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Yesterday at @stamen we were discussing all the various kinds of basemap variants (light mode vs dark mode, satellite vs street map, navigation vs terrain maps, etc) and things got a little silly. What's your #Basemap #AlignmentChart look like? #gischat #cartography #maptime
ALT Basemap variants alignment chart. Lawful good: terrain. Neutral good: greyscale. Chaotic good: dark mode during the daytime. Lawful neutral: satellite. True neutral: standard basemap. Chaotic neutral: public transit overlay. Lawful evil: uk-specific road style. Neutral evil: localized highway shields. Chaotic evil: map on watch.
Also shout out to @mizmay for trying to get me to stop calling all these basemaps "variants"
Linking to my repost on Mastodon, mainly for myself so I can easily find it later: subdued.social/@alan/1118184…
Alan McConchie retweeted
Sad news. It has come to our attention that the @NOAA weather station moored at 0º, 0º (nicknamed @NullIslandBuoy) no longer exists! Check out the update at the end of @mapppingmashups's @nullisland blog post for more details of the buoy's untimely demise. stamen.com/the-many-lives-of…
ALT A drawing of the "Null Island Buoy" on a tombstone floating in the ocean. The text on the tombstone says "R. I. P. Null Island Buoy 1998-2021"
Alan McConchie retweeted
Now on the blog: "The Many Lives of Null Island", by Stamen Lead Cartographer @mappingmashups:
stamen.com/the-many-lives-of…
#NullIsland #cartography #maps #design
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New post: our Lead Cartographer Alan McConchie (@mappingmashups) looks back on 10 years working at Stamen:
stamen.com/year-ten-at-stame…
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Hello friends! Maptime HQ has been in hibernation for a while, but it's time to renew our maptime.io domain name, and we're asking for donations to help us keep it registered. Can you chip in to help us meet our goal? ko-fi.com/maptime/goal?g=0 Thanks! 🌈❤️ #maptime
I am once again here to ask you to join me on Mastodon, or really anywhere else but here.
Need some hand-holding migrating over to Mastodon? Let me know, I'm happy to help.
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Alan McConchie retweeted
The basemaps you know with brand new data!
Our updated flagship styles on @StadiaMaps are now built on @openmaptiles and update monthly.
Read more on our blog:
stamen.com/stamen-x-stadia-f…
Alan McConchie retweeted
Have you checked your map tile endpoints lately? Friendly reminder that you may need to do just that! Read more: stamen.com/stamen-x-stadia-t…
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"What's next for Stamen Maps?" In this followup to our last #podcast episode, Director of Geospatial Stephanie May (@mizmay) talks w/ Design Director Nicolette Hayes about the legacy of our iconic map styles and our exciting new partnership w/ @stadiamaps stamen.com/whats-next-for-st…
I'm really excited that the famous @stamen map styles will live on into the future, thanks to @stadiamaps! I've been helping to support these styles for a decade now and it's a relief to see them updated and refreshed for the next generation of map users! stamen.com/here-comes-the-fu…
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Stamen won’t be hosting their iconic and very popular map tiles any more. Instead, Stadia Maps will host Stamen’s maps tiles going forward
stamen.com/here-comes-the-fu…
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👀 Some of the best cartography and most iconic OpenStreetMap styles have found a new home at Stadia Maps.
Help us welcome @stamen x @StadiaMaps—world-class cartography for everyone! 🗺️🎉
Attention friends of Stamen’s Watercolor, Toner and Terrain map styles! @StadiaMaps has agreed to host new and improved versions of our basemaps with a generous free tier for non-commercial use. The old links will keep working until Oct 31. Read more: stamen.com/here-comes-the-fu…
Alan McConchie retweeted
Attention friends of Stamen’s Watercolor, Toner and Terrain map styles! @StadiaMaps has agreed to host new and improved versions of our basemaps with a generous free tier for non-commercial use. The old links will keep working until Oct 31. Read more: stamen.com/here-comes-the-fu…
The big selling point of Mastodon isn't that it's open source (although that is awesome) it's that Mastodon is non-commercial and decentralized. (yes, I'm going to keep coming here and posting stuff like this)
techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/wh…
Oh. Hi everybody. You're still here? Anyway, if you're updating your websites to replace the bird icon with an x icon, you might as well set up a link to your Mastodon account too.
Alan McConchie retweeted
While many of our mappy friends are at the @foss4g conference this week, we looked back at the recent @sotmus gathering from earlier this month, in our latest blog post from @mizmay: "State of the Map recap". stamen.com/state-of-the-map-… #FOSS4G #SOTMUS #OpenStreetMap
ALT Photo via: https://twitter.com/JessiBreen/status/1667190099644219393
ALT Photo via: https://twitter.com/sotmus/status/1667652953291751425
ALT Photo via: https://twitter.com/arnalielsewhere/status/1667256166567534592
ALT Damon Burgett and Alex Parlato presenting at State of the Map US
Alan McConchie retweeted
After 1 1/2 years we're taking a hiatus from our Pollinate #podcast, but there are still 19 great episodes at anchor.fm/pln8 you can check out & see if there are any you missed. Stay subscribed for notifications when episodes resume in the future! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…