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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

What an excellent visualization tool. I would have loved to have had this available when I used to teach cartography. hypertidy.github.io/playproj/

Screenshot from the linked online site. Shows a wireflame globe and wireframe map. Lines connect the globe to the map, showing the projection.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just going to put it out there that an F1 affinity group at the I'm Esri UC would be pretty amazing... 🤩

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Bert Spaan @bertspaan.nl · 24/09/2026

I've made an interactive map for exploring the terrain of the world! It uses @mapterhorn.com data and tiles, and WebGL for dynamic colors and animations. relief.bertspaan.nl/world?lang=en

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Massive opportunity here for a reboot of your snowflake map w/ spot gloss. C'mon Burton!

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a wonderful overview of the impactful work done by contemporary cartographers. Interesting time to be a mapmaker, for sure...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

That & all the far flung islands and remote areas that have implausible reviews. And I guess study weird people like me that actually check to see if some crazy remote POI in Siberia has a review. 😂

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I mean, it depends a lot on the track and it turns out the new Madring is abysmal. Monza was a great one to watch just last week.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Great talk! Lots of food for thought, and I'll definitely approach all of this with students with your points in mind.

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Kenneth Field @kennethfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Great #Eurocarto2026 pre-con workshop today by Commissions on Geovisualization, and Map Design on "Prompt Cartography". 30+ participants with open minds on the pros, and cons of AI in Cartography going forward. Good discussions, and practical experimentation.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's interesting to see that it created a simulated colorblind image that isn't correct for the apparent input. Wonder how long before it can get that kind of thing right.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Essentially the same pricing now in Nessebar - which shocked me. The euro transition was taken quite literally it seems with a lot of places just making the Lev price into the new Euro price. Hard to believe people will go to the Black Sea when it's the same cost as going to the beach in Spain.

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NACIS @nacis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NACIS needs your help! We're looking for volunteers to help out at our annual conference, and beyond. Opportunities range from simple to more involved, and there's something for people at every level of NACIS experience. Here's a thread about ways you can get involved 🧵

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A challenge for me is to interface visual design via text I write/think of. It's a mismatch in form for how I work on design, like if I were asked to use words to describe the guitar tone I'm trying to create. I think we're in the synth era of graphic design and interesting things will come of it.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Excellent - the full tower breakfast is really something but my personal favorite are the freshly baked croissants and the smoked salmon scrambled eggs.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you haven't yet, try Cafe Fingerlos over by the Andrakirche - in my view one of the best breakfasts anywhere in the world...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's a thing of beauty when we have an almost cloudless day.

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Robert Kosara @eagereyes.org · 21/06/2026

I've built a solargraph simulator using solar irradiation data. Pick a place on Earth, animate the solargraph, draw just one point per hour for analemma view, or switch to panorama mode that projects the solargraph into a virtual sky you can navigate. eagereyes.org/app/solargraph

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Kenneth Field @kennethfield.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Are you thinking of coming to Brno for #Eurocarto in September? We're running a great pre-con workshop on prompt cartography and AI. It's free. Places are limited and filling fast. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

In our cart lab at Penn State, we are coalescing around the core value of authenticity - that we have given each other and our clients the products of meaningful effort. We also predict that authenticity will become more valuable over time for creative/thoughtful mapping work done by skilled people.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We'll host a PSU geography party that Weds evening - you are very welcome to join!

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The face I made when I tried this thing - honestly one of the most WTF maps I have ever seen (experienced?). 😂

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Community Geographers (& others doing community-engaged research), the materials here will help to support how your work is an important form of scholarship. Our timelines & research products don't fit neatly in RTP box but this is helpful for reviewers. www.aag.org/program/publ...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I was inspired here by "Tarmac Day" which seems like it has to be a day coined by someone who wanted to see what it took to establish a 'day.'

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I mean, how hard would it be for us to create a few website references to "fake AI map day" for July 32nd and see if it got picked up?

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I also think many seminar students actually struggle with being concise vs writing enough. I'd like 5k words done efficiently vs 10k where there's 30% that's just fluff.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I use journal limits as one of my guides, and often you can't go longer than 8-9k assuming you have several figures in most GISci outlets. I tend to allow no more than 5k for a seminar class under the assumption that they probably don't yet have material for a full article but they'll be close.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Yeah, I wasn't linking to that yet because it needs a full overhaul as the content is far out of date for university labs. I understand NACIS is redoing the whole site so this update will have to happen later.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Yeah, managing interns + small projects is probably going to be a better fit for colleges/universities. Major custom cart projects are a good fit for full time designers + firms but most people who want a map made don't have significant resources to spend. I wonder if the EDC at URI would help you?

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

University cartography labs *do* want this kind of work - messy as it is! UW-Madison, Penn State, Oregon, Kent State, Syracuse all have labs - to name a few, and want to connect w/ local/regional clients to pair student cartographers with projects. Can be great for clients who don't have a ton of $.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This is just a year-long april fools', right? 😜

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📍 The call for papers is out for the @cga-harvard.bsky.social 20th Anniversary Annual Conference and we'd love to see you here! Harvard's pretty nice in autumn and we expect a fabulous lineup of keynotes, panels, talks, and workshops...plus lots of time to catch up and network! #CGA20

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Graphic design is just poorly served by text prompting, I am convinced. We don't train to design that way, and we don't have (and won't soon develop) useful matches between words and images when we're designing. I'm pretty interested in this in cartography where AI so far really struggles.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I had so much fun talking to my favorite podcasters at GLaD! cc: @pennstategeography.bsky.social

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📣 Calling all geographers! I'm editing a special issue of the @geographers.bsky.social Annals on "21st Century Geographic Theory" and the call for abstracts is out! Please consider contributing and sharing! All geographers, all kinds of theory welcome! 🌎 Details here: www.aag.org/journal/anna...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My PhD student Zhaoxu Sui (zhaoxusui.com) has compiled a map of map stores: experience.arcgis.com/experience/a...

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Experience

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Is Trevlac just Calvert backwards? I'm from rural Western MD where we have Nikep, which used to be called Pekin before they had to change due to the fact that there was another Pekin in Indiana, back when post offices were supposed to have unique names.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A map store version of "What's in your bag?" could be fun...

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Donors have already given $6,650 to the GeoGraphics Lab Fund! Alumnus Bob Myers will match gifts up to $25,000, doubling support for student cartography internships in our program. Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🎧 new episode of the #GLaDpodcast is out! You can run but you can’t hide. @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social and I went to the source (Krzysztof Janowicz) to hear more about Geo + AI, AI for Geo, and my personal bugbear GeoAI. #geography #geoAI open.spotify.com/episode/7zZj...

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Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Kryzsztof Janowicz

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

2026 Esri Global Operations Sustainability SUMMER INTERNSHIP available! This is an opportunity to join alongside the Esri team leading global operational efforts for a company committed to simply "doing the right thing" as an excellent global citizen! Apply at: app.ripplematch.com/v2/public/jo...

Screen shot of Esri's Student Programs page under the site careers.esri.com showing a picture of a young woman with dark brown skin and long dark brown hair. Use the link in the actual posting to apply for the summer internship.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Bob Myers is an incredible alum @pennstategeography.bsky.social - the only person to ever earn multiple Master's degrees in our online program, a tireless advocate for civil rights, and a key supporter of the cartographic work we're doing in the GeoGraphics Lab today: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

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Adult learner finds ‘antidote to aging’ through geography program | Penn State University

You might need a degree in geography to chart the career and life experience paths of Bob Myers. Thankfully, he has a few. Myers is a geospatial expert, with two master's degrees and three certificate...

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The National Geographic Society hired PSU Geography alumnus Harrison Cole to design maps for the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, currently under construction in Washington, D.C. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

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Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum | Penn State University

Work on large-scale map installations at Penn State helped shape alum Harrison Cole’s path to one of the world’s most recognizable names in cartography, National Geographic.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Fond memories of going to the mall (!) and getting this the morning after it was released as soon as the music store opened.

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