Prof. of Geographic Information & Cartography @UCLgeography; Director @UCLSocialData; Author of The Library of Lost Maps
London
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Really excited to say that my next book - The Library of Lost Maps - is out this October! Pre-order and sign up for updates here! libraryoflostmaps.com/ 🗺️
Fifteen Maps that Changed How We See the Ocean Floor:
libraryoflostmaps.com/2026/0…
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🎙️ NEW EPISODE: I sat down with cartographer and author, James Cheshire @spatialanalysis to talk about his latest book, The Library of Maps 🌍
If you love history, data, or beautiful atlases, this one’s for you.
🎧 Listen here 👉sites.libsyn.com/571725/conv…
#HistoryShorts #JamesCheshire #TheLibraryOfMaps #Maps #Cartography #DataViz #HistoryPodcast #GeographyNerd
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🗺️ Brimming with astonishing discoveries, The Library of Lost Maps reveals why cartography really matters and how map-making has helped transform our understanding of the world around us.
The Library of Lost Maps, publishing soon.
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Advance copies of @spatialanalysis wonderful new book, The Library of Lost Maps, arrived in the @BloomsburyBooks offices today. It’s probably the most stunningly beautiful book I’ve worked on. Out on 9 October.
Boris Johnson's struggle with graphs during COVID is an important reminder that good data visualisations should demand attention. theconversation.com/covid-in…
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📰WORKING FROM HOME & MOBILITY DATA📰Wondering how working from home has transformed in your area? Or whether mobility data can truly replace the census? This is the paper for you 👇New paper in @geogjournal w/ Hamish Gibbs, @spatialanalysis, @alexsingleton and @markalangreen👥
If you're interested in how data is used in policy and how data inequalities emerge then this event is taking place next Tuesday afternoon. Great lineup of speakers! 👇
🔔There’s still time to get yourself a ticket to our upcoming 'Social Data Spring Mini-Conference 2023’. Join us on the 23rd May for an afternoon discussing critical issues on data science, public policy, and inequalities.eventbrite.com/e/social-data…
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Such and honour for @oliveruberti and I to receive this!
Thanks to all the @RoyalScotGeoSoc for their tireless efforts to promote the importance of geography!
Wolf "M237" has been tracked walking nearly 2000km(!) across Europe. kora.ch/en/news/longest-know…
800km more than Slavc who's 1200km trek from Slovenia to Italy was my favourite story in Where the Animals Go.
👇Map of Slavc with the 🐺 populations of Europe
Getting to the Point? Rethinking Arrows on Maps:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@cartohype and I took a deep dive into how arrows came to be used on maps...and what they've come to mean. It's a fascinating history!
This paper was inspired by my tweet/ blog post last year about the early maps of Ukrainian refugees and the discussion that followed: jcheshire.com/resources/more…
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Really excited to be welcoming the FT's Head of Visual and Data Journalism - @theboysmithy - to @UCLSocialData on 9th of March!
"Making charts work - the view from the newsroom"
Sign up here:
eventbrite.com/e/making-char…
Really excited to be welcoming the FT's Head of Visual and Data Journalism - @theboysmithy - to @UCLSocialData on 9th of March!
"Making charts work - the view from the newsroom"
Sign up here:
eventbrite.com/e/making-char…
Very excited to welcome @meghankellymaps today’s @UCLgeography seminar series!
Asking: how do you start a conversation about feminist mapping?
Hillshading algorithms are great...but you can't beat a covering of snow + low sun angle.
[Northern Scotland a couple of days ago] 😮
Source: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov…
This - like my office heating breaking - has become a festive tradition.
Classic “campus greening” outside my office this morning.
There’s a dead tree on the concrete where the temporary staging normally goes (I guess for Instagram) so staging is now wrecking fresh (living) turf that we’re not allowed to walk on 🙄. Why not swap them @UCLEstates?
