Grateful for honoring me with this award! This map visualizes our personal footprint in the US. It is not a grand story or made to serve many, but it carries a message: maps are not only for experts or institutions; they can hold our own stories and memories. Updated: cartoguophy.com/maps/footpri...

I created this guide map for our historic tour by Shanghai Dérive 魔都漂移, following the photographs of a renowned journalist and photographer (a UW-Madison alumnus) to uncover historical moments in Shanghai during WWII. Follow our WeChat and RedNote account for more details.

Thank you to Avenza Systems for their support in sponsoring the best electronic map award 2025. Congratulations to the three runners up in this category: Wuhan University, British Antarctic Survey and Atlas Guo.

As my #AppleMaps internship wraps up, I feel incredibly grateful for the journey—full of learning, growth, and new perspectives. Huge thanks to my colleagues for their constant support and encouragement, and to the many talented new friends who inspired me to think bigger and #ThinkDifferent!💡

This past week, my map was on display at #ICC2025. It was my 2nd time with work at ICE, but the 1st time as a physical poster. (Thanks to my Apple & UW colleagues for photos!) After several U.S. showings, I’m excited that it had the chance to contribute to global public awareness of #disasters.

www.sco.wisc.edu/2025/07/22/c... Thanks for featuring me! I'm sharing another submission, centered on lesser-known WI counties of Menominee and Shawano. As a client project in UWCartLab, this map traces historic railroads and their conversion into trails. A large print is at the Trailhead Center.

www.maps.com/atlas-guo-di... Many thanks to Maps.com for the kind feature and interview about my U.S of Natural Disasters map (cartoguophy.com/maps/us_natu...) and other thoughts on cartographic design. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to share my work and passion for mapping! ❤️🗺️

Gratefully wrap up #EsriUC2025 with 3 maps named finalists in Interactive Web Map (cartoguophy.com/maps/us_risi...), Map with a Message (cartoguophy.com/maps/israel_...), and Innovative (cartoguophy.com/maps/biking....). Also highly appreciate Dr. Amy Rock’s shoutout during Cartography SIG session!

It is a true honor to thank Esri president Mr. Jack Dangermond in person for featuring my maps at #EsriUC plenary session 4 times! ☺️ #EsriUC2025

Thank you Prof. @arobinson.bsky.social for inviting me—the lonely Badger—to the Nittany Lion party at #EsriUC2025! As a small token of appreciation, I made #LEGO style topographic map of #Pennsylvania and printed it as stickers. That's the advantage of traveling with a printer and trimmer😉

Great thanks to Lisa Berry for introducing my historical hurricane map (cartoguophy.com/maps/histori...) as your favorite one in Esri Map Book Vol.40 (www.esri.com/en-us/esri-p...) during the #EsriUC2025 #MappyHour session (mediaspace.esri.com/embed/secure...; at minutes 15 & 16)!

NOT for votes at all - but if you’re at #EsriUC2025, and want a #LEGO style California map sticker (cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ca...), find me at the Map Gallery today or later this week! Also got a few leftovers from past designs, but supplies are very limited (not for sale, just gifts for friends).

My first in-person #Esri User Conference kicks off with 10 maps in the gallery (A-18–1&2) and 2 featured in Map Book Vol. 40! But what excites me the most is finally getting the chance to buy exclusive Mappy souvenirs from the Esri Merch Store (not yet; all freebies in last photo)! #EsriUC2025

A July 4th creative detour: I brickified/LEGO-fied the iOS 26 Apple Maps icon into a 3D #LEGO model! Proud to dedicate this playful little tribute to my internship at #Apple Maps 🍎🗺️

At the suggestion of the International Map Industry Association (IMIA) team, I gave my website a little update by adding the #IMIA member badge. Many thanks for featuring me (and my brand) in the May Newsletter. It’s an honor to be part of this network! myemail.constantcontact.com/IMIA-Newslet...

Work’s been busy lately, so I spent the Juneteenth holiday creating two #LEGO style topographic maps, one for #California, and one as a playful tribute to #Apple where I am currently interning. Hope they bring a little joy to your weekend!🍎

Gratefully received the Best-in-Show award (A Mini Gallery of LEGO Topographic Maps) in this year’s UW-Madison Digital Salon, displayed at library together with another map (United States of Blooming Risks), plus 4 more entries included in the online exhibition. designlab.wisc.edu/digitalsalon/

Two of my maps are now displayed at the first floor of UW-Madison College Library.

Made a map for a #CityWalk public history event on Saturday 5/17 at #Shanghai #上海 #龙华. If you are interested in attending (both family and single are welcomed), scan the QR code to learn more and register. 😉

One of my recent hobbies is making magnets/stickers of my own #maps, especially after discovering how nice the painted maps look when printed out. Of all, which one/category do you like the most: #LEGO maps, hand-drawn maps, reference maps, or graphic designs? 🎨 #cARTography

Incredible #LEGO display at @barnesandnoble.com! Special thanks to so many friends stopping by my booth. As my original North American map has been donated to American Geographical Society Library, I just made a remake version of it, and will hopefully share an instructional document for free!😉

Truly honored to have my ginkgo hemisphere map featured as the cover image of CP! ☺️

The update of #ChatGPT -4o was truly groundbreaking! Scholars in #GeoAI & #Cartography will have plenty to explore. While my research is not in this area, I will follow this trend both academically and professionally! And I might resume my exploratory "AI.MAPS": cartoguophy.com/maps/ai_maps... 🧐💻🖌️🗺️

I am thrilled that my award-winning LEGO Map of North America has found the perfect home at the American Geographical Society Library! 😉

Cartographically, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! #☘️ #ireland #stpatricksday

Happy to receive the Honorable Mention of Digital Map Award in #CaGIS Map Competition. Compared to my unawarded static map, it's totally unexpected, since it's an unfinished work with many issues unresolved! I even haven’t added it to my portfolio yet... Check it out: cartoguophy.com/maps/us_risi...

The #Janesville #LEGO Showcase was amazing! Hundreds of kids stopped by my booth, and learned the Geography ABCs of North America and Wisconsin, either from me or their parents. Though I lack experience in children education, it was incredibly rewarding to see my LEGO maps exceed the expectations!

Happy to receive the printed book of Atlas at a Conference: FLOW (NACIS 2024) by #GuerrillaCartography. I contributed a #watercolor map showing the historical floods of lava in #Washington (Data Source: Washington State History Museum)🌋 cartoguophy.com/maps/lava_fl...

Join me this Saturday 3/8 at 11am-3pm at Hedberg Public Library ( #Janesville, WI) for an exciting #LEGO Showcase! Thrilled to attend my first-ever LEGO event as a WisLUG (Wisconsin LEGO Users Group) member, where I'll display my award-winning LEGO #map creations and posters😃🗺️

Summer plans just got mapped out! So honored to have the opportunity to join #AppleMaps as a Cartography Intern~ 🗺

Handcrafted gift for Michigander @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social😉🗺️🦌 #michigan #watercolor #map #WatchOutForDeer

So thankful! My first #WLIA conference is such a rewarding journey!🗺️ Incredible keynote presentation and cookies by @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social 😄

Just noticed it two months later😅, but still super grateful to the Datawrapper Blog for featuring my ginkgo map of North America! blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis-dis... (View large image: cartoguophy.com/maps/ginkgo_...)

#HappyValentinesDay with a #watercolor world map in Stab-Werner projection! 🩷🌐

Wishing you a blessed Chinese/lunar New Year of the Snake! 🎆🧨🎉

Thank you, @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social! Your insightful interpretation and praise bring far more depth to my #Taiwan map than the design itself could ever claim.😅 (Download this map: cartoguophy.com/maps/taiwan....) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM4A...

A special recruitment for a UWCartLab client project I’m involved in: We are seeking a Co-Designer with a visual or print disability or extensive related experience to creatively explore ways to make geologic maps more accessible (Deadline: Feb 14) home.wgnhs.wisc.edu/hiring-co-de...

This interactive map displays the "Early Chinese #Badgers" ( #UW-Madison alumni) enrolled in 1907-1920, roughly at their hometown locations in China (data complied by Billy Yuan, UW-Madison B.A. in History, 2023). uw-mad.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

#LAWildfires are shocking.🔥 There are already plenty of maps, but I still created a simple one. I’ve always believed that raising situational awareness of disasters is never a bad thing—for those in danger, under threat, or in the seemingly safe distance. uw-mad.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

Sharing a quick map of our biking and walking tracks in #Chicago during the past 5-day #Christmas trip. 🎄

Created a map for #Shanghai Drifting, a tour on 12/28/2024 of historic sites in Bund Shanghai related to UW-Madison alumni (late 1800s and early 1900s), guided by Billy Yuan, a UW-Madison alumnus (B.A. in History).

I am wondering what these contour lines are representing for 🤔 #MapInTheWild

Honored to be included in one of the 17 submitted maps (from individual cartographers), in the first year of #MapsDotCom! Check out these maps here: www.maps.com/maps-com-202...

I previously requested a purchase of Volume VII for UW-Madison Libraries, and now we already have all 7 volumes! (some are checked out) I will later recommend a purchase of all volumes for Madison Public Library, too.😌

@johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social pointed me to a cool map titled "Not to be confused with Atlas", developed with their own GIS platform "Atlas". They kindly invited me to be listed with these companies. I also recommended 2 restaurants I've visited. Check it out. It's so fun! app.atlas.co/shared/3ASsN...

As an extended activity of the GIS Day in November, this traveling “Map Expo” exhibition finally arrives at its last stop: Lake Placid Memorial Library (Lake Placid, FL) through Dec 15. View my featured map Visualizing Historical Hurricanes in the Contiguous U.S.: cartoguophy.com/maps/histori....

Thanks for featuring my Hurricane Helene Outage Map! I made it purely in #Photoshop, simply by processing two satellite images taken before and after #HurricaneHelene (See a GIF animation of the two images at cartoguophy.com/maps/hurrica...). The other image is a relevant bilingual news map I made.

Summarizing 17 entries in #30DayMapChallenge (cartoguophy.com/maps/30dmc_2...). It was not well planned since I just decided to participate in mid-Nov, but it's a great opportunity for me to 1) wrap up unfinished maps; 2) update existing maps; 3) share unpublished maps; and 4) try some crafts/LEGOs.

Yesterday an M-7.0 #earthquake struck off Northern California's coast, prompting a #tsunami warning (canceled later) along 500 miles of coastline from Oregon to the Bay Area. My map clearly visualizes the relatively high risks of earthquake and tsunami near the west coastline of U.S.

My map "United States of Blooming Risks" (cartoguophy.com/maps/us_bloo...) is traveling with this cool "Map Expo", currently on display at the Sebring Public Library (319 W Center Ave, Sebring, FL) through Dec 8.