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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is it in November and not October did I jump the start AHAHAHA

Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proportional Symbol for Anomoly Score (0-100) which with iNaturalist = a feature that ranks observations by unusualness using relative geographic scores to flag potential identification errors or rare ecological discoveries. 😮‍💨

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

:) growth (Original artwork @lauvdahl.bsky.social with permission [on IG]) Cannot express the depth of what this artist’s worth meant during hard times for me and also seeing this one with tree growth as another meaningful thing 💓

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anyway I have been underselling my JavaScript skills apparently What else is new. A girly underselling her skills, shockerrrr Hahaha

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When it feels like everyone around you all the time also knows it? I knew not everyone was web mapping but there were so many insanely talented devs around me constantly that I always just viewed myself as a hacky web carto (aren’t we all)

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Production stack too and intimately learned about more specific project level examples with that, plus then all the other various custom tools and apps that GIN built and I managed and reviewed those And like idk how do you know something is specific knowledge set

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And then I project managed and scoped custom JS build projects (and other ones) in my last role and scoped varied systems and tech stacks and then also supported OpenHistoricalMap as carto and co-PM lead and got to look at its

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And I was like “oh. I guess I did gain a ton of knowledge in the past FIFTEEN YEARS (😳🥴) when I was also there when things SWITCHED TO JAVASCRIPT and then I worked at THE company that led JS based mapping in the industry…

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The past couple years I continuously discover the JavaScript and web mapping expertise that I thought was common place and not exciting = more useful and deeper knowledge (architecture too, systems as well) than I thought Today I talked about open fonts, converting pbfs, and renders

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Portfolio to Gallery). I want to consolidate the Edu and Press tabs into something else And then I will populate the new pages :) which is the labor Screen shots of my carto IG show examples of “case study” type stuff

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#creativeCarto wow that flew by! I am going to sign off to make dinner but this kickstarted me on getting this done, I will share updates as it progresses, I want to try to knock out the updates this week 😅 Got some of the initial ideas done - want new tabs (case studies, About Me, update …

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

uuuu lloooove this. i need to reorganize things like this

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

woooo!! unboxing after move is critical and feels good to finally get done :)

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 27/09/2026

Taking time this afternoon to try and do some product photos of a recent map of Dupont Circle. *Man* I need to buy some house plants. #CreativeCarto

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That definitely is nicer if there is overlap

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

oh that is soooo fast! slash also nice it gets done fast sometimes too? 😅

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Rachel @rsteve388.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#CreativeCarto So I recently got accepted into a program in Colorado called The Civic Academy it's run by the Denver Regional Council of Governments(DRCOG) They require an individual action plan, so I am going to work this afternoon on that project by looking at multimodal transportation.

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Aly Ollivierre @alyolli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who is joining in on #CreativeCarto today?? I got the kiddo set up with her own CreativeCarto mapping, I printed out maps I made for the BirdsCaribbean Endemic Birds Coloring Book and gave her a blank page and some map stamps from Lord of Maps! Now what should I work on ...?

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Omg congrats! And that sounds like a cool thing to work on 👀

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hiiii! I am working on my portfolio site, I haven’t properly updated it in years. I mainly have rapid fire added a couple things to try to show time passing but it’s not up to date really 😅 You???

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s not been updated in a bit. 🫡 What is everyone else working on?

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

HELLOOOO #creativeCarto joiners! 📣 share what you are going to work on today! Me? I’m updating my portfolio site - it’s out of date! @sarahbell.bsky.social @alyolli.bsky.social @vickyjohnsondahl.bsky.social

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Talk submission for a local talk… meant want I said, NACIS is the first of many talks and information I plan to share on best practices in AI 🗣️

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you're thinking about, writing about, or talking about how there have been no #hurricanes in the Atlantic this season, but not addressing how the hurricane season in the Pacific has been absolutely devastating and severe, you're missing the real picture. #climatechange

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(And it should be used!) But if the data also will be available for people to leverage as well, super cool to know about too!

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

decision making etc etc? I work with many global organizations who would find this type of data useful in their own work as reference or in additional specific analyses. Certainly also still helpful to look at this map too

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Amazing map and data story. Is this data going to be available for people to pull into their own work and maps at all for visual reference in some way, or and/or the data as is or subsets of the data product for use in other people’s work and analysis to support

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Share screenshot? Hard to give the best advice without seeing how they overlap and what they look like ☺️

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bought “sketch-a-day” notebook and so far so good (Don’t love today’s sketch but that’s ok it’s just a sketch it’s just a sketch )

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Metro @wmata.com · 22/09/2026

Metro’s Art in Transit program is seeking a talented professional to design a signature piece for the Northern Bus Garage Reconstruction Project. ⏰ Applications are due on Sept. 24: opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/...

Infographic with a rendering of the Bus Bay.

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Sarah Bell @sarahbell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

More info here 🗺️ bsky.app/profile/run-...

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Moriarty Maps @moriartymaps.com · 22/09/2026

*air horn* *air horn* *air horn*

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We will of course meet here via the #creativeCarto hashtag, and our community will also connect with others via the hashtag on LinkedIn, as well well as th NACIS wnd Spatial Community slacks - links on website: creativecarto.github.io

creativecarto.github.io

#CreativeCarto

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🔔 NOTE: You do NOT need to be a cartographer to join: this meetup is all about making time to work on things you’ve wanted to do for a while and keep putting off. Motivation by meeting up with others virtually and enjoying trying new things, building, creating - together!

creativecarto.github.io

#CreativeCarto

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Check out the website for more information and links to the other community connection spaces, plus also check out the site refresh: creativecarto.github.io

creativecarto.github.io

#CreativeCarto

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