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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

www.mapspam.net/rangefan/ Free and simple range fan map creator

Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New version of Great Circles (and range rings) tool is now live. Make your free base and reference maps here: www.mapspam.net/greatcircles...

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Great Circle Range Ring Map Generator v5

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SABRE Maps @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk · 27/04/2026

Just the one additional sheet to highlight on SABRE Maps this #MapMonday - the 1935 Ordnance Survey Half Inch #Map of Greater London. Taking in a lot more than the modern definition of Greater London, it includes lots of places that look very, very different today... buff.ly/YvH8yy9

An extract from the 1935 Greater London Half Inch OS map showing what today is Milton Keynes, but back then was fields and villages

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Nicolas Lambert @neocarto.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Dutch cartocubism A forgotten attempt to simplify maps from the interwar period. attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/dutch-cart...

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Dutch cartocubism

A forgotten attempt to simplify maps from the interwar period.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I didn’t realize Saul Steinberg — the artist behind the famous “View of the World from 9th Avenue“ — had a whole series of similar illustrations. 😍 saulsteinbergfoundation.org/essay/view-o...

Hand drawn map of the world from the perspective of New York.

Hand drawn road map—Per Aspera ad Astra.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

New tool if you want to make simple basemaps with Great Circle Routes. www.mapspam.net/GreatCircleM...

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Still not perfect, esp. on mobile, here's a v1.0 new Great Circle Map generator. Enter two locations. Select MetBrewer color palettes or the REH homage. Shit+click to pan. Rotate the globe or the view. Export the visible window or the whole globe. www.mapspam.net/GreatCircle2...

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I assume everyone else watching the Olympics has the urge to experiment with Copernicus DEM data to make terrain maps of the Alps in QGIS ...

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Leventhal Map & Education Center @bplmaps.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Highways have fundamentally altered the landscape of the United States 🚗

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I added a cool globe to my collection and learned what I could about it. www.mapspam.net/classic-1925...

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Kids were making snowflakes and shadow puppets. First time making a map with scissors.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Really excited about this collection of blank maps from 1900 that I just got. Many very challenging geography exercises for students to color in historic features and boundaries with crayons.

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Leventhal Map & Education Center @bplmaps.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

❗Join us for our last collection showing of 2025 ... guest curated by you❗ This free showing will be hosted Friday, December 19 in the Learning Center with a staff member from the Leventhal Center available to answer questions. Drop in any time between 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. No reservation is required.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Global connectivity. Aviation route pairs on Great Circle paths (not observed flight routes).

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Geography questions from the 1858 Oxford Local Examinations. How would you do? I have been looking everywhere but have not yet found surviving examples of any "accompanying map" actually used in an exam. There was a whole industry around publishing exam prep maps.

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Stephen Kennedy @latlong.shop · 22/11/2025

#30daymapchallenge | Day 22 Data: Natural Earth | The Great Islands Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This physical map of North America by the masterful @mtnmapper puts the location of Greenland and Iceland into perspective. You can grab the map here: buff.ly/M3Y4zrV

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PythonMaps @pythonmaps.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Day 22 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Natural Earth Data. I used the Ocean Bottom layer to make a Bathymetry map of Northern Europe.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

After some helpful comments from testers, I have updated this tool for making simple outline maps on an equidistant projection. Zoom and rotate functions work better now and without a mouse. Make base maps for briefing graphics or coloring books. mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html

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Outline Atlas — AEQD

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

On Monday afternoon (GMT) I will be giving a lecture at the Royal Geographic Society on Alexander Macomb Mason. Naval history, exploration in Africa, 19th-century century science, and lots of #maps... Register for in-person or online here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre @magic.bas.ac.uk · 07/11/2025

We've recently created a new collection of legacy maps in our Catalogue, which will be added to over time. For now, we have 3 interesting maps available to view and download: data.bas.ac.uk/collections/... The Scotia Arc is one of our favourites. The map was a massive compilation effort at the time!

A bright, colourful map titled 'TECTONIC MAP OF THE SCOTIA ARC'. The map covers South America, the Scotia Sea, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Bathymetry is shown with varying shades of blue.

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Celebrate Geography Awareness Week at Brown! From Nov 17-21, IBES & partners will host a career panel, photo contest, workshops, colloquia, and tours highlighting how GIS skills can be used in + beyond the classroom. Full schedule: ibes.brown.edu/news-events/2025-geo…

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Who was "SHB" that made these maps for Churchill's books?

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So glad to receive my copy of Great Power Diplomacy. It was a worthy challenge to make maps for a range of case studies. I am especially grateful that Wess thought to include a "Note on the Maps": a rare chance to reflect on the interplay of maps and strategy.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

My new map of the Baltic Sea got a strong response last week. Many seemed to appreciate the fresh perspective on maritime geopolitics, and a few asked for a high-resolution download, so I've posted it here: thinkinginspace.net/f/baltic-sea...

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Baltic Sea: Oblique Orthographic View of Maritime Geopolitics

I took the existing orthographic oblique style I have used for some other recent maps and made this map after reading a few news stories about the Baltic. This rotation and framing gives a fresh persp...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Counterintuitive Comparison Of Relative Population Latitudes Of US, Canada & Europe Full map: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Great work. Glad you found the tool useful.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Been consumed with other things lately and not making enough maps. But had a fresh look at the Baltic and came up with this take with an old style. Labeling needs work, but feels more dynamic than the traditional view.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I added a few new things to the maps section of my portfolio. #cartography #dataviz

Screenshot of my map portfolio. The maps are in two columns. Clockwise from upper left: south-up map of the world; map of California’s Mother Lode; map showing the route of the Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S.; global map of dead zones; map of flood risk in Bangui, Central African Republic; temperature forecast map of the continental United States, with color and contours.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

No Hurricane or Typhoon Has Ever Crossed The Equator brilliantmaps.com/no-hurric...

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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Great map. Clear story, excellent use of projection and scale to frame the narrative on the page.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A Cartographic Tour of Gold Country. Inspired by a trip to the Sierra Foothills, I made a map of the Mother Lode, paired with some vintage maps highlighting different types of mines. 🗺️ #cartography #mapping pixeum.org/exhibits/715...

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A Cartographic View of the California Gold Rush

Original map by Robert Simmon

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Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Need a 16x9 map for your PPT? Want bluebook outline maps for a classroom? Are you really into equidistant projections? Do you like fun maps in strange orientations with bold colors? Skip the image search and make the map that suits your own needs: www.mapspam.net/OutlineMap.html

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