Matthew Chwastyk (@mapchwastyk) profile picture

Senior Manager of Cartography, National Geographic Magazine | UMBC | Mapping space | Archaeology and history

Joined April 2017
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Fantastic to see @StanfordsTravel have the 2024 BCS Stanfords Award winner “Heavens” available on their website so you can buy your own. It is November’s map of the month too! X @NatGeo @NatGeoMaps More from Stanfords on the map bit.ly/4hXg3Ld bit.ly/49116DU
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Star Trek Map Of The Alpha & Beta Quadrants brilliantmaps.com/star-trek-…
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🥇 A #SND45 Print gold medal in Staff Portfolio: Information Graphics goes to @NatGeoMag for its cartographic portfoilio.
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Excavations of an ancient mortuary complex in Egypt are shedding light on how the craft was once a booming business—and not just for pharaohs on.natgeo.com/3DNfwsc
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How do elephants survive in rain forests, savanna and deserts? We've got you covered nationalgeographic.com/premi… A little preview of the awesome graphics and videos here
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Europe's fate hung in the balance 80 years ago during one of the fiercest sea battles in modern history: the Battle of the Atlantic. See how Nazi U-boats nearly won WWII in these striking maps animated from 1939 to 1944. on.natgeo.com/3Jj9RfS #wwii #ww2 #worldwar2 #uboats
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Modern colonialism began in the 15th century and reached its height in 1914, when Europeans ruled a majority of the world’s countries. See the animated map of imperial territories in 1914 in @NatGeoMag at on.natgeo.com/3IPdJq3 #colonialism #imperialism #empires #colonies
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Have you ever seen a "Port eating" ships? Look at how these disappear! This is Aliağa Ship Facility in #Turkey where large ships are dismantled & recycled. 100 @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🛰️ images presented in this mesmerizing timelapse: December 2020 to December 2022 #EO
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The United States conducted 1,054 atomic tests—costing more than $100 billion and taking an incalculable toll on humans and the environment. NatGeo subscribers can read the full story at on.natgeo.com/3Uz2SUS #history #atomic #nuclearweapons #nucleartests
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Tumbling, leftover rubble reveals the chaotic birth of our solar system. This is our latest graphic from the #SolarSystem project. 👉on.natgeo.com/3ErTk67 Graphic by: @canalesgraphics @ajsteg @antoine_vfx @PiroUnify @ChanYoungPark @kennelliott
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*Avenza Award* Winner! Atlas of the Moons by @NatGeoMaps is our Winner in the Avenza Award 2021 for electronic mapping. nationalgeographic.com/scien… Congratulations! @NatGeo
The leftover fragments of planetary building blocks, where they are, and how different @NatGeo #Sept2021 Graphic by @canalesgraphics P. Healy @ajsteg @antoine_vfx @matthew_twombly #Infographic #asteroids #mattepainting #solarsystem
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Wow! 🎆 It is always a challenge to search for new angles of history. Complicated but a lot of fun! For the curious who want to know more about the project: lucasinfografia.com/Brutalit… By @aLucasLopez, @mapchwastyk & Kaya L. Berne
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Gold 🥇for National Geographic (USA) for the project 'WWII' #malofiej29
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The majority of the seafloor remains largely unexplored: More than 80 percent of it has yet to be fully mapped #WorldOceansDay on.natgeo.com/355OmLP
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There’s a new ocean now—can you name all 5? nationalgeographic.com/envir… via @NatGeo
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Courage in the face of fear. The trauma of war. Remember the events of WWII through the stories of people who were there #MemorialDay on.natgeo.com/3i5cndZ
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Get ready to explore all your dream travel destinations in all new, creative colors. lego.build/WorldMapReveal
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Chinese immigrants helped achieve ‘one of the greatest engineering feats in U.S. history.’ But their sacrifices are seldom remembered on.natgeo.com/3vxdqHz
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