Anthony C. Robinson

Anthony Robinson

@arobinson.bsky.social

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E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professor of Geography, Penn State. Director, Online Geospatial Education programs & GeoGraphics Lab. Chair, AAG Cartography & Mapping Specialty Group. Vice Chair, ICA Commission on Geovisualization. Past President of NACIS. .. more

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 16h

Is Trevlac just Calvert backwards? I'm from rural Western MD where we have Nikep, which used to be called Pekin before they had to change due to the fact that there was another Pekin in Indiana, back when post offices were supposed to have unique names.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 1d

A map store version of "What's in your bag?" could be fun...

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · 5d

Donors have already given $6,650 to the GeoGraphics Lab Fund!

Alumnus Bob Myers will match gifts up to $25,000, doubling support for student cartography internships in our program.

Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 12d

🎧 new episode of the #GLaDpodcast is out!

You can run but you can’t hide. @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social and I went to the source (Krzysztof Janowicz) to hear more about Geo + AI, AI for Geo, and my personal bugbear GeoAI.

#geography #geoAI

open.spotify.com/episode/7zZj...

Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Kryzsztof Janowicz

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 14d

2026 Esri Global Operations Sustainability SUMMER INTERNSHIP available! This is an opportunity to join alongside the Esri team leading global operational efforts for a company committed to simply "doing the right thing" as an excellent global citizen!
Apply at:
app.ripplematch.com/v2/public/jo...

Screen shot of Esri's Student Programs page under the site careers.esri.com showing a picture of a young woman with dark brown skin and long dark brown hair. Use the link in the actual posting to apply for the summer internship.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · 20d

Bob Myers is an incredible alum @pennstategeography.bsky.social - the only person to ever earn multiple Master's degrees in our online program, a tireless advocate for civil rights, and a key supporter of the cartographic work we're doing in the GeoGraphics Lab today: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Adult learner finds ‘antidote to aging’ through geography program | Penn State University

You might need a degree in geography to chart the career and life experience paths of Bob Myers. Thankfully, he has a few. Myers is a geospatial expert, with two master's degrees and three certificate...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 29d

Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be ''objective'', data visualizations ...

dl.acm.org

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Oct 25

The National Geographic Society hired PSU Geography alumnus Harrison Cole to design maps for the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, currently under construction in Washington, D.C.

www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum | Penn State University

Work on large-scale map installations at Penn State helped shape alum Harrison Cole’s path to one of the world’s most recognizable names in cartography, National Geographic.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Oct 24

Fond memories of going to the mall (!) and getting this the morning after it was released as soon as the music store opened.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Oct 14

Douro reds are always my favorite.

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The Cartography and Geographic Information Society @carto-giscience.bsky.social · Oct 13

New article! A fantastic new tool Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps, from @arpitnarechania.bsky.social Alex Endert & Clio Andris doi.org/10.1080/1523... #GISchat website exploropleth.github.io video of the tool in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNV8...

Figure 5. Combine View lets users analyze a) a combination of one or more binning methods by visualizing b) the most consistent Bin,
c) the frequency of the most consistent Bin, and d) both together for each U.S. county in separate choropleths. The new, resiliency
binning method then utilizes this information to g) determine “resilient” bins (counts, intervals) that are also visualized in
a choropleth. Hovering any county on the map shows a tooltip with relevant information about the county, as shown in e) and f).

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Oct 8

We're hiring our next colleague for our Online Geospatial Education programs @pennstategeography.bsky.social - Assistant Teaching Professor of Spatial Data Science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Teaching Professor in Spatial Data Science

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Oct 3

🗺️ + 🏀 = 📈

ICYMI: PSU Geography alum Kirk Goldsberry returned to campus last week to share how his geography degree led him to work with Team USA, the Spurs, ESPN, and The Ringer.

📺 Watch the full talk: psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Kirk%2...

Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · Sep 29

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · Sep 29

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Sep 19

We're recruiting cartography & GIScience grad students @pennstategeography.bsky.social - if you're interested, we'll hold a live info session on October 23rd - sign up today: tinyurl.com/psugeoinfo

Reposted by Anthony C. Robinson, Rachel S. Franklin, Urška Demšar

Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social · Sep 19

The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening.
skiconference.ca

Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026

February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.

skiconference.ca

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Sep 18

🏀 Penn State geography alum & NBA analyst Kirk Goldsberry is giving a talk Fri, Sept. 26 at noon in 102 Paterno Library (Foster Auditorium).

He’ll share how maps & data changed the NBA. Open to all, Zoom option available!

www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Sep 16

The 1st year students I am teaching right now include a few who are already experiencing their geospatial revelation, and it's a wonderful bright spot.

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Sep 16

We welcomed alumni and donors Bob Myers and Jim McCrory back to campus Friday!

Bob has committed up to $25K in matching support for the GeoGraphics Lab, directly funding student cartography internships. Jim has also been a key supporter of the lab.

Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

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pennstategeography.bsky.social @pennstategeography.bsky.social · Sep 16

🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game.

🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26
📍 102 Paterno Library
💻 Zoom Option Available
🕛 Noon
📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry | Penn State University

Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, in 102 P...

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Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Sep 13

There's a subfleet ased out of GUM that fly to routes like Okinawa, Ulanbataar, etc ex-NRT in addition to running their south Pacific island hopper route.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here is a stock image that appears to be the basemap for this: www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/5...

Examples indexed in stock collections appear to go back to 2017 according to Tineye results.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not sure if it's nearby, but Proud Mary is amazing in Melbourne. One of my favorite breakfast experiences on the planet.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Aug 25

We're so excited about a new opportunity to support the GeoGraphics Lab @pennstategeography.bsky.social - our alumnus Robert Myers has committed up to $25,000 in a 1:1 match. These funds propel student cartographers working on mapping projects for community partners: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

raise.psu.edu

Reposted by Anthony C. Robinson, Steven M. Manson, Urška Demšar

Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS2025 is back. Check out the Call for Sessions and Call for Papers: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025

December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking spatial...

sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Aug 11

The chaos is really part of the charm of the ICA experience. :) It's usually not boring, and it's always wonderful to meet a broader int'l audience of cartofolks.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Jul 18

The stickers are so awesome, and you're so very welcome to always join our PSU celebrations at the UC. ☺️

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Jul 9

Right... I suspect that's what they intended. GPT and other LLM/LMMs can make rudimentary maps (at best, currently) but the idea that generative AI has replaced maps is wishcasting.

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Jul 9

Not even a little? Who has examples of AI replacing maps that they would be able to share? Does AI in this case just mean "computationally-derived"?

Anthony Robinson @arobinson.bsky.social · Jul 8

We @pennstategeography.bsky.social are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Online Geospatial Education programs with a symposium on Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on Weds, July 16th from 8:00 - 10:00 in San Diego. Please join us! engage.tassl.com/event/11593/ #esriuc

2025 PSU OGE Symposium "Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

engage.tassl.com

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