Graphics for cyberspace
Washington, DC
Joined March 2009
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Big news 🌎🌍🌏: Earthling Maps v1 has launched! Read about it, give it a try, and reach out with any feedback. They're maps that aim to work well even when really small, with defaults to set the stage for great cartography regardless of map-making experience.
Earthling Maps is here! It's all about creating focused maps for articles, newsletters, social media, and presentations, to orient your audience. Learn more in the launch post:
earthlingmaps.com/updates/in…
For my more technical friends: in future posts I'll go deeper into its automatic projection system, meaning that even if users have never heard of projections they'll result in maps with less distortion. See you later Web Mercator!
Earthling Maps is here! It's all about creating focused maps for articles, newsletters, social media, and presentations, to orient your audience. Learn more in the launch post:
earthlingmaps.com/updates/in…
This is made possible by a home-grown map renderer to pull off what MapLibre and OpenLayers haven't quite prioritized, combining vector tiles with arbitrary projections. It's @d3js_org palette of projections combined with protomaps vector tiles/styles, rendered to Canvas and SVG.
I'm long overdue for a social media update, so here it goes. I moved out of DC to the Hudson Valley and I've been freelancing, continuing to enjoy making graphics and tools, designing, coding, and a lot of mapping. I'm about 2 hours north of New York City
ALT Regional map pointing out the Hudson Valley
Behind the scenes, Earthling uses global vector tilesets (via @protomaps) combined with @d3js_org.'s vast palette of projections, with all the automatic labeling expected from basemaps. This is the starting point to add labels and markers specific to your story.
This is just the beginning, and you can sign up to find out when @earthlingmaps launches its public preview, coming soon. Learn more in the FAQ earthlingmaps.com/learn/faq
Doughy ozone viz
The annual #ozonehole over the #Antarctic is developing again. If you want to keep track, visit our website for all the latest charts and details: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/mon…
There you will also find the daily updated 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2024.
Another invaluable article from @rsimmon
There’s a wealth of scientific data trapped in data formats that can be tricky to read. The latest entry in my Gentle Introduction to GDAL series explains how to access data in NetCDF, HDF, & GRIB.
medium.com/@robsimmon/a-gent…
#cartography #climate #dataviz 📊
ALT Two orthographic maps of sea ice thickness centered on 75˚N and the Prime Merdian for the week of March 12–18, 2011 and March 9–15, 2024. Thees weeks represent sea ice maximum for the first and most recent years of the Cryosat-2 mission. The thickest ice, colored in light green, is concentrated along the north coast of Greenland and Arctic Canada. Thinner ice, colored dark blue, fills the rest of the Arctic Ocean, but does not extend outside it.
32k panorama texture composite & photogrammetry 👏
As promised, a behind-the-scenes look at how I created the new high quality immersive environment for Vibescape 2.0 on #AppleVisionPro ✨
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Felt the #earthquake?
Earthquakes in the eastern U.S. are felt over a MUCH bigger area than the West Coast.
Why?
Eastern U.S. has older rocks. They were subject to extreme pressures and temperatures. They’re denser and so shaking travels much farther.
Example: – at Sagamore, MA
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I'm making an iPad app that lets you paint with #ai – and version 1.5 was just approved! 🚀
At some point you gotta ship – and so there were a lot of things I didn't get into version 1.
SageBrush now 20% cheaper per generation✨ Drag and drop images, control quality, and more!
I’ve been beta testing SageBrush by @dreamwieber, iPad app where you can sketch to guide a prompt. It’s a truly satisfying and magical thing. Now available:
Friends, I'm super excited to share this with you. SageBrush version 1 is now available on the App Store!
Thanks to everyone who beta tested this, and a special shoutout to @fofrAI and the @replicate crew for all of their awesome support.
#aiart