3D mapping, novel writing, cartooning @NeverDidCartoon, parenting, hirsute son of an Aussie farmer.
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I *may* have gotten a little carried away explaining how the Santa Ana winds work to my daughter...
@ArcGISPro #Animation
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Small announcement... The forthcoming "Map Wizardry" book I'm writing with @NathanCShephard and @John_M_Nelson is 25% written, and looking fantastic! Further updates over the next few months.
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Day 205 of #365DaysOfMaps. July 23rd is National Amelia Earhart Day. Today's map features a nod to my friend and colleague @NathanCShephard's joke about Earhart falling off the edge of a Robinson projection as a flat-earther
Final World Flight (205/365)
mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/07/…
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Ready to geek out on maps? 🗺️
Catch Mappy Hour during the first Plenary break on Monday, July 13. Make sure you're registered!
🔹Register here: bit.ly/4wkPs1a
#EsriUC2026
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Another #MappyHour recorded with Edie and Nathan as we focus on half a dozen classic maps ahead of the upcoming #EsriUC
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🚨📢 I'm just going to quietly sneak this news out... Nathan Shephard, John Nelson, and I just had a "Map Wizardry" book green lit. If you've ever seen the session at EsriUC or FedGIS then wait until you see what we're cooking for the book version! 🚨📢
Day 26 – Transport #30DayMapChallenge
In 1937, long before we casually flew across continents, Amelia Earhart attempted to circumnavigate the globe.
Most know the tragic ending...
...but few realize how close she came.
@ArcGISPro
First order of business for any group presentation is to morph profile pics, highlighting everyone's strengths.
For example:
@John_M_Nelson's strong chin.
@kennethfield's piercing gaze.
@NathanCShephard's sea-otter hairstyle.
Moving sunset... now calculated daily.
A table of sunset dates drives the time slider... which drives map time... which drives sun position...
@ArcGISPro
Was randomly thinking about where the sun goes down.
Yes, it's "to the west"... but... it's actually "west-ish".
It actually moves quite a bit. Here's Jan-Dec sunset points from a random hilltop in SoCal.
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For years our audience has asked us to be given a bigger boat. This year it happened. Join @NathanCShephard, @John_M_Nelson and I for Map Wizardry in the plenary Hall F Thursday morning 8:30am for mappy fun and shenanigans #EsriUC2025
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away… some dude at Esri suddenly realized he has a LOT of steps in his Tech Workshop. 😂
#EsriUC2025
Warning: the 4th sign of the apocalypse ("A 3D guy makes and submits a 2D map to a cartographic conference") has just occurred.
#ICC2025 @ICC2025VanCity
If you're reading this in August, chances are you're in Canada at #ICC2025 and you've scanned a QR code for Part-2 of my Tiger Territory entry in the "you don't see many maps like this" section. 🥳
It shows 25 days of tiger movement, with red-disks for "feasting on dinner".
If you're reading this in August, chances are you're in Canada at #ICC2025 and you've scanned a QR code for Part-1 of my Tiger Territory entry in the "you don't see many maps like this" section. 🥳
It shows 20+ weeks of tiger movement, with 'stripes' added for border visits.
So...after living in SoCal for two decades...
I was today years old when I noticed what must surely be the GREATEST weekend destinations of all time.
Looking forward to a gold-covered chocolate Sunday.
Ooh, we get to see @deepseadawn give a speech at my daughter’s graduation at #osu 🎉😁 Good luck Dawn!
After calculating flood simulation in @ArcGISPro you can turn on "other layers" to add a little spice...
...like, for example, some lidar. 🧐
LAS data courtesy of @VCGI
Just another day out out the Dev Summit, solving slippery problems as they come in.
@esri #esridevtech2025 @EsriDevs