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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I will be here on Thursday! If you see me, come say hello :) #SDSC26 #GIS

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I was finally able to see my NYC elevation visualisations in real life. The orthographic views were made in Blender with Google's 3D tiles.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I will be here on Thursday! If you see me, come say hello :) #SDSC26 #GIS

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Storytelling x Data Webinar: How data evolves from numbers → insight → immersive understanding. Join us next week online! Register for ⬇️ 3D maps, data visualisation, GeoAi & more #Dataviz #GIS

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

1854 Cholera Outbreak in modern-day Soho, London. #30DayMapChallenge - Day 1 - Points. You probably know Snow's foundational 2D map from GIS/Epidemiology class. Maybe you've walked past the landmark pump. I brought it back into present-day Soho.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I was finally able to see my NYC elevation visualisations in real life. The orthographic views were made in Blender with Google's 3D tiles.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Classic isotype infographic from the 1940s (note: some data is now considered inaccurate. So here's an updated 'modern' version from Encyclopedia Brittanica. infographic.tv/data-visuali...)

Timeline titled "How Long Do Animals Live?". It displays various animals along a horizontal axis marked with years from 0 to 150, indicating their average lifespans. Insects are shown with a very short lifespan. Small mammals like rats and mice live around 3 years. Other animals shown with increasing lifespans include hares, toads, foxes, squirrels, eels, blackbirds (around 10 years), chickens, canaries, dogs, cats, woodpeckers, wolves, sheep, lions, reindeer, elk, crocodiles, ravens, herons, gulls, doves, ostriches, carp, horses, dromedary camels (around 30 years), hippopotamuses, cranes (around 40 years), owls, bears (around 50 years), swans, parrot geese, rhinoceroses (around 50 years), elephants (around 60 years), pearl mussels, whales (around 70 years), and giant tortoises with the longest lifespan, exceeding 150 years. The animals are represented by silhouettes, and a legend indicates the color-coding for different animal classes: red for mammals, black for birds, blue for other vertebrates, and yellow for invertebrates.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Love the casual roasting of shapefiles, by ChatGPT out of nowhere! #GIS #maps

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Bathymetry visualisation. Work in progress #30DayMapChallenge - Water #b3d - late but many things in the pipeline :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The #30DayMapChallenge 2025 begins soon, the categories are out! Completing all 30 maps is not the objective, just create a few. Here is a selection from the ones I made last year!

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Downtown LA × Hollywood - Elevation visualization concept map. Experimental design. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

London in 3D concept. #Day4 of sharing work-in-progress - Open access LiDAR DSM data, 50cm, 2017. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Jakarta in motion, design concept. #Day3 of sharing work-in-progress. #3Dmap

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Vessel Density Visualization (behind the scenes), #Day6 of sharing work-in-progress . Data from Emodnet December 2022⬇️. #b3d #gis

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Orthographic City Design 0722 | Chicago OSM #Day31 of sharing work-in-progress. 3D maps are cool :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The Geology of the Moon. Still frames from my experimental animation. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Downtown LA × Hollywood - Elevation visualization concept map. Experimental design. #b3d

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Orthographic City Design 0722 | Chicago OSM #Day31 of sharing work-in-progress. 3D maps are cool :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Do you know NYC Midtown's top 6 highest buildings and surroundings? Have a look, here is an experimental orthographic view I made! #gis #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

World population 1950-2100 visualisation BTS. #Day5 of sharing work-in-progress. Blender view, analysis in #Rstats | Experimental #dataviz animated cartogram - UN Population Prospects data portal ⬇️

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

“The Batmap” | An experiment with New York City data. #Day26 of sharing work-in-progress. A playful twist on “the bad map” that inspired this cinematic rendering, created in #Blender3D with Google 3D Map Tiles from late 2023. #batman

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯 Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Bridges to the City of London*, meshes and render. #Day7 of sharing work-in-progress. ⬇️ Experimental 3D map in #b3d

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Charts that will be studied by historians, an occasional series

Two world maps and a chart from The Economist showing which countries share greater trade with the US or with China. In the first map, labelled 2000, most countries trade more with the US than with China; in the second map, labelled 2020, most countries trade more with China. The chart shows that China's comparative share of global trade has increased from less than 25% to nearly 75% in 20 years

Chart from The Economist showing the net favourability of the US and China in 100 countries. In 2022, China had net negative favourability while the US was positive; in 2025 their positions have reversed

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sea Surface Wind: January 10-12th 2025. Exploring innovative ways to display climate data of our beautiful planet. Globe & map visualisation made for @copernicusmarine.bsky.social #Day22 of sharing work in progress 🌍 🔊 #b3d

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Olivia Vane @oliviafvane.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This map shows the hour of sunrise globally through the year. It reveals time zones following national and, sometimes, regional boundaries, and slicing through the oceans.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This wonderful little map by @Julian_H0ffmann shows nothing but the lakes and rivers of Switzerland.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I remastered the survivor bias meme. Honestly, hoping this one does blow up. Make good use of it!

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Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Join @julianhoffmann.bsky.social and me at Queen Mary's this Wednesday for some talks on data viz and more. I'll talk about visualising climate data in the newsroom amongst other things (and am v excited to hear more about Julian's 3D wizardry) Register here and hope to see you there! 🗺️ 📈

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Open Data Vis: Visual Insights & Networking

Data Visualisation evening and networking event for experts and enthusiasts. Speakers from the FT and QMUL/UCL.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Bathymetry & Topography, spatial #dataviz concept design. #Day17 of sharing work in progress #b3d. Full screen :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The 3min video limit on here is quite disappointing

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join me for PHURI's inaugural Open Data Vis – an after-work event exploring the latest in #DataViz, networking and learning. Enjoy insightful talks from @janatausch.bsky.social , FT Graphic Editor, and @julianhoffmann.bsky.social , Data Visualisation Associate at QMUL. April 30th in London REGISTER⬇️

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Bathymetry & Topography, spatial #dataviz concept design. #Day17 of sharing work in progress #b3d. Full screen :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I remastered the survivor bias meme. Honestly, hoping this one does blow up. Make good use of it!

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Bridges to the City of London*, meshes and render. #Day7 of sharing work-in-progress. ⬇️ Experimental 3D map in #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Vessel Density Visualization (behind the scenes), #Day6 of sharing work-in-progress . Data from Emodnet December 2022⬇️. #b3d #gis

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 27/03/2025

I think a lot about #dataviz in terms of simplifying vs. clarifying: - Simplifying is about aggregation and getting to the point (e.g. the demographics example) - Clarifying is about making it easy to find patterns (e.g. the jeopardy example) The best approach depends on the situation of course!