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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · 3d

3D map dream project alert!!

Thomas Kole @thomaskole.bsky.social · 3d

This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:

An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.

More details to follow. Stay tuned!

#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 28

Downtown LA × Hollywood - Elevation visualization concept map. Experimental design. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Mar 27

London in 3D concept. #Day4 of sharing work-in-progress - Open access LiDAR DSM data, 50cm, 2017. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Mar 26

Jakarta in motion, design concept.
#Day3 of sharing work-in-progress. #3Dmap

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Mar 31

Vessel Density Visualization (behind the scenes), #Day6 of sharing work-in-progress . Data from Emodnet December 2022⬇️. #b3d #gis

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 23

Orthographic City Design 0722 | Chicago OSM
#Day31 of sharing work-in-progress. 3D maps are cool :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Geology of the Moon. Still frames from my experimental animation. #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 28

fantastic project/data/idea!

Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Jul 28

Love these maps of "street-text sightings" in the Pudding's latest piece
pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 28

Downtown LA × Hollywood - Elevation visualization concept map. Experimental design. #b3d

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Jul 27

A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.

-Credits: NASA

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks!! I will make more of these for sure :) Is there any city you would like to see?

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jul 23

Orthographic City Design 0722 | Chicago OSM
#Day31 of sharing work-in-progress. 3D maps are cool :)

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Jan 22

Do you know NYC Midtown's top 6 highest buildings and surroundings? Have a look, here is an experimental orthographic view I made! #gis #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Mar 28

World population 1950-2100 visualisation BTS. #Day5 of sharing work-in-progress. Blender view, analysis in #Rstats | Experimental #dataviz animated cartogram - UN Population Prospects data portal ⬇️

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · May 13

“The Batmap” | An experiment with New York City data. #Day26 of sharing work-in-progress. A playful twist on “the bad map” that inspired this cinematic rendering, created in #Blender3D with Google 3D Map Tiles from late 2023. #batman

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · Nov 27

One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯

Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bridges to the City of London*, meshes and render. #Day7 of sharing work-in-progress. ⬇️ Experimental 3D map in #b3d

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · May 20

Charts that will be studied by historians, an occasional series

Two world maps and a chart from The Economist showing which countries share greater trade with the US or with China. In the first map, labelled 2000, most countries trade more with the US than with China; in the second map, labelled 2020, most countries trade more with China. The chart shows that China's comparative share of global trade has increased from less than 25% to nearly 75% in 20 years

Chart from The Economist showing the net favourability of the US and China in 100 countries. In 2022, China had net negative favourability while the US was positive; in 2025 their positions have reversed

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sea Surface Wind: January 10-12th 2025. Exploring innovative ways to display climate data of our beautiful planet. Globe & map visualisation made for @copernicusmarine.bsky.social #Day22 of sharing work in progress 🌍 🔊 #b3d

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · May 13

“The Batmap” | An experiment with New York City data. #Day26 of sharing work-in-progress. A playful twist on “the bad map” that inspired this cinematic rendering, created in #Blender3D with Google 3D Map Tiles from late 2023. #batman

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Olivia Vane @oliviafvane.bsky.social · May 12

This map shows the hour of sunrise globally through the year. It reveals time zones following national and, sometimes, regional boundaries, and slicing through the oceans.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · May 10

This wonderful little map by @Julian_H0ffmann shows nothing but the lakes and rivers of Switzerland.

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 10

I remastered the survivor bias meme. Honestly, hoping this one does blow up. Make good use of it!

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Julian Hoffmann Anton @julianhoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sea Surface Wind: January 10-12th 2025. Exploring innovative ways to display climate data of our beautiful planet. Globe & map visualisation made for @copernicusmarine.bsky.social #Day22 of sharing work in progress 🌍 🔊 #b3d

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Jana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join @julianhoffmann.bsky.social and me at Queen Mary's this Wednesday for some talks on data viz and more. I'll talk about visualising climate data in the newsroom amongst other things (and am v excited to hear more about Julian's 3D wizardry)

Register here and hope to see you there! 🗺️ 📈

Open Data Vis: Visual Insights & Networking

Data Visualisation evening and networking event for experts and enthusiasts. Speakers from the FT and QMUL/UCL.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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