Wanmei L 🌎🛰️
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Wanmei L 🌎🛰️
@mapsbyw.com
Science Data Visualizer | Seeking Next Opportunity | Former NASA Earth Observatory 🌎🛰🗺 | UCLA Alumni 🎓 | Award-Winning Cartographer 🧭 | 🎙️ President of Women in GIS

8️⃣ Used IrfanView to batch-rename frames into frame_0001, frame_0002, etc. (Preferred format for Adobe Premiere Pro) 🔢
9️⃣ Used Adobe Premiere Pro to create the frame animation and export an MP4 🎬

📊 107 GB
🧰 4 softwares
📁 ~6,000 files later…...an animation was born! 5/5
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
4️⃣ Developed script # 3 to batch-export each NetCDF to its own PNG, plus all base layers as a single PNG 📤
5️⃣ Batch-imported all PNGs into Adobe Photoshop 📷
6️⃣ Added text, labels, and a legend in Photoshop ✏️
7️⃣ Developed script # 4 to batch-export each frame with text and legend applied 📤
4/5
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Here’s the workflow I used to create this animation 👇

1️⃣ Developed script # 1 with an LLM to automatically download ~800 NetCDF files from the web 💻
2️⃣ Developed script # 2 to batch-load all NetCDFs (with a specific layer) into QGIS 🗺️
3️⃣ Symbolized the layers 🎨 3/5
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Since getting laid off in October, I’ve been using some unexpected downtime to focus on professional development and add new skills to my resume

One area I really wanted to improve on was getting more comfortable automating repetitive tasks through coding, with the help of large language model 2/5
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Data Source: lnkd.in/gyghfche
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From Satellite Pixels to Lego Bricks: Reimagining Google Earth Engine Images
medium.com/@jamestanson... 6/
From Satellite Pixels to Lego Bricks: Reimagining Google Earth Engine Images
Transform satellite imagery from Google Earth Engine into a Lego‑style map using QGIS
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Species Distribution Modeling with R by Josh Carrell rpubs.com/GeospatialEc... 4/
RPubs - Species Distribution Modeling
rpubs.com
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Are you interested in learning how to make animated maps in QGIS and Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Premiere? Check out Chiara's fantastic tutorial on Youtube! lnkd.in/gyRuKVDH
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM