Ooh hello, it's me! Chatting all things accessible mapping with RoseRoadAssociation and the LGBT+ at OS Network

Loved seeing Ordnance Survey flying this flag during Pride Month

Fascinating data and really brilliantly visualised - highly reccommend a look

cartographer barbie confirmed

(1/10) Kicking off the joint-runners up for the 2022 JoM best map award 🏆 is 'Visualising residents’ fear of crime with recorded crime data from four Czech cities' by Petra Linhartová, Igor Ivan and Jiří Pánek

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Trying to recreate this in QGIS. It's SO MUCH easier to do multiple data frames if only the projection changes. Awesome!

BUT, I'm running into issues with several projections: When I use Cube, Spilhaus, and Fuller, everything goes totally blank. What's up with that? #gischat .

A real pleasure to speak at National Library of Wales Carto Cymru conference this morning. This venue & sunny views over Aberystwyth certainly beats Microsoft Teams!

#CartoCymru2023 Jess Baker showing the very first Ordnance Survey map, published in 1801. She estimates it would have cost about 1-3 weeks' normal wages to buy

I'm not a big fan of methods used to quantify LGBTI rights or rank the best vs. worst countries for queer people...

But the UK's shameful fall from No. 1 (2014) to No. 17 (2023) highlights how the arc of progress can move in multiple directions #RainbowEurope

OS and British Cycling are supporting people to try cycling and discover fun, accessible routes on their doorstep.

Riders in the #WestMidlands can now access cycling routes in their local area - available through the OS Leisure OS Maps web and mobile app: ow.ly/zFKe50NZAYM

We have some exciting news!

Come join us for our first ever virtual work experience for students aged 13–18.

It will take place between 3-21 July and will contain a range of modules, work-based assignments, and the opportunity to join our live webinars!

Here is the complete ribbon #map and container, 12 feet long, featuring the Suwannee River and its adjacent conservation lands.

Pedro Pascal as features on the Meta Basemap, a thread 🧵:

'Its good for the soul (and soothing for the mind)' - a 14-inch aerial embroidery landscape finished last week. Soothing blues, greens and purples in the fields, moorland heather and lakes 💚 and finished with a little country road! #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #art #art ist

'Through my role in the Data Visualisation team, I work with a whole range of customers, helping them to solve problems and make better decisions.'

Meet Hannah Wright, as she tells what Embrace Equity means to her, and how she's helping to create a better place 👇

Getting to the Point? Rethinking Arrows on Maps:
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Dr Alexander J Kent and I took a deep dive into how arrows came to be used on maps...and what they've come to mean. It's a fascinating history!

Carto-Cymru - Symposiwm Mapiau Cymru 2023
📆 12.05.23
🕤 9.30am
Jess Baker yw trydydd siaradwr #CartoCymru2023 . Yn Ymgynghorydd yn yr Arolwg Ordnans, bydd ei sgwrs nhw'n edrych ar fapio'r cerrig milltir yn hanes yr Arolwg.
🎫 digwyddiadau.llyfrgell.cymru

Carto-Cymru - The Wales Map Symposium 2023
📆 12.05.23
🕤 9.30am
Jess Baker is our third announced speaker for #CartoCymru2023 . A Technical Relationship Consultant at Ordnance Survey their talk looks at mapping the milestones in OS's history.
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It's important that public spaces and transport are accessible for all. We worked with RoseRoadAssociation to help people with disabilities get to locations accessible by rail, and allow them to plan their trips with ease.

#DisabledAccessDay #Southampton #Eastleigh #Hampshire

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