Holkham beach, Norfolk - I was commissioned by someone to replicate this beautiful beach and all its shades and textures as an aerial embroidery! Lots of grasses, reeds and mud mixed in with the sand. Not sure if the tide in coming on or going out though... More close-ups are in the thread: 1/2

We're gonna make it 🙏 Pic from Reddit

Young people are always told what not to do. But what should you do? Did you know that most public libraries have a Nintendo Switch to use? That parks show free movies at night? That there's a map of pickup basketball games?

I redid my website with a new splash page - come hang out and enjoy some transit for a bit. nathenry.com

Good stuff. I just subscribed 👍

Okay Version 1 (AKA The One Line) is complete! CHOO-CHOO!

Wait, this is extremely cool

Seattle Children’s just announced they’re going to ask the city for approval to end the Medical Review Committee for helicopter landings, and that the Laurelhurst Community Council has agreed to support them in that www.seattlechildrens.org/media/press-...

Percent of Residents Living in Their Birth State, by County.

Anybody live, work, or otherwise familiar with these light rail stations and interested in helping students by drawing your mental map of the area: Judkins Park, Mercer Island, Wilburton, Spring District? You’d be a huge help to udents in the UW Communities, Environment, and Planning major.

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Straight out of the Burien playbook henryspatialanalysis.com/news/public-...

Today I'm releasing 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗢𝗜𝘀, a project to unify points of interest from @openstreetmap.bsky.social and @overturemaps.bsky.social across the U.S! Check it out: openpois.org Full data on @source.coop: source.coop/henryspatial... Replication code: github.com/henryspatial...

I was getting strong "stop doing math" energy from this article, and wouldn't you know it.. 🤪

Hello from Cleveland! I spent today walking around the city and checking out the Cleveland Public Library. I, of course went to their map collection. Here are some of the maps I saw. #GISChat

I 3D-printed a Cheysson-style map of France showing the modal number of salutatory cheek-kisses in each department. It took ages. 3dartmaps.etsy.com/listing/4490...

Ecologists I need a favor! 🌎🌍🌏 I am teaching a GIS class for freshmen. I want to zoom in for like 15-20 min with other ecologists that are using drones, uav, collars, biologgers, telemetry, or any type of sensors to study wildlife. 1️⃣

We’re hiring a housing and cities lead researcher! - Develop and drive pro-housing policy - Focus on state legislation in WA - $106-125k, plus 10% retirement

Still surprising to me that there’s no conversation happening right now about additional libraries at minimum in the SLU/Belltown/LQA area. The densest part of the city not in the walkshed of any library!

Yesterday we took the 2 Line to Bellevue for dinner—Bellevue! For dinner! What a delight

Taking the 2 Line from Downtown District to University Downtown District ☺️😌

At the @housingconsortium.org lunch @girmayzahilay.bsky.social announces they are looking at the first ever county housing levy! And @mayorofseattle.bsky.social announces new direction for the Comp Plan, to upzone walksheds of transit stops! 🏢🔗🚶🏽‍♀️Affordable housing is key to building a #15MinuteCity

Interested in where to find cherry blossoms in Seattle on this sunny day? Check out this cool tool created by @nathenry.com nathenry.com/writing/2023...

It's 🌸TIIIIIIIIME🌸

TONIGHT: Join us to discuss pedestrian and bike safety during Revive I-5! We're meeting at U District Partnership, two blocks from light rail. Details and RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ne-safe-st...

Pioneer Square once hosted "the world's most luxurious underground toilets," so I'd expect the preservation district to be excited about the return of this historic public amenity! www.historylink.org/File/2950

Join Northeast Safe Streets next Tuesday for a community discussion with @wsdot.wa.gov and @seattledot.bsky.social about Revive I-5! I look forward to discussing how we can keep pedestrians safe when car traffic goes up on city streets. Registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ne-safe-st...

YES! After a few hours searching, I finally dug up a high-quality scan of the first (known) color choropleth. From haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/fulls... Thanks to @datavisfriendly.bsky.social & @infowetrust.com who helped with the search. #cartography #maps #dataviz

Real question, who is in charge of wayfinding at Sound Transit?

Cool kids take the bus 😎

This is such a neat viz. I'm in the geospatial cluster, but my follows span software devs + social scientists + PNW + urbanists—sounds about right to me!

In honor of the City finally releasing the Corridor maps, this sketch illustrates why living on an arterial is not the same as being close to transit.

Amazon Fresh was not my favorite grocery store, but it's bad news Judkins Park will now be without any grocery store. The nearest other store is a mile away. A big blow for the walkability of the neighborhood — and just before the new light rail station opens too.

I made a map visualizing the customer count and percentage of #PowerOutage as of 6 AM CT on Jan 26, following the severe #WinterStorm over the weekend. #Nashville stands out as the hardest hit area in terms of outage numbers. #WinterStormFern #DisasterMapping #DataVisualization

The second item: "We're going to be getting out the red paint on Denny Way," Wilson said. "We cannot let one of our highest ridership routes languish in traffic." Bus lane inbound.

This is my favorite plot from this post, showing life expectancy at three spatial scales: - Countries of the world (range: 51 to 85 yrs) - Counties of the US (66 to 90 yrs) - Census tracts in King County, WA (71 to 87 yrs) At each scale, averages hide dramatic spatial heterogeneity in health

When I tell people I'm a professional geographer, the most common reaction is "Huh?" So I'm writing a series of short explainers about what I do! Here's the first one: nathenry.com/writing/2026...

My testimony on Burien's camping ban is featured on @urbanismnow.com this morning! urbanismnow.substack.com/p/51-illegib...

Mayor Katie Wilson! She kicked off her term with an impressive display of stamina—I was near the back of a looong reception line.

Has anyone done this yet

Today is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year for most of us living between the Equator and the Arctic Circle. The duration varies by latitude. Those living in the Arctic are experiencing Polar Night, which may have begun weeks ago! Blog antonioantoine.com/2025/12/17/t...

Was this the plan all along?

[taps the sign]

I've written a summary of my expert witness testimony from Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness vs. Burien, the widely-reported camping ban lawsuit that, for most of 2024, revolved around a map. henryspatialanalysis.com/news/public-...

This much

When @cascade.org announced its board elections, I followed up to ask if the candidates had public stances on this year's WA Bikes endorsements. Unfortunately I didn't hear back until today (voting closed yesterday), but I'm sharing the response for anyone interested in how these endorsements work.

LET'S GOOOOOOO

@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social wins and Reanimated Music opens — I'd call that a pretty good day!

Councilmember Rinck and transit leaders announce ‘Better Bus Lanes’ campaign council.seattle.gov/2025/10/22/c...