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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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David Medeiros @mapbliss.bsky.social · 16h

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

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

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Similar parts distributor

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American Geosciences Institute @agi-updates.bsky.social · 1d

🌎 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 · 1d

Nice, had not seen that phraseo-glyphic yet!

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UofA Map/GIS Librarian @wyman10.bsky.social · 1d

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
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University of Library News
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[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 · 1d

This should help jog your equinox
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

What did you do on the 21st though?

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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 2d

The leaves are starting to fall, and there’s no better time to curl up with a book. 🍂 📚 Looking for recommendations? Check out AAG’s 2025 Fall New Books for Geographers list: buff.ly/dztAWb9

#GeoSky #GISChat #ClimateSky #NewBooks

Various covers of books featured on AAG's 2025 Fall books list.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Grown from a 6 inch long stick/cutting, the plumeria is now two feet high and blooming for the first time.

Yellow plumeria (frangiapani) flower with white edged petals above green leaves. Many buds behind it

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 3d

Each week on my patreon I write about #maps and #mapmaking, offering a look behind the curtain & highlighting the books my maps are in. The posts are mostly free for anyone to read without a subscription.

Today, I wrote about some reproductions of historical maps!

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Draw Me Like One of Your French Charts: Recreating Historical Maps | Surprised Eel Maps

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 2d

The Koyukuk River near Huslia, Alaska. Final version for today.

A palette of 6 colourful panels, i.e. six maps of the same area with 6 different colour schemes.

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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect cartoon.

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 2d

If you're in the Boston area and you want to see some cool maps and learn about why we shouldn't always trust them, join me for my library talk "How Maps Lie" this friday! newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com/event/14866807

The Map Center Presents: How Maps Lie

Join Andrew Middleton of The Map Center in Pawtucket, RI for a fun and informative talk on how maps tell all sorts of stories. Learn how historical and contemporary maps are...

newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 2d

The lack of breeze, bright moon, and comfortable temperature makes me nostalgic for nights like this, coming up through the marine terraces and coastal prairie from the Kitchen Brothers' place, into the coastal redwood forest to spend the night tending the trails, signs, and delights of Elf Land

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.

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Sebas van den Brink @sebasvandenbrink.nl · 3d

Dutch zip codes (postcode) form a unique alphanumerical system in which one only needs the 4 digits and 2 letters combined with a house number to find any unique address in the country. Get the map: www.studiolegenda.com/produ... 🔹

Postcode Map of the Netherlands

The Dutch Postal Code Map of the Netherlands is truly a unique map. Every municipality is on this map, with every first two digits of the Dutch postal code system (postcode) represented in it. At the bottom you'll find a bit of history about the uniq

www.studiolegenda.com

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Well good morning Bewicks Wren.
I agree you have a cute call.

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 6d

Budget cuts come for us all. My contract with Amtrak is not being renewed and it's up tomorrow.

I'll have more time to work on the Map Center but until it's fully off the ground, I'm a GIS analyst with 12 years of experience in ESRI, open source, education and cartography.
#gigeconomy
#opentowork

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 6d

Final slow motion video of the snowy egret catching a fish after the fish thought it escaped. shot in 120FPS 4K. one of the few good recent tech innovations is high speed consumer/affordable pro video, can't wait to get even better ones like this in 3-4 years! 🪶

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

Samsung has made some spectacular and useful products.
However, I believe their company would fold quickly if they were forced to use the autocorrect and word replacement on their Galaxy phones exclusively for corporate communications. #duckingoverit

Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

Disturbed myself when I went to service the multi camera security system and found I had forgot that I had name it Sauron. Not original or unique I am sure, creeped out chuckle.

a close up of a demon 's eye with fire coming out of it

ALT: a close up of a demon 's eye with fire coming out of it

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 6d

Forget spooky corn mazes, a man was once arrested for placing arrows on floor and sending customers on loop with no exit. IKEA's Crimes Against Cartography - London Reconnections share.google/RSyK9KHkZUnI...

IKEA's Crimes Against Cartography - London Reconnections

The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Ca...

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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