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One of my favourite map-makers David Garcia has started a newsletter about his unique experiences and stories behind why he creates maps. His first issue is already out for you to read at your leisure, it’s well worth it. How to Map an

It’s been a pleasure seeing the maps submitted by Cristina for the #30DayMapChallenge — they have a fantastic attention to detail and design. Each has been submitted through her agency z creative labs, which is also worth checking out. Cristina’s Twitter feed is

I’ve featured Sarah Bell a couple of times since this newsletter started, first for her great climbing map for the MonoCarto competition earlier in the year, and also within this issue for her tutorial on hand-drawn hillshade using pencils and paper. Sarah also

Laura Gerrish is a GIS and mapping specialist at the British Antarctic Survey, which has to be one of the cooler places to work (pun not intended). I’ve actually featured her in a previous issue, highlighting the fantastic Greenland map that she worked

I’d argue it’s impossible to escape Nadieh Bremer’s work, especially online. She’s a fantastic data visualiser who is constantly releasing compelling and stunning visualisations. She recently released a piece on Planet’s satellite constellation — featured in a previous issue — that

The MapScaping Podcast has quickly become one of my favourite podcasts. Daniel has been great at getting interesting and varied people from the spatial community to come on and share their experiences. It also helps that Daniel is a natural host and gives the

You may not already know about Joshua but you’ve probably seen one of his visualisations online or in the news. He works at NASA Earth and is the Data Visualisation and Cartography Lead there. He’s constantly working on and sharing interesting visualisations,

Lists like this are usually hit or miss, but this one by CARTO is spot on with the people you should be following within the spatial community. They’ve provided a little description about each person which is a nice touch. 50 Must-Follow Twitter

EthicalGEO is an initiative aimed to engage people within the spatial industry and get them thinking about the ethical challenges posed by spatial technology and the way that it’s being used to shape society. Homepage | EthicalGEOThe American Geographical Society (AGS) EthicalGEO Initiative seeks

I featured one of Paul’s maps in a previous issue — the Ordnance Survey map of the Apollo 11 moon landing. A lovely piece of work that even Buzz Aldrin was seen enjoying this past week! He’s also active on Twitter, sharing work

Topi Tjukanov is a prolific map-maker and someone who is incredibly active in the spatial scene. His maps and spatial visualisations are varied and often utilise cutting-edge techniques and technology. Definitely one to follow. Topi Tjukanov (@tjukanov)

I came across the Scene From Above podcast after they featured this newsletter — an easy-to-listen-to podcast that covers all things Earth observation. It’s hosted by Alastair Graham and Andrew Cutts. Scene From Above PodcastPodcasts

I’ve featured Eleanor Lutz a couple of times in this newsletter, specifically for her amazing space-related maps. However, her visualisation work spans a lot more than just maps of space and I highly recommend taking a look at it on her website. I

I’ve been a fan of Craig Taylor for a while now — his work in 3D spatial visualisation is second to none and he is a constant source of inspiration. He works at Ito World and creates all sorts of beautiful visualisations; ranging from

If you’re into 3D maps or Web-mapping in general then you need to be following Raluca Nicola. She works on the ArcGIS API for JavaScript and outputs a constant stream of amazing 3D visualisations. I also featured some of her work in the

Not only an account to follow for interesting spatial content, their primary focus is as a professional network to promote gender equality in the spatial industry. Women in Geospatial+ (@geospatialwomen)

I discovered Carl’s work on Twitter quite recently and immediately loved it. He’s prolific and has produced loads of beautiful maps. He’s also a student at Arizona State University. It’s criminal that he only has 33 followers on Twitter — I

Anita is always sharing interesting stuff on Twitter, usually related to QGIS. She’s prolific on Stack Overflow too, I’m guaranteed to stumble on her responses when searching for questions about QGIS. Her TimeManager plugin was featured this issue as well. Anita Graser