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Maps and Mappers of the 2023 Calendar: Adam Steer
Tell us about yourself I was tinkering with topography datasets in the Barents Sea and around the Svalbard archipelago, having just executed a mid-pandemic emigration to Norway for a contract working in the northern Barents Sea. I was really working on ways to make terrain visualisation happy for extremely hilly parts of the ocean (for…
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Mamata Akella: The toolbox to build and design maps for the web is ever-changing
Mamata has been a professional web cartographer for over a decade building maps and technology for Esri, National Park Service, CARTO, Stamen, Facebook, and now Felt. She loves pushing the limits of cartography on the web and working on cross-functional teams to build cartographic thinking into products used by both technical and non-technical users. This…
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Where are they now? Maggie Cawley from July 2018.
Five years ago I had the honor of interviewing Maggie for Geohipster. I kept running into her at various conferences and at OpenStreetMap activities. That interview covered a lot of ground from starting a business to mapping a park in Africa to Jewelry. I encourage you to go back and give it a read. From…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2032 Calendar – Kate Berg – April
Tell Us About Yourself I am GIS lead at the State of Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). I’ve been in the field for over 10 years since my first GIS class at UCLA in 2012. Since then, I’ve taught GIS at the university level and worked in the non-profit, private, and…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2023 Calendar: Antonia Blankenberg – March
Tell Us About Yourself My name is Antonia Blankenberg. I’m a Senior Consultant with Esri Ireland. I’ve always been interested in geography, but I only first came across GIS during my undergraduate degree. I took a module studying the geomorphology of Mars, during which I was introduced to ArcMap. I was so intrigued and inspired…
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10 Years of Geohipster
It’s been a bit quiet up here and I apologize for that – we’ve had some epic “backend” things happening. Mike finished the handoff to me (Randy). I was finally able to get a redbubble store up and running as well as moved the website to give us some more flexibility. Which led to a…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2023 calendar: Emmanuel Duchene, February
Q: Tell us about yourself: A. My name is Emmanuel Duchene. I work as a teacher in Sweden. Originally from France, I have for a long time felt a strong attraction for Sweden. I moved here in 2011. I am married and have two children, one of which did this map collab with me. I…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2023 calendar: Conner Houston, January
Q. Tell Us About Yourself: A. Hi, I’m Connor Houston (www.reachabove.ca) and am a geographer and a geospatial professional. I work for the Province, putting Ontario (CANADA) on the map by using a variety of GIS technologies, introducing Ontario to potential investors and constantly striving towards faster, better, cheaper geospatial systems of insights, engagement and record.…
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This is the power of geospatial – it empowers us to ask multi-disciplinary questions, collaborate and take real climate action.
Sunny Fleming is Esri’s industry lead for public sector environment. Throughout her career, she has applied GIS concepts and technology to environmental policy, conservation, and natural resources; from monitoring species in the field to helping state parks manage assets and assess their economic impacts. She continues to pursue her passion for the environment by helping…
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What day is it? It’s PostGIS-slash-Calendar Day!
Well, you can count on this as much as you can count on your favorite open source database: it’s that time of year when we release our map calendar on PostGIS Day! What does this calendar do? Who made it in this year? How do you get it? Well, this stunning printed product can be…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 calendar: Tom Armitage, October
Q: Tell us about yourself: A: Hi, I’m Tom Armitage (@MapNav_Tom on Twitter) and I have been working in GIS for 20 Years. I’m MapTiler‘s Technical Writer and I also do some GIS training and teaching at the University of Edinburgh where I am an honorary fellow. I’m an Open Source Advocate, and have spent…
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Call for Maps: 2023 GeoHipster Calendar
Fall weather (in the northern hemisphere). Back to school. Pumpkin spice lattes. Spooky movies and Halloween candy. What other traditions can you count on happening each September? You guessed it! We’re pleased to announce that there will be a 2023 GeoHipster Calendar, and we’re opening up the call for maps today. Mike and Randy will…