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I highly recommend listening to this interview with Craig Taylor on The MapScaping Podcast. I found it really interesting getting insight into his experience and his approach to creating compelling and stunning spatial visualisations. He’s also one of the winners of the MonoCarto

There’s not long left to wait for the release of PostgreSQL 12 and — if my own experience is anything to go by — it brings with it a huge amount of new features and general improvements, particularly around performance. The great news is that

I’ve always admired the maps created by news organisations such as The New York Times — there’s something about the balance between telling a story and keeping things simple yet beautiful. This tutorial by Katie Jolly details how to create maps in a

Mapbox GL JS has come on leaps and bounds in the past few years, especially when coupled with the enhanced 3D layers provided by Deck.gl and others. This tutorial by Allan Walker shows you how to make your own coloured 3D point cloud

This beautiful article by TASS is a love letter to Geradus Mercator and the fascinating history behind his famous work. It’s a long read, sprinkled with well-designed illustrations and interactive elements — definitely set aside some time to read and give it the attention

Earlier this week I stumbled across the “3 facts, 5 geo people” conversation doing the rounds on Twitter. In it various people within the spatial community have been opening up and sharing some facts about themselves and advice for others. More stuff like this

In this article, Matt Forrest makes his case for why zip codes are bad for accurate spatial analysis and insight. He delves into the history of the zip code and its quirks — for example that the codes aren’t attached to a geographic area,

We’re still not quite done with map-related content about the Moon landings. This time I’m featuring an interesting article on how geological maps were integral in the planning and ultimate success of the Apollo landings and the science that followed. How geological

I find subterranean data and maps incredibly interesting for some reason — probably because they’re maps of things that are otherwise invisible. This article on the various tunnels underneath Washington, D.C. delves into just what sort of tunnels exist (and why), as well