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·Feb 6

Let’s make more dot grid maps

I am excited about dot grid maps. And I’m surprised that we don’t see more of them. Dot grids are a clear, informative, multidimensional and flexible cartographic technique. They effectively leverage patterns of human perception to present information dense but readily comprehensible maps. Compared to choropleth maps, dots retain the…

Cartography

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Cartography

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Jan 11, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration should use collaborative mapping to address the climate crisis

In the past months of run up to the election and through the multiple waves of Biden winning, I have pondered what role mapping can take in the Biden-Harris administration. …

Climate

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Climate

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Mar 3, 2017

Srinivas was one of us

I did not know Srinivas Kuchibhotla — the Garmin engineer killed in Olathe, Kansas. But every time I’ve seen his picture this past week I’m hit with the deep sadness of losing someone important to my life and community. In 2008, I travelled to India for the first time as…

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Mar 9, 2016

Mapping Density around St Joseph’s Seminary

I’m going to be revising based on methodology conversations and clarifications. The numbers below are likely to change. Thanks for your patience while I work through this draft. I decided to take a closer map analysis look at neighborhood density around St Joseph’s Seminary. …

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Mapping Density around St Joseph’s Seminary

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Oct 22, 2015

OpenStreetMap has a lot to share for Open Government and the Global Goals

The data is excellent, but more importantly, the 11 years of experience in OpenStreetMap holds great wisdom for any open data project. Open data sets collaboratively created in OpenStreetMap are frequently the best available anywhere, and when there are gaps in coverage, data quality can be improved with amazing speed…

Open Data

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OpenStreetMap has a lot to share for Open Government and the Global Goals

Open Data

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Oct 5, 2015

Let’s Build the Global Goals Data Census

Let’s Build the Global Goals Data Census The Global Goals have launched and data is a big part of the conversation. And now, we want to act … create and use data to measure and meet the goals. I’m presenting here a “sketch” of a way to track what data…

Open Data

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Let’s Build the Global Goals Data Census

Open Data

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