Zodiac signs were originally based on the stars. But over thousands of years, our view of the stars has shifted. That means, if you account for this shift, your sign might not be what you think. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New blog post about maps I made for a presentation with @kennethfield.bsky.social and @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social at #esriuc2025! We each made three maps with the same dataset to highlight different thematic mapping approaches. Loved presenting with Ken and John! www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

Really nice map by @timmeko.bsky.social @postgraphics.bsky.social in this piece about young kayakers traversing the Klamath River now that dams are removed. Read the full story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

Just submitted my 'tiny map' entry for the @nacis.bsky.social map gallery! @kartenvergnugen.bsky.social is organizing this amazing idea. 4"x6" maps only! Deadline is Aug. 31 to submit the form, and still have time to make adjustments before #NACIS2025 in October! Form: nacis.org/gallery-regi...

Really nice world map/cartogram toggle option in @nytimes.com by @lazarogamio.bsky.social @tonyromm.bsky.social Agnes Chang www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...

Cartographers at #esriuc2025! Don't forget to register for today's Cartography Special Interest Group meeting! Come hangout with fellow cartographers, see this year's map awards, and provide valuable feedback on the tools you use! live.eventbase.com/app-download...

enhance. Enhance. ENHANCE. Map Wizardry kicking off in the Plenary hall with cartography masters @kennethfield.bsky.social @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social Nathan Shephard! #esriuc2025

Gulp...Hall F is quite big. Come along and help fill it for Map Wizardry at 8:30 and we'll do our best to edutain #EsriUC2025

For years our audience has asked us to be given a bigger boat. This year it happened. Join Nathan Shephard, @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social and I for Map Wizardry in the plenary Hall F Thursday morning 8:30am for mappy fun and shenanigans #EsriUC2025

Next up... Designing Thematic Maps where @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social , @tierneymaps.bsky.social, and I take a single dataset and figure out different ways to make a meaningful map. Tips on designing Thematic Maps throughout. Room 20D and live streamed 1pm #EsriUC2025

The incredibly kind @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social made me my very own cartographer stickers! I'll be handing them out in the showcase and after presentations #esriuc2025

As you're finishing your Tuesday night cocktails, don't forget you gotta be up early to join Nathan Shephard, @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social and I for Map Wizardry at 8:30 in Room 6A. Other #EsriUC2025 sessions are available but why would you?

For #EsriUC2025 attendees interested in cartography, check out these resources for picking out cartography-related sessions this week!

Much of what made Camp Mystic special also put it at heightened risk as the river rose to record levels, a @washingtonpost.com investigation has found.

Four maps of the flooding in Kerr County, TX. Each newsroom drew on varied data sources & focused on a different aspect of the disaster. Refined combination of color-coded rainfall data & shaded relief by Laris Karklis, @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3IpvrTu #dataviz #cartography #ddj 1/4

Had a lot of fun chatting news mapping again with the Esri maps(dot)com team! And check out the thematic mapping sessions at #EsriUC2025!

Incredibly beautiful and important piece by @daisychung.bsky.social @graphics.reuters.com ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Latest project about why the period🩸 is a vital sign, and what happens when it stops! This story is in part a personal journey. We poured our heart to the research, art, and writing. Please read and savor, and share it with someone you know. I promise, it is relevant to us all. tinyurl.com/566acu9r

When boreal forests burn, the whole world feels the impact. Research from Woodwell Climate has expanded our understanding of boreal fire impact. Check out these four graphics from @cmshintani.bsky.social that shed light on the role of boreal fires in climate change: lnkd.in/evnUbxuC

(1/2) Are you a cartographer attending #EsriUC2025? To help plan your week, I've put together a couple resources to get you started. First up, a quick start guide: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3978... #mapping #cartography

Dangerous levels of heat are forecast in the South, Northeast and Midwest U.S. on Tuesday, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See how it’ll feel in your area here. nyti.ms/3TFNmHC

Really interesting graphics piece by @postgraphics.bsky.social @sadbumblebee.buzz

Interested in making contiguous cartograms? ArcGIS Pro now has a tool to do this! Read more in this blog post by Chris Wesson and @kennethfield.bsky.social www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

Next week a stack of 900 books is going to arrive at The Map Center as part of my first ever book distribution deal. Cartographer Damien Saunder wrote "Maps on Vinyl" as a celebration of maps that appear on album cover art and the places that made the music. I'm so excited! Booksellers DM me.

Went full 'sunset desert vibe' with this map I made of the Cactus to Clouds Trail near Palm Springs, California to highlight just a few of the many new features in ArcGIS Pro 3.5 Hope it inspires you to map or hike or both! www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/... #mapping #cartography #Esri

This month's Esri #StoryScape features stories and maps celebrating road trips and the great outdoors! Very cool to have my National Park Service map featured. storyscape-esriwhere.hub.arcgis.com/pages/hittin... #StoryMaps #maps #travel #getoutside #outdoors #history

Are you a cartographer and attending #EsriUC2025? Be sure to add the Cartography Special Interest Group (SIG) session to your agenda! 🚨NEW THIS YEAR: You must have a reservation to attend SIG sessions at the event. Sign up soon before spots fill up!🚨 uc2025.esri.com/flow/esri/25...

The Alliance of Freelance Cartographers needs your help! By taking our short annual survey, you strengthen your #cartography community. This survey is for anyone (globally) who did any amount of freelance mapping last year (even a little). forms.gle/VaZqPpxeB8Qu... Please help spread this widely!

We spent an entire paddling season researching and paddling across the Twin Cities to create this guide. The Star Tribune has never put out a guide this comprehensive. Get out on the water, people. It's really the best thing you can do this summer. www.startribune.com/canoe-kayak-...

Just submitted my abstract for #NACIS2025! Looking forward to this year's conference!

Cartogram alert!!!!

ArcGIS Pro 3.5 is now available! Some of my favorite additions: dual scale bars, vertices and nodes for editing, and spatial definition queries! www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

Early Disney Imagineering maps show the 'lost lands' of Disneyland, new book reveals

Excellent dataviz opportunity with the @postgraphics.bsky.social team. Reach out if you have any questions! 📊 washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpo...

The OOCL Violet is one of the first ships subject to Trump's high tariffs. The $564M worth of goods on board have an est. $417M in new tariffs. See the kinds of items on the ship — from sweaters to fish — and how much they total in Trump's new tariffs: gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Looking at the SND awards each year is always inspiring, a collection of top visual journalism. Honored to see our @postgraphics.bsky.social mapping of the Baltimore bridge collapse receive an Award of Excellence. Congrats to my former team for all the amazing awards this year ❤️ wapo.st/4ipeHrM

A few weeks ago I starting taking pictures of spring flowers during dog walks, to send to my mom to connect with her and send her some joy each day. Hopefully this brings you a little joy and beauty this morning ❤️

Friday's 5 visual thing from the Post this week: 1. We started the week of course talking about tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

work in progress...

New on the blog: A Usefully Useless Projection. I have released a free wall #map, in my new asymmetric monstrosity projection. Prints are also available if someone wants to shock me by buying one. (The post also explains how/why I made this) somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/a...

The 2025 NACIS Annual Meeting will be in Louisville, KY, Oct 15-18! We invite you to submit abstract proposals for presentations in the Main Conference or Practical Cartography Day or to organize specialty themed sessions, discussion panels, workshops and field trips. Submissions due May 15, 2025.

If you open a file that originated in a non-Adobe Illustrator program, sometimes Illustrator does funny things to your label and text font tracking. Don't fret! Here's a handy simple workaround to get your text tracking back in a flash. bit.ly/4hSpKt2 #cartography

The 2025 Esri UC Map Gallery submission portal is open! Be sure to submit your maps by May 30 to be eligible for award consideration: www.esri.com/en-us/about/... #mapping #cartography #esri

Conference imaginary map doodling

Excited to be at the Esri Developer and Technology Summit this week!

#WorldBookDay you say? I've got a couple of suggestions for the cartographically inclined www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Fiel... #worldbookday2025 #maps

New Esri ArcGIS Blog post out today, where I reminisce about past projects mapping fire and experiment with atmospheric effects in a 3d map: www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/... #arcgispro #mapping #cartography

New blog post from my talented colleague Valeria Chavez: "Cows, Contours and Charts: Hiking Picos de Europa National Park" Maps and cows! 🐮Check it out: www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

Thank you to everyone who attended my talks at #FedGIS2025! This was my first time presenting at an Esri conference and giving live demos, and I had a blast. In the 'How Maps Work' presentation, I did a quick demo mapping cherry trees around the convention center... (1/2)

First @capitalweather.bsky.social cherry blossom forescast is out! www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...