I've built a solargraph simulator using solar irradiation data. Pick a place on Earth, animate the solargraph, draw just one point per hour for analemma view, or switch to panorama mode that projects the solargraph into a virtual sky you can navigate. eagereyes.org/app/solargraph

Are you thinking of coming to Brno for #Eurocarto in September? We're running a great pre-con workshop on prompt cartography and AI. It's free. Places are limited and filling fast. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Community Geographers (& others doing community-engaged research), the materials here will help to support how your work is an important form of scholarship. Our timelines & research products don't fit neatly in RTP box but this is helpful for reviewers. www.aag.org/program/publ...

📍 The call for papers is out for the @cga-harvard.bsky.social 20th Anniversary Annual Conference and we'd love to see you here! Harvard's pretty nice in autumn and we expect a fabulous lineup of keynotes, panels, talks, and workshops...plus lots of time to catch up and network! #CGA20

I had so much fun talking to my favorite podcasters at GLaD! cc: @pennstategeography.bsky.social

📣 Calling all geographers! I'm editing a special issue of the @geographers.bsky.social Annals on "21st Century Geographic Theory" and the call for abstracts is out! Please consider contributing and sharing! All geographers, all kinds of theory welcome! 🌎 Details here: www.aag.org/journal/anna...

Donors have already given $6,650 to the GeoGraphics Lab Fund! Alumnus Bob Myers will match gifts up to $25,000, doubling support for student cartography internships in our program. Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

🎧 new episode of the #GLaDpodcast is out! You can run but you can’t hide. @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social and I went to the source (Krzysztof Janowicz) to hear more about Geo + AI, AI for Geo, and my personal bugbear GeoAI. #geography #geoAI open.spotify.com/episode/7zZj...

2026 Esri Global Operations Sustainability SUMMER INTERNSHIP available! This is an opportunity to join alongside the Esri team leading global operational efforts for a company committed to simply "doing the right thing" as an excellent global citizen! Apply at: app.ripplematch.com/v2/public/jo...

Bob Myers is an incredible alum @pennstategeography.bsky.social - the only person to ever earn multiple Master's degrees in our online program, a tireless advocate for civil rights, and a key supporter of the cartographic work we're doing in the GeoGraphics Lab today: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... [Short thread]

The National Geographic Society hired PSU Geography alumnus Harrison Cole to design maps for the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, currently under construction in Washington, D.C. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

New article! A fantastic new tool Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps, from @arpitnarechania.bsky.social Alex Endert & Clio Andris doi.org/10.1080/1523... #GISchat website exploropleth.github.io video of the tool in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNV8...

We're hiring our next colleague for our Online Geospatial Education programs @pennstategeography.bsky.social - Assistant Teaching Professor of Spatial Data Science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

🗺️ + 🏀 = 📈 ICYMI: PSU Geography alum Kirk Goldsberry returned to campus last week to share how his geography degree led him to work with Team USA, the Spurs, ESPN, and The Ringer. 📺 Watch the full talk: psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Kirk%2...

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...