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GIS and Cartography @EU_Eurostat Exploring new ways of making maps. observablehq.com/@joewdavies

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 6

Bivariate maps showing the relationships between Temperature and Precipitation.

Made with Plot, based on a great tutorial by Fil: observablehq.com/@jo...

Data from TerraClimate (1958-present).

#cartography #maps #mapping #climate #dataviz #SciArt

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Julien Gaffuri @jgaffuri.bsky.social · May 14

This morning, I had the chance to present Eurostat work on education and healthcare services accessibility in Europe, with my colleague @joewdavies.bsky.social. If you missed it, the replay is luckily available:

➡️ europa.eu/!GxbcDt

#map #gis #cartography #mapping #demography #europe #gischat

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · May 12

No need to register I believe, it will be live on that page

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · May 12

Julien (@jgaffuri.bsky.social) and I will be giving a brief talk on some grid-based fun on wednesday in case you fancy tuning in:

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/new...

#maps #statistics #GIS

Mastering map creation with Eurostat: from data to visualisations - EurostatLog inEnglishSearchSuccess

ec.europa.eu

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Apr 25

Love this! nice work 👏 If you need anything from gridviz just let us know 🙂

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Nicolas Lambert @neocarto.bsky.social · Apr 24

Travel times to European cities.
A web mapping tool based on the gridviz JavaScript library (Eurostat) for the H2020 Granular project.
- app: nlambert.gitpages.huma-num.fr/granular-gri...
- code: gitlab.huma-num.fr/nlambert/gra...

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · Feb 15

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Feb 4

Here are global currents in the Spilhaus one-world-ocean map projection.

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 31

Grid Cartograms are now available in eurostat-map!

just use map.gridCartogram(true)

observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...

have a nice weekend :)

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks for letting me know! I'll have a look. Im glad your hometown has not been flooded 🙂

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 22

Yes!

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 22

Same!

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 17

Sorry for your loss Kenneth

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 17

This is my Blender setup, in case its useful. Mask.png is a copy of the map but with buildings in black, and white as the transparent colour (I make them with IrfanView color replace)

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

'Put it into Blender and see what happens' #4

Bivariate maps showing the relationships between Temperature and Precipitation.

(Monthly data since 1958 by TerraClimate)

observablehq.com/@jo...

#maps #blender #climate #sciart #cartography #gis

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 16

Nice 🙂

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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · Jan 14

Today we have a Maps Dispatch for you. Find locator maps about fire 🔥, symbol maps about congestion 🚗, and choropleth maps about dengue fever 🦟.

Full Data Vis Dispatch here: https://blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis-dispatch-january-14-2025/

Locator map showing major wildfires near Los Angeles, California, as of January 9, 2025. The map includes fire locations such as Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst, marked in dark red to indicate active fire zones, and hatched red areas representing evacuation zones. Published in n-tv.

Map of Greater London showing over 10,000 electric vehicle charging points as of July 2022. Dots represent chargers per 500m², with color-coded types: blue for fast and slow chargers, and pink for rapid and ultra-rapid chargers. The Ultra Low Emission Zone is outlined in green. Dense clusters of chargers are seen in central London, decreasing in density toward the outskirts. Published in Bloomberg.

Map of the Arctic Circle and its territories. 10 countries have political territories in this region, including the European Union, Russia, Canada, Greenland and Norway. Published in El País.

World choropleth map showing projected areas at risk of dengue fever. Light yellow indicates a projected increase of 1 month of dengue-prone months per year in 2050, dark orange indicates 6+ months. A red overlay indicates areas with more than 6 months of climate suitability in 2050. High dengue risks are found in southern Africa and South America, with lower risks in southern Europe and the northern United States. Published by Bloomberg.

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Mark SubbaRao @marksubbarao.bsky.social · Jan 10

Global temperature anomalies 1880-2024. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5450

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 14

3D renders of LINZ topographic maps of New Zealand.

#gis #blender #map

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

If a certain someone hasn't invaded it by then..

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

Some maps from the Global Climate Highlights 2024 by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

"Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were higher in 2024 than at any time in at least 2,000,000 years."

climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Map showing anomalies in sea surface temperature in 2024. A large portion of the map is the warmest on record. Just a reminder that six consecutive tropical cyclones hit the Philippines this year, three of which were super typhoons!

Map showing surface air temperature anomalies in 2024. The majority of the map shows positive anomalies (warmer than average).

Map showing water vapour anomalies in 2024. The majority of the map shows positive anomalies (more water vapour than average). As the atmosphere warms, it can hold more water vapour (about 7% more for each additional degree Celsius.

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 12

Shaded relief map of Nepal 🇳🇵

The only country with a non-rectangular flag!

Made with Blender and QGIS.

#map #gis #nepal #blender

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 12

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Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 10

Genuary 08 - Draw one million of something.

1 Million Points in Three.js.

observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...

#genuary8 #genuary2025 #genuary

Joe Davies @joewdavies.bsky.social · Jan 8

'contours are king'! It sounds like fun, I remember doing some in the Brecon Beacons when I was younger for the Duke of Edinburgh award!