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@cartonaut elswhere Map-o-phile / GIS wrangler / M.S. GIS / GISP / mischief / 🗺️ / solvitur ambulando

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · Mar 9

This account is mostly Map and GIS celebration (some gripes)+ elevation of others' mappy work. It will detour into carnivorous plants, nudibranchs, birds, corny puns, stands against fascism and authoritarianism, sharing natural wonder, rowboat and bike adventures, childcare and adult dementia care.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5h

Perhaps a local "food shed" map contest where you display the entries at the market and then the award ceremony at your shop?+

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5h

Map table at the farmer's market?

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 5h

Totally exit through the gift shop vibing

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 9h

"Alit (Rocky Mountain High)", oil on vintage map, 10 1/4 x 14", 2025- $450 (Cdn). #art #sciart

A map of the Rocky Mountains along the border of BC & Alberta, Canada covered with 5 painted butterflies & 5 caterpillars. One butterfly, an orange, brown, black & white Painted Lady, sits in the top left corner, beside it is a grey, black & orange Rocky Mountain Parnassian, lower to the right is an orange & black Monarch & the Mourning Cloak, purple & brown with blue spots & a white fringe. At the bottom facing down is a buttery yellow & black Western Tiger Swallowtail.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 1d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Excerpt about Elfland from Unnatural History of UCSC and some maps over the decades.
tinyurl.com/2j7p8nbj

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

I have never seen Collin See-Paynton's work before today.
While so much of my media is being flooded with AI slop or blatant copyright abuse, this work is so refreshingly welcome and inspiring. Joyously catching up on a fantastic body of work.
www.see-paynton.co.uk

Colin See-Payton
Dipper Dipping
Size: 7x4 inches
Ref: 197
Edition: 120

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Michael Gaigg @michaelgaigg.bsky.social · 1d

Maximum energy on minimum impact, are you #BikeShedding again?
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/bike-sh...

12 • Bike Shedding - Hitchhikers Guide to Design

Bike shedding refers to the tendency of teams to spend disproportionate more time and energy debating trivial or easy-to-understand aspects of a project, whi...

hitchhikersguidetodesign.com

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Wildwestcats @wildwestcats.bsky.social · 1d

I can't doodle worth a darn but I can cross stitch! I finished this earlier this year. Pattern from London's Natural History Museum: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cro...

Cross stitch of a Giant Squid. Squid is in shades of orange. The two longest tentacles are held up in a semicircle while the rest dangle below. There is some white detailing on the ends of the longest tentacles and top of the fins. Stitched on navy blue Aida fabric.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Marshmallow curmudgeon...
My g-ma's recipe

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

We be birdin' and nerdin' up here
Waved Albatross spotted out over Cordell Bank, California coast.

www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/08/e...

Endangered albatross native to Galapagos Islands spotted off Marin County coast in first documented sighting north of Costa Rica

A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands.

www.pressdemocrat.com

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Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 2d

"This exists in San Francisco?"

That will be your mantra on the city's new perimeter trail — a path filled with good dogs, great sandwiches, art everywhere, and a reassuring number of public restrooms.

I covered it all by bike. Here are the highlights:

🚴‍♀️ 🌁 ❤️

www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

An epic walk around San Francisco: Highlights of the 38-mile Roundabout Trail

Where to stop on San Francisco's new perimeter trail, including Heron Head Park, Cayuga Playground and more under-the-radar city treasures.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

I agree, the FOMO was massive.
I got like 15 video snippets of different breaches because they were in line of sight of the cell tower, all during a time I was staring at results of queries in MS SSM.

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

I like it, the long way home from Kentucky!
Let's scheme

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

NGL, I'm Patrick, fo sho

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

Jenny was on way back from blown out kelp forest research trip and passed a mother and calf frolicking. Here's the babe. They also went to a shark tagging presentation last night. Said you would have loved it. Hopefully the wee lad will go out and tag with them

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 2d

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden

radio.garden

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David Medeiros @mapbliss.bsky.social · 3d

The fascinating connection between spiders, surveying, and map making... #gischat

youtu.be/DNJM7OiqoCI?...

Why does Britain’s mapping agency have a box of spiders?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Similar parts distributor

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American Geosciences Institute @agi-updates.bsky.social · 4d

🌎 Big news! NEEF is the new sponsor of #NoChildLeftInside Day!

🌿 Let’s get kids outdoors to explore, learn & love our planet this #EarthScienceWeek

🌤️ How can you celebrate? 💚 See: neefusa.org/no-child-left-inside

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Nice, had not seen that phraseo-glyphic yet!

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UofA Map/GIS Librarian @wyman10.bsky.social · 4d

In case you missed it, the Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display) it is still exhibiting atop the north shore of the 4th floor map cabinets in the Cameron Library.

Biographies and Bibliographies
tinyurl.com/34hn54c3
University of Library News
tinyurl.com/4mjkmyyt

[pano-photo looking south] of Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display). Exhibiting atop the north shore of the 4th floor map cabinets in the Cameron Library.

[photo looking west] of Map a-day-in May (a thirty-one cabinet display). Exhibiting atop the north shore of the 4th floor map cabinets in the Cameron Library.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

This should help jog your equinox
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Also, it's pomegranate season for those that celebrate.
Another gardening win today that I carried into the smell of pear butter slowly cooking down in the kitchen.

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

On a side note, 25 years ago I brought a moist piece of live coastal redwood stump-sprouting burl to the Tblisi arboretum. The only way I could get it though ag inspection. To the inspectors at every airport it was just a chunk of wet wood in a ziplock bag. Should be a small tree now. I should check