Reposted by John NelsonHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Today is a great day for the ocean! Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊 214315
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 04/04/2025More examples and a link to the blog post. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/... 1112
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Please don't watch this video about making the Handsome Squidward version of ArcGIS Online maps. youtu.be/NL2GUU4bRVoyoutu.beHack a Dramatic Portrait Mode Effect for ArcGIS OnlineYouTube video by John Nelson Maps 0172
Reposted by John NelsonJoey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · 03/04/2025I return to @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social 's Silly Geographic Precision table whenever I see the coordinates in a file I'm trying to make smaller. Latest file was mapping atoms. uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2013/11/sill... 194
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Ah, an oldie but a goodie! And, ah-hem, 6 years before XKCD did the same thing. 040
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I'll be at in London May 12 for a 1/2 day cartography workshop hosted by @esriuk.bsky.social. If you'd like to spend a half-day of your allotted time on this earth nerding out on map making with me, here are some details. store.esriuk.com/product/arcg... 040
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 21/03/2025things i like: the random 3 or 4 days in a Michigan April when it hits 70 degrees and everyone goes a little bit manic. 040
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025i like to kick things off with an existential crisis 130
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I just shared a new video about making that faded inner-ribbon pattern thing in ArcGIS Online and stuff. it's over on the you toobs. 160
Reposted by John NelsonKenneth Field @kennethfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The #EsriUC agenda is out...and there's BIG news for fans of our Map Wizardry workshop. Not only have we got a third offering for the Friday crowd but we got into the plenary hall on Thursday. Thanks to everyone who ever asked for this!!! No pressure at all 🤪 061
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025whoa, just had a crazy idea for getting faded inner hatched ribbons for polygons in ArcGIS Online and it totally worked! now, to try to get back to my original objectives today. 4200
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025things i dislike: jeans in colors other than blue. 460
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon monkey wearing heart shaped sunglasses holds a piece of paperALT: a cartoon monkey wearing heart shaped sunglasses holds a piece of paper 000
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025things i like: my authenticator app gives me a two-digit number to access my account. i seem to have an impromptu anecdote for every number, which helps me remember it in the three seconds between seeing it and keying it in. 130
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025media.tenor.coma woman 's face is visible in a tik tok videoALT: a woman 's face is visible in a tik tok video 010
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025things i like: the sound of Bob Ross' palette knife mixing paint. 180
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 11/03/2025things i like: ironically, the amount of my brain's memory locked up with 80s jingles and sitcom intro songs. 150
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025things i like: finding a good deal (like every other Midwesterner). www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/... 010
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025how to make a seafloor map inspired by Marie Tharp and Heinrich Berann youtu.be/LNBQ1XZR4Vwyoutu.beMake a Seafloor Map like Marie Tharp and Heinrich BerannYouTube video by John Nelson Maps 084
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025things i like: the frequent random honking of geese formations overhead as they return north for springtime. 080
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/03/2025things i dislike: the ideological bifurcation of the internet. 050
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I wonder if you snapped a photograph of taffeta, then desaturate and push contrast in photoshop if you'd get it. 030
Reposted by John Nelson🥔🗺️ ᴘᴏᴋᴀᴛᴇᴏ ᴍᴀᴘs @pokateo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025👋 recently hit 3k followers on insta and 2k on here so I wanted to take a sec to say hi and share a lil about me! Feel free to reach out! Drop a hello, send maps, share mappy memes and meme ideas, and tag me in potato related posts. Let’s make the world a mappier, spuddier place! 🥔🗺️ 1252
Reposted by John NelsonAndrew Tyrrell @southarrowmaps.co.nz · 04/03/2025I made one of John Nelson's cutaway diagrams to illustrate LINZ's 3D Coastal Mapping project. It was just a static image, showing Mayor Island/Tūhua, and the nearby seabed. One of our graphic designers animated it & turned it up to 11! www.linkedin.com/posts/toit%C... @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social 3318
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025i love the colors keyed into the title without the need for a clunky legend! 050
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025things i like: when i successfully transfer a gigantic pile of wet laundry from the washer to the dryer without dropping anything on the floor. 190
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025things i like: using chatGPT to quickly geocode a list of 130 place names. thinks i dislike: having to feed it the list piecemeal because it would just give up after 60 or so, and also skip some. 040
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025things i like: deftly avoiding the silt left in the bottom of the mug from French pressed coffee. 140
Reposted by John NelsonElena Hartley | Science Illustrator @elabarts.bsky.social · 14/02/2025An atoll illustration I was commissioned for several years ago. I love making slices of geologic features so this was a treat to work on! #geology #atoll #oceanscience #scienceillustration 35715
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 13/02/2025things i like: gigantic piles of fluffy snow. 1200
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 13/02/2025things i dislike: the fake baby voice in that liberty mutual commercial 060
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 12/02/2025things i dislike: every map-related news article has a pun in the title. things i like: also this. 0130
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025things i dislike: the stickers on building supplies. 020
John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025the fish trick helps, but i'm sometimes immune to even the best mnemonics. when you hold a fish close, its scales are large. learned that from @cartonaut.bsky.social 110
