The public doesn't understand the finances of public universities. They don't know that unplugging 20-25% of the budget (federal $) + slashing tuition $ (👇) means less $ & "things" for their kids, & they don't know this because our leaders are absent from the public square: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening. skiconference.ca

We're recruiting cartography & GIScience grad students @pennstategeography.bsky.social - if you're interested, we'll hold a live info session on October 23rd - sign up today: tinyurl.com/psugeoinfo

🏀 Penn State geography alum & NBA analyst Kirk Goldsberry is giving a talk Fri, Sept. 26 at noon in 102 Paterno Library (Foster Auditorium). He’ll share how maps & data changed the NBA. Open to all, Zoom option available! www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game. 🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26 📍 102 Paterno Library 💻 Zoom Option Available 🕛 Noon 📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

We welcomed alumni and donors Bob Myers and Jim McCrory back to campus Friday! Bob has committed up to $25K in matching support for the GeoGraphics Lab, directly funding student cartography internships. Jim has also been a key supporter of the lab. Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

Here is a stock image that appears to be the basemap for this: www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/5... Examples indexed in stock collections appear to go back to 2017 according to Tineye results.

We're so excited about a new opportunity to support the GeoGraphics Lab @pennstategeography.bsky.social - our alumnus Robert Myers has committed up to $25,000 in a 1:1 match. These funds propel student cartographers working on mapping projects for community partners: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

The Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS2025 is back. Check out the Call for Sessions and Call for Papers: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

We @pennstategeography.bsky.social are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Online Geospatial Education programs with a symposium on Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on Weds, July 16th from 8:00 - 10:00 in San Diego. Please join us! engage.tassl.com/event/11593/ #esriuc

Thanks to Z-GIS University of Salzburg for another fine AGIT event. Excellent content, contacts, conversation, venue.

Ep. 2 of our "Navigating the Shoals of the Academic Job Market" is live! we dive into putting an application together, what interviews might be like, and share @rsfrankl.bsky.social , @darribas.bsky.social and I share our experiences in these rough and wild waters! open.spotify.com/episode/2PNm...

Cristina Elena Mihalache, a Fulbright Scholar from Romania, spent the past year at Penn State Geography advancing research in geospatial sciences and remote sensing. She reflects on the experience and interdisciplinary collaborations: bit.ly/4joLv4I

This new book on Tactile Mapping is dropping soon. Take a look (or buy it) at the Esri User Conference in San Diego.

🎧 #GLaDpodcast listeners asked for an episode on the academic #geography job market. We're so responsive we recorded not one but TWO episodes on the topic! Join me, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & @darribas.bsky.social as we talk academic jobs and how get one...part 1 open.spotify.com/episode/6DXZ...

Hey geographers! If you have been impacted by the cuts in federal funding and have the bandwidth, please share your experience with the @geographers.bsky.social as testimony in their collaboration to restore the NSF. #geosky #geogchat More here: www.aag.org/spaces-of-po...

📽️ Last month, Penn State Geography students, staff, faculty, and alumni traveled to Detroit for the 2025 AAG @geographers.bsky.social Annual Meeting. From research presentations and networking to our alumni and friends meetup, here’s a quick look back at the week.

Congratulations to @timprestby.bsky.social who accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Geospatial Information Science at James Madison University!

So proud of lab Creative Director Alicia Iverson & our entire GeoGraphics team for putting together a fantastic inaugural Community Mapping Day at Penn State.

@pennstategeography.bsky.social PhD candidate Lily Houtman has a new article out now in CaGIS on mobile thematic map design in data journalism: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay connected with Penn State Geography news, research, events and community highlights. All are welcome here.

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.

New episode of the #GLaD podcast just dropped, Time (mis)management. Everything you always wanting to know (or not) about why we (@rsfrankl.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social and yours truly) are always late, and maybe that’s OK… gladpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-21...

Cartographic Perspectives has just released a special issue on Ethics! It's a big one, and includes narratives written by your colleagues that describe their experiences grappling with ethical issues. Plus a lovely cover by @cartoguophy.bsky.social! cartographicperspectives.org/index.php/jo...

Carolyn Fish @cartofish.bsky.social giving the annual Cartography & Mapping Specialty Group and CaGIS Early Career Keynote at #aag2025

Second day at #AAG2025 is about to start and maybe you are already overwhelmed as a first time attendee? Here is a podcast by @rsfrankl.bsky.social @darribas.bsky.social @levijohnwolf.bsky.social that you should listen while you get ready for conferencing! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

So much great Community Geography at #AAG2025 !

More #AAG2025 session goodness! For the @geographers.bsky.social annual conference in Detroit next week, @darribas.bsky.social, Elizabeth Delmelle, Isabelle Nilsson and I have assembled four sessions chock full of the latest in spatial data, methods, and applications. Details 🔽 #geography

Here's a handy rundown of upcoming Cartography & Mapping Specialty Group sessions at AAG 2025! docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #AAG2025

This is truly an amazing funding opportunity. Travel funding for US-based students to attend @giscience-conf.bsky.social in New Zealand! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Recent paper on the past, present, and future of map design by Ian Muehlenhaus and I. Message me for a free eprint. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yesterday was a special day. I successfully passed my dissertation defense yesterday and have been given the unofficial title of "Dr. Prestby" until graduation in May. Huge thanks to everyone at Penn State Geography, especially @arobinson.bsky.social for helping me achieve this milestone!!

National Geographic is hiring a Cartography intern this summer! This is a fantastic opportunity to get real-world experience creating maps for print and digital with our team here at NatGeo! Please share with your geography and cartography students! jobs.disneycareers.com/job/washingt...

📣 Job alert! The Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS at Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg is seeking an assistant professor 🎓 in accordance with the Austrian Universities Act (Universitätsgesetz). ➡️ More details in the job ad here: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese... #geoinformatics #jobopening

We're hiring a new Assistant Teaching Professor for Penn State's online geospatial education programs: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

community.esri.com/t5/education... My guidelines and essay: Sometimes Change Brings Innovation: GIS programs in higher education, that I hope offers an encouraging word to many.

Naming the Gulf www.maproomblog.com/2025/01/nami...

Fellow cartographers & GIScientists - what do we estimate as the cost to the geospatial economy by renaming a major body of water with a nearly-infinite number of topological connections to vital spatial data & analysis workflows? Seems like this cascades in a way that requires millions of fixes.

Excited to announce that UGA is hiring a new clinical faculty member for our community geography program. Open rank and split between teaching/service. Perfect for someone passionate about community engaged scholarship. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/411...

'Shaping the Geospatial Future' - I like the agit_2025 artwork and motto! Mark your calendars for July 2/3 in Salzburg, and watch out for the call(s) for contributions! - www.agit.at

25 years of #gisday and we're also recognizing 25 years of Online Geospatial Education at Penn State: arcg.is/1nXC5q

In late October, I had the privilege of attending the specialist meeting on "Sociotechnical Foundations of GeoAI and Spatial Data Science" held at the beautiful Springer Schlössl in Vienna, Austria... platial.science/reflections-...

This is wild: @nacis.bsky.social 2024 videos are online, and there are... 136 of them! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... If you are interested in #maps and #cartography, you need to check them out

Great work by GeoGraphics student cartographer Arlo Nemerson shared at today's GIS Day at Penn State. Centre County Disc Golf Association will soon have a large outdoor map to guide players.