Author: GeoHipster Team
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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…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Owen Powell, August
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am a GIS Consultant working for Arup in the UK, with a specialism in data engineering and 3D visualisation. I think I have an unusual background for someone in GIS, having studied Fine Art, and later 3D Modelling & Animation. I have a passion for art and design,…
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Anton Thomas: “Creative inspiration is not field-specific, everything in life flows together to inspire what you do”
Anton Thomas is an artist-cartographer from New Zealand, based in Australia. He creates hand-drawn illustrated maps with colour pencil and pen. His focus is primarily on large works which showcase the world in heavy detail and vivid colour. His works include North America: Portrait of a Continent, a map that took almost five years to…
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Jorge Sanz: “I like to have an eye on what is out of the mainstream industry trends”
Jorge Sanz is a geospatial technologist from Valencia, Spain. He studied Surveying, Cartography, and Geodesy engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. For 15 years, Jorge has been working on consultancy, sales engineering, support, and development of Geographical Information Systems with a high focus on Open Source Software and Open Data. He has been a…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Ursula Kaelin, May
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I’m in my late twenties and currently working as a research assistant at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. I obtained a Master’s degree in Geomatics at ETH Zurich. After an apprenticeship I was still struggling to see in which direction my career path could lead…
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Patrick McGranaghan: “I like maps that connect disparate datasets in novel ways”
Patrick McGranaghan is a land surveyor in Denver, Colorado. He started the MapPorn subreddit in May 2011 while living in Taipei, Taiwan. In his free time Patrick is a geographic pilgrim, visiting places like the Mason-Dixon line and all seven corners of Colorado. Patrick also runs the Twitter account @mapporntweet. Patrick was interviewed for GeoHipster…
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Rebekah Jones to GeoHipster: “We work at the cross-section of Earth and people”
Rebekah Jones’ unlikely notoriety as a coronavirus whistleblower stemmed from her ground-breaking work as the GIS Manager at the Florida Department of Health, where she led data and surveillance during the global pandemic. Her work became the standard for states nation-wide. In May 2020, when asked to manipulate data in support of a premature plan…
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Poll: “Special Days” in 2021 GeoHipster calendar
As this article is being published, our team of judges are looking at the amazing submissions we received for our 2021 calendar. We say this every year, but we think this will be the best one yet! So while you’re waiting to get a peek at the maps that are chosen, we thought we’d give…
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Nate Wessel to GeoHipster: “I want to get stuck doing something”
Nate Wessel is an urban planner and cartographer living in Toronto. He spent much of his life so far in Ohio and enjoys cycling, walking, mapping things, and playing with his cat. Check out his website https://natewessel.com/ for more info. Nate was interviewed for GeoHipster by Natasha Pirani. Q: Hi Nate! How did you become…
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Hans van der Kwast to GeoHipster: “A change in education is needed to break this vicious circle”
Hans van der Kwast is a physical geographer specialized in GIS and remote sensing. From 2007 to 2012, he worked at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) as a researcher in environmental modelling. In 2009 he defended his PhD at Utrecht University on the integration of remote sensing in soil moisture modeling using the…
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Emily Jirles: “Embrace failure, and with time, persistence, and humility you’ll eventually grow gills”
Q: Tell us a little about your background. What kinds of things did you work on before your current role? A: I wanted to be a diplomat or ambassador, travel the world, so I majored in International Relations with a concentration in Peace and Security (what does that mean? I honestly couldn’t tell you anymore).…