Author: jonahadkins
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Ralph Straumann
Ralph Straumann – June Tell us about yourself. I’m a consultant, data analyst, and researcher with EBP in Switzerland and the Oxford Internet Institute in the UK. My background is in geography, with a PhD in geoinformation science from the University of Zurich. Besides GIS I studied remote sensing, cartography, and political science. In my work…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Jan-Willem van Aalst
J.W. van Aalst, Ph.D. – November Tell us about yourself. I’m a cartographic designer and data analyst. I live and work in The Netherlands. My background is in computer science; I did my Ph.D. on knowledge management at Delft University. These days I mostly advise the Dutch Emergency services on (geo) information management. Tell us…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge
Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge – May Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge www.papercraftmountains.com Tell us about yourself. Johann: I model packing processes of consumer products like laundry detergent to optimise the package design and manufacturing lines at Procter & Gamble in their Brussels office. Juernjakob: I work on software for optimising water and wastewater treatment…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Michele Tobias
Michele Tobias, PhD – January @micheletobias GIS Data Curator – Data Management Program – UC Davis Library Tell us about yourself. In January I started my current job as the GIS Data Curator for the UC Davis Library where I work on data projects related to the library’s areas of particular interest and help patrons with questions…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Alison DeGraff Ollivierre
Alison DeGraff Ollivierre – September @AlyD_VT Tell us about yourself. I’m a cartographer who works full time at National Geographic Maps, part-time doing freelance cartography/GIS work as Tombolo Maps & Design, and part-time for the NGO BirdsCaribbean. I’m from Vermont, have been living in the Eastern Caribbean on and off for the past six years,…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Damian Spangrud
Damian Spangrud – April @spangrud Tell us about yourself. I’m a carto geek and have been making varying degrees of visual junk for almost 3 decades. I’m interested in showing data in a way that makes people curious to learn more. I’ve been at Esri for 23 years and I’m the Director of Solutions (which…
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Maps and mappers of the 2016 calendar: Jonah Adkins
In our series “Maps and mappers of the 2016 calendar” we will present throughout 2016 the mapmakers who submitted their creations for inclusion in the 2016 GeoHipster calendar. *** Jonah Adkins Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I’m a cartographer from Newport News, Virginia and have been working in GIS since 1999. I enjoy tinkering…
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What does a GeoHipster listen to? — Everything!
Music & Maps : A GeoHipster Mixtape On most days, we listen to the soundtrack of work: phones, email notifications, office chatter, or the sound of the city. For some of us, our daily soundtrack is a carefully curated playlist of our favorite tunes. Being in the latter group, music can provide the white noise…
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Eight young professionals doing awesome things in geo
by Jonah Adkins [@jonahadkins] Real talk: I love geo. After 15 years or so in this field, I’m constantly amazed at the work being accomplished by my colleagues. I’m especially inspired by the new class of talent that comes along every few years. Whether it be a thought-provoking tweet, a fresh take on cartography, or…
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Alan McConchie: “I love it when a great map fits seamlessly into a larger message”
Alan McConchie is a Design Technologist at Stamen Design, working at the intersection of cartography, open source software, and data visualization. He is also a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of British Columbia, researching the social dynamics of crowdsourced mapmaking in OpenStreetMap. You can find him on twitter at @mappingmashups, where he hosts…
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Chris Bupp: “My favorite maps are less mappy, but still retain a map essence”
Chris Bupp is a Senior Geospatial Developer at GISi Indoors. He likes developing with new technologies and cooking with less new technologies. He made more maps working/volunteering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina than he has since then. He’s created a Leap Motion interactive web map and when bored he tinkers with genetic algorithms. Chris…
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Sara Safavi: “At heart, that’s what we are: stubborn, persistent, get-this-done types”
Sara Safavi is a “software developer with a geohabit” in Austin, TX. She spent many years in the GIS trenches before eventually transitioning to full-time developer at Rackspace. She also moonlights as a geospatial consultant, specializing in clients looking for cost-effective, “real-world” solutions hybridizing open source technologies with existing platforms. Outside of work, Sara organizes…