@geospatial

Maker of maps, lover of geography, designer of information & dataviz, and life-long computing geek.

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Joined November 2007
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Why It’s Time to Shed Some Light on History’s ‘Dark Ages’ time.com/6126168/medieval-hi…

Why It’s Time to Shed Some Light on History’s ‘Dark Ages’

The period is good and bad, transparent and opaque, only hazily understood—but ultimately the opposite of what we want our modern world to be

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An animated map shows humans migrating out of Africa to Asia, Europe, and the Americas. nationalgeographic.org/media…
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I love QGIS 3.x. But the new problem where I get tons of prompts to "select transformation for converting coordinates between two CRS's" for most layers in every one of my QGIS files makes the app feel broken. Is it GDAL's fault? QGIS? This is an earthquake for the ecosystem.
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Our Planet May Be Barreling Toward a Tipping Point wired.com/story/climate-tipp…

Our Planet May Be Barreling Toward a Tipping Point

A thawing Antarctica, a transforming Amazon, and other devastating changes may be more likely than scientists previously believed.

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Scary maps: A warning blog.mapbox.com/scary-maps-a…
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Meet “raw” water—ludicrously priced unfiltered water with random bacteria arstechnica.com/science/2018…

Meet “raw” water—ludicrously priced unfiltered water with random bacteria

With pricing as high as $6 per gallon, company claims health benefits without data.

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Russian agents hacked US voting system manufacturer before US election – NSA report theguardian.com/technology/2…
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CNN legal analyst: Trump’s ‘nut job’ remarks to Russians are ‘very close to a confession of obstruction of justice’ rawstory.com/2017/05/cnn-leg…

CNN legal analyst: Trump's 'nut job' remarks to Russians are 'very close to a confession of...

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said on Friday that what we now know about President Donald Trump's remarks to a Russia delegation in the Oval Office look "very close to a confession of obstruction...

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Well, this is awkward.
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The Long, Twisted, and Bizarre History of the Trump-Russia Scandal: a timeline motherjones.com/politics/201…

The long, twisted, and bizarre history of the Trump-Russia scandal

Here’s the timeline you need to keep track of the controversy.

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Making Art in a Time of Rage - The New Yorker - newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

Making Art in a Time of Rage

Under Trump, should artists carry on nobly defying the ruination of public discourse? Or seize on a new mission, abandoning the illusion of aesthetic autonomy?

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Power Poser: When big ideas go bad 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdail…
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How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins…
How the Environment Affects the Brain googlemapsmania.blogspot.com…
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Becksploitation googlemapsmania.blogspot.com…
Explore an Eerie Soviet Base at the Edge of the World wired.com/2016/12/andrey-sha…

Explore This Eerie Soviet Base at the Edge of the World

Photographer Andrey Shapran discovered abandoned planes and ships in near polar darkness.

wired.com
Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm atlasobscura.com/articles/he…
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The manspreading epidemic cnn.com/2016/06/22/travel/ma…
Redrawing the map: New tools create a niche for the cartophile architects.org/architectureb…
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