I’m working on a drawing of all 50 states so I never forget where they are

New blog post! You designed a useful & fun color key? Great. Now you’ll want to make sure people don’t forget those associations between colors and categories. Our author Lisa Charlotte Muth explores ways to do so, with >15 examples. Read her article here: blog.datawrapper.de/remind-readers…

Absolutely fabulous eclipse map from Jonathan Corum NYT Science nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Just in time for tomorrow's #AnnularEclipse in the USA here's my map showing time of maximum eclipse, by location, and what extent you might expect to see (assuming no cloud cover). Use solar viewing glasses!!! #map #cartography #AnnularSolarEclipse #Eclipse

"Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant."

Want to make art with ArcGIS? Learn how to make a woodcut print (or linocut), using ArcGIS Pro. Esri cartographer Heather Smith shows you how. esri.social/RUPk50QQH1t #ArcGISPro #Maps

There’s nothing wrong with following your heart, but it never hurts to check the map too.

The largest geomagnetic storm since 2003 occurred last Friday, delivering rare views of the aurora to areas far from the Earth’s poles. The solar storm affected power grids and more storms could be coming. gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… w/ Hayley Warren Naureen S. Malik

I regret to inform you that the secret to writing metadata is writing metadata

🎉It's time to reveal our year-long project “Delicious Parks” A collaboration with RJ Andrews. 5×5-mile sections of 20 famous US Nat'l Parks, depicted above sea level w/o vertical exaggeration. This project will be featured in the Atlas of Design v.7 soon. more in the 🧵

Here's another receipt printer #map; this time of the Boston Marathon and contained in an enduro route sheet holder. (Thanks Eric Seitz for the suggestion). The map includes distances, landmarks, uphill segments, and more.

#EsriUC2024 PSA: complete the Esri passport activity in the Expo and get this really fun patch. I’ve been asking for patches for a few years and loved that they finally made them!

Wow, I attended my first UC 10 years ago 🥹 #EsriUC2024

RIP - but also what a well-written post on Null Island

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