amazingly detailed birds-eye view paired with a profile sketch of the park's cliffs, as seen from the Hudson River. collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/coll...

A quick and dirty map I made of the federal lease cancellations announced by DOGE so far. Data from DOGE's website on 3/14/25.

A few months ago, I made this #StoryMap about glacial relicts and refugia, with a look inspired by botanical field journals. It was a fun side-project to reseach and create. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b04...

A particularly tricky round of Cartographer's Tetris

Maps.com is doing a new series on the mapmaking process and asked me to talk about my map of map turtles. I also recommend the first entry with @peterincan.bsky.social and his awesome wildfire map. www.maps.com/behind-the-m...

Recently updated this map for a watershed non-profit group to be vertical instead of horizontal. The original use-case was for tabling events, so we'd made it wide to get more of the map closer to the reader and save them from having to lean forward. The new layout is for signboards at boat ramps.

This animation I made for a recent project shows the changes in ice extent over North America since the last glacial maximum (roughly 18k years). Each frame was hand drawn using Procreate.

Share the joy of maps with a gift of the Atlas of Design! And why not donate a copy to your local library, school, or book drive? All volumes of the Atlas are now available to ship, including the recently released Volume 7. atlasofdesign.org/order/

Happy Halloween. Here's a map I did several years ago of cemeteries and graveyards within Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Fun fact: the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard is that the latter is typically associated with a church.

This is a #map (?) I drew of Taughannock Gorge in upstate NY. I designed it specifically with a #risograph machine in mind, and printed it out at a community print space here in town. Excited to try out some other ideas there.

Since videos don't work here yet: Here's a link to another 10ft receipt map I made of the Boston Marathon. It's contained in an enduro route sheet holder so that, theoretically, someone could awkwardly reference this on their wrist while as race. aaronkoelker.com/boston-marat...

Working out another receipt map project idea

Experimenting with a hand-drawn approach

I recently moved to Ithaca, NY—so I made this #map of waterfalls to help get familiar with the area. I look forward to finding a typo immediately after posting.

Here's a technique I've been using to create dynamic highlights on my data in ArcGIS Online—handy for a bit of extra visual flair or filtering out data when you don't have the right attributes. I've been using it with shifting hurricane forecast cones. youtu.be/M7e2N3c_WvI?...

Here's another ribbon map of a river; this time designed specifically for a receipt printer. Perhaps the most unnecessary thing I've ever made.

For the multiple people that suggested using a receipt printer. Not perfect, but readable! Will be a fun challenge designing a new map that works within the limitations.

Florida citrus isn't doing so well. Here's a #StoryMap I'd been working on that takes a closer look at the different challenges facing the industry. arcg.is/5rHLa0

More reposts, this 12ft long ribbon map of the Suwannee River with a 3D printed wind-up container. I'm now looking into buying a receipt printer... for reasons.

I'm going to repost some things from that old bird app for some semblance of continuity here, starting with this experimental Blender map of the St Kilda Archipelago I made a few months back.