William B. Davis
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Graphics editor
@nytimes.com
weather. Formerly
@mapbox.com
https://williambdavis.ca/
pinned post!
Animated some dust moving across the atlantic for this story with
@amyjeangraff.bsky.social
:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/w...
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about 1 year ago
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Brian T Jacobs
about 1 month ago
More recently: I've been working on an app called Earthling, and I'm gearing up for its public preview. I'd love if you'd follow along
@earthlingmaps.com
www.earthlingmaps.com
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Earthling - Maps for Humans
Create maps for newsletters, articles, and social media, and add context without the clutter
https://www.earthlingmaps.com/
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Stefanos Chen
about 1 month ago
Big changes are coming to Grand Army Plaza, one of the busiest and most chaotic hubs in NYC. We took a closeup look at how the space is transforming
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How Mamdani Would Change Grand Army Plaza for Walkers, Bikers and Drivers (Gift Article)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to connect the plaza to Prospect Park would expand pedestrian spaces, add bike lanes and reroute cars to improve traffic flow in the area.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/02/nyregion/grand-army-plaza-nyc-redesign-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.flA.mCz-.zZkWzzF8Gu9e&smid=url-share
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Made some creatures using IBTrACS tropical cyclone wind data
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Marco HernƔndez
2 months ago
Intense days, weāve published many Moon piecesāincluding this one today in video formatāfor which I 3D-printed a model of the Moon exactly the size that astronauts see it from Orion. According to NASA, it looks like a basketball if you hold it at arm's length.
tinyurl.com/bs8ytpap
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Marco HernƔndez
2 months ago
š Artemis II will send four astronauts farther than any human has ever gone. Hereās what you need to know about their mission:
tinyurl.com/bdeyx8n9
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Mira Rojanasakul
3 months ago
Record heat is colliding with a snow drought across the Western United States, where snowpack accounts for much of the water supply š
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
w/
@byscottdance.com
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@sachimulkey.bsky.social
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The New York Times
3 months ago
Blackouts are getting worse in Cuba. On some days, the entire island is plunged into near total darkness. The electricity crisis has laid bare the risks of depending so heavily on foreign oil while trying to maintain a centrally planned socialist economic system.
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Mapping Cubaās Blackouts
Cuba is facing a historic electricity crisis. Blackouts have gotten worse, and on some days the entire island is plunged into near total darkness.
https://nyti.ms/4lA7hF0
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The Upshot
3 months ago
Job opening at
@upshot.nytimes.com
Come help us explain the news! We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations. Details here:
www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
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Data Graphics/Multimedia Editor, The Upshot | The New York Times Company
https://www.nytco.com/careers/job-listings/4669945005-data-graphics-multimedia-editor-the-upshot
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The Upshot
4 months ago
Interactive Maps and Charts: Tracking the Northeast Winter Storm
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Winter Storm Forecast Maps: Where Snow and Blizzard Conditions Will Hit East Coast (Gift Article)
See where snowfall and cold temperatures are expected.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/22/weather/noreaster-snowfall-map.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.ULvA.XUUDFTCdXe79&smid=url-share
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Harry Stranger
4 months ago
I've just added three KH-7 images of the Matochkin Shar Nuclear Test Site to the declassified imagery gallery. These shots are gorgeous. There's something about film and snowy landscapes. October 4, 1965:
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
May 26, 1967:
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
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Karen Yourish
4 months ago
Trump's View Of the World Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself. GIFT LINK š
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How Trump Sees the World: Itās Personal (Gift Article)
Historical relationships play little if any role in the second-term worldview of the president, who holds himself as the constant center of global events.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/11/us/trump-foreign-policy-world-quotes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.Xl3-.aLMNIr7rpVev&smid=url-share
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Michal Migurski
4 months ago
I recently nerd-sniped myself into thinking about political points of view on maps, and wondering whether itād be possible to create OpenStreetMap-derived, Wikipedia-informed national borders on a Protomaps base map legal for educational use in countries in conflict.
medium.com/@michalmigur...
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Weeknotes, 2026W04: Boundary Issues
I recently nerd-sniped myself into thinking about political points of view on maps, and wondering whether itād be possible to createā¦
https://medium.com/@michalmigurski/weeknotes-2026w04-boundary-issues-f037407a7f45
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Ricky Reusser
4 months ago
Starting to look alright. Added line rendering, pictured here Jack Kuenzle's FKT route (
www.strava.com/activities/9...
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Marco HernƔndez
4 months ago
My thoughts are with the +300 colleagues who were laid off today. This is not good for the industry
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/washington-post-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.jBPt.2a7M5FtiNFFX&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Kyle Barron
4 months ago
Introducing šš¬š²š§š-šššØššš š , a new library for reading GeoTIFFs and COGs.
developmentseed.org/async-geotif...
- Fast, with a Rust core - Uses a non-blocking thread pool for image decoding - Integrates with NumPy, PyProj, Affine & Morecantile - Remote data support with Obstore - No GDAL dependency
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Introducing Async-GeoTIFF - async-geotiff
A fast, async GeoTIFF and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) reader for Python.
https://developmentseed.org/async-geotiff/latest/blog/2026/02/03/introducing-async-geotiff/
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Lauren Tierney
4 months ago
The last few weeks I've seen a lot of great job opportunities shared, listing a few that stood out to me in the mapping/cartography/visual journalism space:
www.linkedin.com/posts/lauren...
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#mapping #cartography #datajournalism #visualjournalism | Lauren Tierney
The last few weeks I've seen a lot of great job opportunities shared, listing a few that stood out to me in the mapping/cartography/visual journalism space: Data Visualization Journalist at The Seatt...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauren-tierney-86411455_mapping-cartography-datajournalism-activity-7424482597637902337-Qrw5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAuVzMwBKjGqObaEoOVWnE2rgeuXdS2399Y
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Visualising Climate
5 months ago
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4ā6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate ā the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026
#DataVis
#ClimateCrisis
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Tom Weatherburn
5 months ago
Playing with elevation data in
#Blender
. This is the
#Toronto
and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) boundary which includes all of the watersheds that converge in Toronto. Going to try draping some orthophotos and land cover data over this. Other ideas?
#Maps
#Mapping
#GIS
#3D
#dataviz
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The Upshot
5 months ago
From NYT World: (Gif link)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Why Itās Hard to Run Venezuela
Venezuela sprawls over terrain twice the size of California, with vast tracts of treacherous jungles, steep mountains and cities filled with guns.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-governing-challenges.html
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Mira Rojanasakul
6 months ago
No time like a holiday deadline to learn MapLibre and how to run a cron job for the first time š (with a big assist from
@willbdavis.bsky.social
) Follow along our āslow blogā as Ray and Chang join a team of scientists traveling to Antarctica: šš
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/cl...
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The Upshot
6 months ago
From NYT National:
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The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trumpās Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trumpās immigration crackdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/trump-immigration-deportation-network-ice-arrests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.3Qnh.fTiXYF3FT4vY&smid=url-share
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Will You Have a White Christmas This Year? š
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6 months ago
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Tim Wallace
6 months ago
Bringing back the bugle mountains with this work in progress.
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Tom Weatherburn
6 months ago
Fun little exploratory project. I mapped transit oriented surface parking lots in NYC and applied recent development densities to estimate housing potential. Link at the end.
#NYC
#Planning
#Dataviz
#mapping
#maps
#map
#housing
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Bora Erden
7 months ago
A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat.
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A Dead Glacier Is a Loss. A Dying One Is a Threat. (Gift Article)
Melting ice from the Himalayas is creating thousands of unstable lakes, a growing menace to towns and cities below.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/14/climate/glacier-melt-himalayas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.108.kJo4.iYJAArwhC2fW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Tracking snowfall around Lake Michigan overnight and into today w/
@nazaneentv.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
7 months ago
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@nytweather.bsky.social
relaunched a freezing temperature tracker for this season. Check it out here:
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Mira Rojanasakul
8 months ago
Been obsessed with local flood hotspots since my ground floor apartment flooded during Hurricane Sandy. Seems like a good day to share this beautiful look at NYC's flood risk and some solutions the city is exploring (feat. lovely
@nunderwood6.bsky.social
maps!):
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New York Is Going to Flood. Hereās What the City Can Do to Survive.
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/nyregion/new-york-climate-flooding-solutions.html
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Robert Simmon
8 months ago
12 hours of Hurricane
#Melissa
, one frame every minute. š°ļøšŗļø
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Intensification of hurricane
#melissa
overnight
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Pablo Robles
8 months ago
Iāve spent years collecting tools, datasets, maps, and other interesting links Iāve come across through my work and passion. Iām organizing everything into one place: If youād like to get it when itās out, you can subscribe here:
pablorobles.substack.com/about
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The Upshot
8 months ago
From NYT Climate, via
@harrystevens.bsky.social
and
@bradplumer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How China Raced Ahead of the U.S. on Nuclear Power
The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it is trying to catch up.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/22/climate/china-us-nuclear-energy-race.html
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I've started processing NOAA's MRMS data to show near real-time storm impacts. Here's the latest from storm Imelda:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mapping some recent double events
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Robert Simmon
9 months ago
I just published a new installment of A Gentle Introduction to GDAL. Itās about visualizing time series data & automating tedious processing chains with shell scripting. No experience needed.
#cartography
#maps
#dataviz
medium.com/@robsimmon/a...
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A Gentle Introduction to GDAL Part 9: Automation with Bash
The main strength of GDAL is its command line foundation, which unlocks capabilities that are difficult to execute otherwise.
https://medium.com/@robsimmon/a-gentle-introduction-to-gdal-part-9-automation-with-bash-46a13c51faa5
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The Upshot
9 months ago
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.
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Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date
Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earthās wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/upshot/zodiac-signs.html
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Protomaps
9 months ago
New blog post on
@mapterhorn.com
- terrain for web mapping
protomaps.com/blog/mapterh...
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The Upshot
9 months ago
Tennis vs. pickleball:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Pickleball Courts Taking Over Tennis Courts, as Seen From the Sky
Aerial photographs show whatās happening all over the country: Thereās only so much asphalt, and pickleball canāt get enough of it.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/01/upshot/pickleball.html
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Made this little guy to track the substantial growth of Erin's tropical-storm-force winds
#mapshaper
#turfjs
#flubber
#svelte5
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Hurricane Erin this morning:
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Mira Rojanasakul
10 months ago
At āAlligator Alcatraz,ā the Biggest Risk Isnāt Alligators w/ Hiroko Tabuchi šš:
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Environmental Concerns at āAlligator Alcatrazā Include Storms and Flooding (Gift Article)
The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by hurricanes, extreme heat and even wildfires.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/04/climate/alligator-alcatraz-hurricanes-storms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.I_FI.qGD9sTBpIMJu&smid=url-share
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A very manual
@protomaps.com
to print pipeline. Always excited to get something in print šļø
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Marco HernƔndez
11 months ago
A story in 9 maps to explain what weather experts call āflash flood month.ā š link:
nyti.ms/44PpkiD
| great work by my colleagues
@willbdavis.bsky.social
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@sonofjud.bsky.social
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@wallacetim.bsky.social
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Here's Why There's So Much Flash Flooding in the U.S. Right Now (Gift Article)
Julyās hot temperatures and moist air are the perfect ingredients for rain.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/16/weather/flash-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.SHoI.pNN8hOlutydv&smid=url-share
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Development Seed
11 months ago
Weāre hiring a senior-level Frontend Engineer! This role is about building tools that help people use Earth data to tackle real-world problems ā from climate and conservation to disaster response and open science. Remote, open-source, and meaningful. Details + apply:
grnh.se/39qfi0m13us
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Bora Erden
11 months ago
We interviewed neighbors and former workers, as well as reviewed dozens of photos, videos, recent and historical satellite and aerial imagery of mass grave sites. My colleague Charlie Smart reported from Damascus and captured one remaining trench with photogrammetry.
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Datawrapper
12 months ago
šĀ Hereās a colorful preview of this weekās Data Vis Dispatch! Topics include oil tanker traffic, NYC elections, and the global race for renewable energy š
www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vi...
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The New York Times
12 months ago
The first day of the Atlantic hurricane season came and went on June 1 without a named storm. Three weeks in, there still hasnāt been a named storm. That is both unusual, and not. Here's why.
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This Hurricane Season Is One of the Slowest to Start in 20 Years
The Atlantic season began officially on June 1. Three weeks in, there still hasnāt been a named storm.
https://trib.al/ZrRt3B1
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The Upshot
about 1 year ago
About a quarter of the worldās oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/c...
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See How Marine Heat Waves Are Spreading Across the Globe
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/climate/see-how-marine-heat-waves-are-spreading-across-the-globe.html
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Animated some dust moving across the atlantic for this story with
@amyjeangraff.bsky.social
:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/w...
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The Upshot
about 1 year ago
Remember the 2015 internet debate about whether the dress was blue and black, or white and gold? I'm a bumps and bumps person on this one. Give it a try.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Do You See Craters or Bumps on the Moonās Surface?
A picture taken recently by a Japanese companyās spacecraft shows how your interpretation of objective reality can be tested by the power of illusion.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/04/science/craters-bumps-moon-quiz.html
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