San Francisco product development and visual communications studio. Products, tools, stories, maps, and curiosities—made from data. https://xitter.cf/t.co/5wVeg7ZSRS
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Joined March 2007
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New on our blog: "Telling the Story of Changing Populations With Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas"
stamen.com/telling-the-story…
#NewYork #NYC #NewYorkCity #cartography #mapping #dataviz #history #demographics #NACIS2024
Happy b-day to #OpenStreetMap, the free, volunteer-created map of the world!
We've worked w/ #OSM data since the very beginning, and a few years ago we wrote a 2-part history of Stamen's long relationship with OSM: stamen.com/our-brilliant-fri…
Stay tuned for pt. 3 dropping next week!
ALT A montage of nine colorful maps arrayed in a 3 by 3 grid. Each map is a Stamen project using OpenStreetMap data, styled in a different way. A banner of text on top of the montage reads "Happy 20th birthday OpenStreetMap!" in black Helvetica text on top of a bright yellow banner.
Sad news. It has come to our attention that the @NOAA weather station moored at 0º, 0º (nicknamed @NullIslandBuoy) no longer exists! Check out the update at the end of @mapppingmashups's @nullisland blog post for more details of the buoy's untimely demise. stamen.com/the-many-lives-of…
ALT A drawing of the "Null Island Buoy" on a tombstone floating in the ocean. The text on the tombstone says "R. I. P. Null Island Buoy 1998-2021"
Now on the blog: "The Many Lives of Null Island", by Stamen Lead Cartographer @mappingmashups:
stamen.com/the-many-lives-of…
#NullIsland #cartography #maps #design
Thanks to the many supporters of @NullIsland over the years, including @ajturner @michalmigurski @thisisaaronland @kelsosCorner @geeknixta @NullIslandBuoy @nullislandgang @mapzen @ektadary and many others
We've been enjoying the #ShadowoftheErdtree DLC for #EldenRing! With new noteworthy map features (and some that we missed the first time around), check out the update to our review of the map!
stamen.com/cartographers-pla…
An ecosystem is a complex web of relationships between flora and fauna 🐟🦆🌱🦌
We worked with MPG Ranch to create a tool that models how a change in one species will affect everything else!
Read more on our blog:
stamen.com/visualizing-ecosy…
Interactivity allows users to engage with data in more impactful and enjoyable ways!
Read our latest blog post to learn from Stamen designer Caroline Carter about how we employ interactivity in our work:
stamen.com/why-use-interacti…
In our latest blog post, Stamen cartographers Kelsey Taylor & @mappingmashups dig into "The World of Ice and Fire in Maps".
Get your fix of nerdy #GameofThrones #cartography analysis before you watch season 2 of #HouseoftheDragon on Sunday!
stamen.com/the-world-of-ice-… #GoT #HotD
Last week @mappingmashups gave a talk about how we recently modernized all of our basemaps... except for one. Updating Watercolor to a new pipeline would be challenging, but Steve Gifford from @WetDogWeather wrote some thoughts about how it might be done:
wetdogweather.com/2024/06/12…
This Saturday we'll be at the @OpenStreetMapUS conference in SLC: stateofthemap.us
@RealRossThorn will talk about mapping highway shields using #OpenStreetMap data, & @mappingmashups will give an overview of our revamped basemaps w/ @StadiaMaps.
#sotmus #sotmus2024
New post: "Designing the Avocado of Uncertainty"
stamen.com/designing-the-avo…
#dataviz #design #avocado #weather #hurricane #hurricanes
It's been a year since we first booted up #Zelda #TearsOfTheKingdom! ⚔️🛡️ What do professional cartographers think of this #map of Hyrule? How does it stack up against the perfect 10 out of 10 map in #BreathoftheWild?
Check out our review of the map:
stamen.com/cartographers-pla…
Read about our work with @InnovateEconomy where we created a dashboard that uses the Distressed Communities Index (DCI) to highlight how socioeconomic factors impact communities across the United States:
stamen.com/pulling-back-the-…
New post: our Lead Cartographer Alan McConchie (@mappingmashups) looks back on 10 years working at Stamen:
stamen.com/year-ten-at-stame…
New post: "Designing for all audiences: Mapping the future of food". Stamen designer Caroline Carter shares how we worked with @the_plotline from @EarthGenome to visualize which food crops are best-suited to the changing climate in Africa.
Read more: stamen.com/designing-for-all…
We just launched a new map w/ the Economic Innovation Group (@InnovateEconomy), showcasing their Distressed Communities Index.
Explore maps & dataviz that illuminate how local economic conditions correlate with life expectancy, social connections, & more.
eig.org/dci
A few years ago we created a website for the #MaxPlanckInstitute to visualize complex urban transformations due to immigration for a project called "Superdiversity". Recently we updated it to make it easier to add new cities & updated datasets. Here's how: stamen.com/refactoring-a-dat…
New post: we go behind the scenes of our recently-launched project "Manzanar CloseUp" with Densho.org. Explore the human stories of the Manzanar concentration camp where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII.
Read more on our blog: stamen.com/manzanar-upclose-…
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🌍 Elevate Your Maps w/ Stadia Maps & @qgis!
🚀 Dive into our tutorial to seamlessly blend @stamen styles into your projects. Perfect for GIS pros, researchers, & hobbyists. Unlock cartographic storytelling today!
Tutorial: docs.stadiamaps.com/tutorial…
#GIS #Mapping #QGIS #DataViz
ALT Stadia Maps serving the Stamen styles (Watercolor, Toner, Toner Lite, and Terrain) in QGIS.