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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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...

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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thanks for including the Aral Sea piece! By the way, I think the "reach out" link at the end has the wrong url. cheers!

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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 📊🗺️🛰️

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New Stories from Space: More Satellite Imagery in Data Journalism

Satellite data is currently all over the news. Color imagery illustrates the attacks on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, thermal data shows…

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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...

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One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation.

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Offering a mea culpa here...it doesn't need a name. I've been reminded by Chazmo that names aren't really a thing.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 14/01/2025

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

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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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...

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This incredible timeline of notable peoplen since 3500BC janwillemtulp.github.io/parallel-liv...

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

First this Reuters pieces is incredible, particularly the map: www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Gonna bookmark some incredible graphics and maps from 2024 that I need to return to.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

My followers apparently aren't fans of ODB aka Dirt McGirt aka Big Baby Jesus. They've never entered the Wu-Tang I guess.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Pretty sure ODB was also apprehended at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. Really makes you think.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

whoaaaaa zoomable joyplot map 🤯🤯🤯

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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...

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Self-hosted slippy maps, for novices (like me)

How we built our own explorable tile map without paying a fortune.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is fabulous, even though I only acknowledge the original 150 pokemon as canonical, and I won't be convinced otherwise.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"the Circle, in the end, is broken". I see what you did there

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Tyler Fisher @tylerjfisher.com · 25/11/2024

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/

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

So glad to hear that! That was my goal :)

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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...

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Cheap and Pricey: NPR Leveraged Free Tools To Build and Host Our Own Slippy Maps. Was... Daniel Wood

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Maarten Lambrechts @maartenzam.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is wild: @nacis.bsky.social 2024 videos are online, and there are... 136 of them! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... If you are interested in #maps and #cartography, you need to check them out

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NACIS 2024 - YouTube

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 11/11/2024

I try not to talk (and think) about the US election, but I'd like to know the history of the arrow map. It is brillant, it works so well and I would never have thought about it. I find traces of it all the way back to 2016, but maybe it's older. Who came up wit this? Any idea?

Shift arrow map fo the USA showing mostly red arrows representing the shift towards votes for the Republican candidate.
By the New York Times.

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Daniel Wood @danielpwwood.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I am here to talk to map nerds, and map nerds ONLY

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