maps – geoMusings

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to a Calendar

2016-10-26 by Bill Dollins

The call for maps for the 2017 GeoHipster calendar has closed and review is underway. I haven’t begun collating the responses yet, so I have no idea how it will turn out, but I can say that, for me, the process so far has been personally rewarding.

I was not involved in the making of the 2015 calendar. When it came time to considering doing one for 2016, I volunteered to coordinate the process; with no idea what to expect. We had quite a response and I was impressed with the quality of the work received. Because it was my first time through, I was pretty consumed by the process and probably didn’t get to give as much consideration to the art that was before me.

GeoHipster Call for Maps

2015-10-05 by Bill Dollins

Earlier this year, I joined the newly-formed advisory board for the web site GeoHipster. The site, and specifically the Q&A interview format with people working throughout the geospatial industry, had rapidly developed an audience and the logistics had outpaced the ability of the site’s founder, Atanas Entchev, to keep up. So a group of us … Read more GeoHipster Call for Maps

A GIS Day Map for World Diabetes Day

2012-11-14 by Bill Dollins

Today is World Diabetes Day. It also happens to be GIS Day so I thought a map (not mine) of new diagnoses would be in order: To learn more about Type 1 Diabetes, please visit the JDRF.

How long until the ads stop?

2012-11-06 by Bill Dollins

In celebration of this day when the non-stop political ads, robo-calls, junk mail, and social media posts *should* finally come to an end. I threw together a little map to show the latest time at which polls close in each state. This should represent, state-by-state, the time (EST) at which you can safely go back … Read more How long until the ads stop?

Mowers and Maps

2012-08-18 by Bill Dollins

I was mowing the lawn today and trimming with the push mower pictured below. If it looks old, that’s because it is. I first acquired it in 1978 when it was given to me by neighbors that were moving to an apartment near the city, meaning they no longer needed it. It still starts on … Read more Mowers and Maps

Quilted Map of Monongahela National Forest

2010-05-18 by Bill Dollins

I found this map on display at the Cranberry Glades visitor center in West Virginia (click any of the pictures to enlarge them): One of the rangers working there told me it is to scale (although the quilt itself lacks any indication of scale). The next two pictures are close-ups showing the north arrow and … Read more Quilted Map of Monongahela National Forest

Time to Kill the Red-Blue Maps

2008-11-05 by Bill Dollins

Now that the election is behind us, I have a little time to ponder one of my hopes for the future in our little corner of the world. I would really like to see the concept of the binary red-blue election map put out to pasture.