What's happening at the Post is a tragedy for the DC area, for journalism, for a number of my good friends. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe for laid off employees. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Thanks for including the Aral Sea piece!
By the way, I think the "reach out" link at the end has the wrong url. cheers!
More Stories from Space! Here are some of my favorite recent examples of data journalism that use satellite data as a key element.
medium.com/@robsimmon/n...
If you’re interested in exploring the possibilities, please get in touch.
#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️🛰️
NPR exclusive: we reconstructed the impact of a single IDF strike in Gaza, one that killed 132 members of the same family. It's a horrifying look at what is possible in modern war.
apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...
Offering a mea culpa here...it doesn't need a name. I've been reminded by Chazmo that names aren't really a thing.
Should just be Gulf of Chazmo.
A great article and belated obituary for Karen Wynn Fonstad, the cartographer who mapped Middle Earth, the Forgotten Realms, and more. I was entranced by her Atlas of Middle Earth, which contributed to my later career as a cartographer!
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
#cartography #fantasy
I'm not sure, to be quite honest. I can say that our estimates proved to be pretty accurate, based on the cost calculators we used (protomaps, and our own). If you're dealing with substantially higher request, it may become a factor though.
Hmmmmmmm
I've seen a lot of people on linkedIn with "experienced board member" in their bio. I'm thinking about adding "inexperienced board member" in mine.
And I think I've never paid for it, and just rolled the dice, and never been seated apart from my kids. But you do arrive at the airport terrified, so a guarantee would be awesome.
fwiw, I think there's been a push lately to guarantee this, without an additional fee. See here:
www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/t...
This incredible timeline of notable peoplen since 3500BC
janwillemtulp.github.io/parallel-liv...
Our former intern Stephanie Adeline at the Strait Times with this really cool piece on butterflies, with neat 3D graphics and maps: www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/g...
First this Reuters pieces is incredible, particularly the map: www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
Gonna bookmark some incredible graphics and maps from 2024 that I need to return to.
So good!
My followers apparently aren't fans of ODB aka Dirt McGirt aka Big Baby Jesus. They've never entered the Wu-Tang I guess.
Pretty sure ODB was also apprehended at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. Really makes you think.
New collab w/ @nprmusic.bsky.social: The 124 best songs of 2024, in a filterable grid format. www.npr.org/2024/12/04/g...
whoaaaaa zoomable joyplot map 🤯🤯🤯
Nice! Let me know if you have questions. Brandon is also very responsive (Buy him a coffee tho :) )
And I found the typo but it was hardcoded into an image and i have been too lazy to regenerate it lol
I finally got a chance to finish the blog post that elaborates on how we built and self-hosted an intricate slippy map using @protomaps.com. It's similar to my talk from NACIS, but in further depth. Let me know if you have questions!
blog.apps.npr.org/2024/11/26/s...
This is fabulous, even though I only acknowledge the original 150 pokemon as canonical, and I won't be convinced otherwise.
"the Circle, in the end, is broken". I see what you did there
Wake up babe, new Books We Love just dropped!!!!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I'm very happy with Sill, but also, the best website in the world launched this year's version today. apps.npr.org/best-books/
So glad to hear that! That was my goal :)
Here's my talk from NACIS 2024 on how NPR built a super custom and highly detailed slippy map story last year. Any time you give me a mic, I sort of go into a theater-kid fugue state, so I hope it makes sense. Was fun to present! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abbt...
