republican mapmakers the country over going, wait, shit, hold on a second
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
republican mapmakers the country over going, wait, shit, hold on a second
Pollsters
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Mapmakers
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Communists
Asking themselves which state they should make red today
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Mapmakers
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Communists
Asking themselves which state they should make red today
October 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Pollsters
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Mapmakers
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Communists
Asking themselves which state they should make red today
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Mapmakers
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Communists
Asking themselves which state they should make red today
Pseudonymous Geoguessr mapmakers have more integrity than millionaire soccer players.
google maps-powered location guessing game geoguessr is the latest to strike a deal with the saudi government-backed esports world cup, but its community isn't taking the matter lying down. instead, they've staged a full-scale revolt that's rendered "basically all" popular community maps unplayable
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Pseudonymous Geoguessr mapmakers have more integrity than millionaire soccer players.
We're now in a redistricting arms race. Dems are properly fighting back.
But the endgame lets mapmakers pick lawmakers and render elections irrelevant.
Yet the problem is not the mapmakers; it's the maps.
The debacle reflects the urgent need for proportional representation.
From me:
But the endgame lets mapmakers pick lawmakers and render elections irrelevant.
Yet the problem is not the mapmakers; it's the maps.
The debacle reflects the urgent need for proportional representation.
From me:
The Redistricting Mess Shows How Our Election System Doesn’t Work
With our winner-take-all elections, the ideal of a ‘fair’ map is impossible. Proportional representation is the only answer.
prospect.org
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We're now in a redistricting arms race. Dems are properly fighting back.
But the endgame lets mapmakers pick lawmakers and render elections irrelevant.
Yet the problem is not the mapmakers; it's the maps.
The debacle reflects the urgent need for proportional representation.
From me:
But the endgame lets mapmakers pick lawmakers and render elections irrelevant.
Yet the problem is not the mapmakers; it's the maps.
The debacle reflects the urgent need for proportional representation.
From me:
NEW: One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are still largely waiting for the green light.
Trump's 'Gulf of America' Order Has Mapmakers Completely Lost
One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are still largely waiting for the green light.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW: One of US President Donald Trump’s first actions upon returning to power was ordering the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed. But mapmakers are still largely waiting for the green light.
if you ever feel unqualified for your job, remember that medieval mapmakers just put some nonsense like “here be dragons” whenever they got tired of drawing the ocean
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
if you ever feel unqualified for your job, remember that medieval mapmakers just put some nonsense like “here be dragons” whenever they got tired of drawing the ocean
Now that the British have invaded Bluesky we need native informants to mislead their mapmakers into our deadliest badlands and swamps.
August 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Now that the British have invaded Bluesky we need native informants to mislead their mapmakers into our deadliest badlands and swamps.
Oï #mapmakers ! Look at the goods from France 😊🍷
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Mise en ligne sur le Géoportail de l’IGN de la nouvelle version interactive de la carte de Cassini, première carte intégrale du royaume de France, réalisée entre 1756 et 1815
Composée de 180 feuilles, elle est conservée au département des Cartes et plans de la BnF
www.ign.fr/institut/esp...
Mise en ligne sur le Géoportail de l’IGN de la nouvelle version interactive de la carte de Cassini, première carte intégrale du royaume de France, réalisée entre 1756 et 1815
Composée de 180 feuilles, elle est conservée au département des Cartes et plans de la BnF
www.ign.fr/institut/esp...
November 29, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Oï #mapmakers ! Look at the goods from France 😊🍷
Kind of like a 21st century update to the old "phantom settlements" trick that mapmakers used to use.
October 10, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Kind of like a 21st century update to the old "phantom settlements" trick that mapmakers used to use.
Stolen from twitter for you mapmakers: There is a tampermonkey plugin that lets you download 3d furniture models from the Ikea website.
github.com/apinanaivot/...
github.com/apinanaivot/...
January 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Stolen from twitter for you mapmakers: There is a tampermonkey plugin that lets you download 3d furniture models from the Ikea website.
github.com/apinanaivot/...
github.com/apinanaivot/...
Alaska really should just join Canada, for the sake of mapmakers everywhere.
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alaska really should just join Canada, for the sake of mapmakers everywhere.
Also maps are hard. Hats off to the mapmakers I know 😂
Working on the first thing I've ever written where I'm gonna have to stop and sketch myself a map because I am hella confused 😂
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Also maps are hard. Hats off to the mapmakers I know 😂
*not all mapmakers, little sign.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
*not all mapmakers, little sign.
The classic Racial Dot Map inspired me and a whole generation of mapmakers.
Today, I'm publishing a modern take on this map, built with the geospatial tools I've been developing over the past decade.
Interact with the map here: walker-data.com/maps/census-...
Today, I'm publishing a modern take on this map, built with the geospatial tools I've been developing over the past decade.
Interact with the map here: walker-data.com/maps/census-...
September 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The classic Racial Dot Map inspired me and a whole generation of mapmakers.
Today, I'm publishing a modern take on this map, built with the geospatial tools I've been developing over the past decade.
Interact with the map here: walker-data.com/maps/census-...
Today, I'm publishing a modern take on this map, built with the geospatial tools I've been developing over the past decade.
Interact with the map here: walker-data.com/maps/census-...
In the big trees, Lake 22 trail, Snohomish County. Yes Lake 22. (settler mapmakers said: ‘jfc they have so many lakes’.)
Old growth on this walk.
Old growth on this walk.
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In the big trees, Lake 22 trail, Snohomish County. Yes Lake 22. (settler mapmakers said: ‘jfc they have so many lakes’.)
Old growth on this walk.
Old growth on this walk.
🚨BREAKING: As Florida Republicans rush to enact a new congressional gerrymander, the map’s architect admitted to relying on partisan data — raising concerns that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan defies a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Florida mapmaker admits using partisan data in GOP gerrymander despite voter-approved ban
In practice, Florida mapmakers are not supposed to even try to tilt districts toward a party. But Poreda’s testimony suggests partisan considerations were at least part of the equation.
www.democracydocket.com
April 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
🚨BREAKING: As Florida Republicans rush to enact a new congressional gerrymander, the map’s architect admitted to relying on partisan data — raising concerns that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan defies a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Mapmakers: turns out you can fit an entire spiral staircase in a 5-foot square
May 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Mapmakers: turns out you can fit an entire spiral staircase in a 5-foot square
Calling all mapmakers
Calling all mapmakers
Calling all mapmakers
We actually have an ask today: we'd love to talk with some #Daggerheart (or #ttrpg or #dnd) cartographers.
We'd love to have a custom map of our world made at a reasonable cost! If anyone knows someone who does that sort of work, have them get in touch with us!
We'd love to have a custom map of our world made at a reasonable cost! If anyone knows someone who does that sort of work, have them get in touch with us!
September 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Calling all mapmakers
Calling all mapmakers
Calling all mapmakers
places with genuinely contested names, where one group uses one term and one group uses another, pose a challenge for mapmakers. the truth is that the place has multiple names.
places with names changed on a whim by an 80-year-old narcissist crackpot throwing a tantrum do not pose a challenge.
places with names changed on a whim by an 80-year-old narcissist crackpot throwing a tantrum do not pose a challenge.
August 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
places with genuinely contested names, where one group uses one term and one group uses another, pose a challenge for mapmakers. the truth is that the place has multiple names.
places with names changed on a whim by an 80-year-old narcissist crackpot throwing a tantrum do not pose a challenge.
places with names changed on a whim by an 80-year-old narcissist crackpot throwing a tantrum do not pose a challenge.
Lorn’s Lure Mapmakers Compete for Glory and Riches (Sort Of)
YouTube video by Rubeki
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
And we need real campaign finance reform, buttressed by congressional findings that show where the Court has gotten all of this factually wrong. Election reform that restores power to the people rather than the mapmakers. A system that allows democracy back in.
August 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And we need real campaign finance reform, buttressed by congressional findings that show where the Court has gotten all of this factually wrong. Election reform that restores power to the people rather than the mapmakers. A system that allows democracy back in.
Map lines are inherently political. After all, they’re representations of the places that are important to human beings — and those priorities can be delicate and contentious, even more so in a globalized world where multiple nations often share the same maps.
Mapmakers pondering what to do about Trump's geographic renaming plans
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of…
buff.ly
January 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Map lines are inherently political. After all, they’re representations of the places that are important to human beings — and those priorities can be delicate and contentious, even more so in a globalized world where multiple nations often share the same maps.
Everyone who says they live in Finland actually lives in New Zealand, which is a real place that mapmakers have decided is fictional.
February 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Everyone who says they live in Finland actually lives in New Zealand, which is a real place that mapmakers have decided is fictional.
Oh and Denmark. It says 37%, when it's 75%.
Seems these mapmakers don't understand us nordics at all...
Seems these mapmakers don't understand us nordics at all...
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Oh and Denmark. It says 37%, when it's 75%.
Seems these mapmakers don't understand us nordics at all...
Seems these mapmakers don't understand us nordics at all...
Arctic Indigenous mapmakers are reclaiming the past, shaping their future.
A new story by Jess Howard @permafrostpathways.bsky.social highlighting our collaborative mapping efforts with Esri and native Alaskan communities.
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/arctic-indig...
A new story by Jess Howard @permafrostpathways.bsky.social highlighting our collaborative mapping efforts with Esri and native Alaskan communities.
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/arctic-indig...
December 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Arctic Indigenous mapmakers are reclaiming the past, shaping their future.
A new story by Jess Howard @permafrostpathways.bsky.social highlighting our collaborative mapping efforts with Esri and native Alaskan communities.
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/arctic-indig...
A new story by Jess Howard @permafrostpathways.bsky.social highlighting our collaborative mapping efforts with Esri and native Alaskan communities.
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org/arctic-indig...