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GenAI for the Static Cartographer original ↗

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A Few Minor Niceties original ↗

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On Sin original ↗

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Urban Relativity original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Financial Transparency: Print Sales Edition original ↗

3 Feb 2026

2025

A Sketch of Isle Royale original ↗

28 Jul 2025

Planetfall original ↗

21 May 2025

Map of the Month: An Experiment original ↗

13 May 2025

2025 AFC Freelancer Survey original ↗

11 Apr 2025

A Usefully Useless Projection original ↗

10 Apr 2025

Going Live original ↗

30 Jan 2025

2024

Journey’s End original ↗

27 Dec 2024

The Dream Lives original ↗

20 Nov 2024

Kickstarter 3: The Return original ↗

14 Nov 2024

A Free eBook of Terrain Lines original ↗

31 Oct 2024

A New Take on an Old Style original ↗

29 Oct 2024

2024 Freelance Rate Survey Results original ↗

3 Oct 2024

Automated Hachuring in QGIS original ↗

8 Jul 2024

My Decade with Blender original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Take the 2024 Freelance Mapper Survey original ↗

11 Mar 2024

Another Atlas of Minor Projects original ↗

31 Jan 2024

2023

On the Practice of Wobbling original ↗

26 Oct 2023

Challenging the Idea of a Bad Map original ↗

17 Oct 2023

The Projection Collection Returns original ↗

26 Sept 2023

Getting Local: A Map Disassembly original ↗

3 Aug 2023

Independent Study: A Reflection original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Leopard Map Disassembly original ↗

31 May 2023

An Educational Experiment original ↗

5 May 2023

Conventional Cartographic Wisdom that I have Failed to Grasp original ↗

9 Mar 2023

2022

Projection Connections: A Very Nerdy Poster original ↗

19 Dec 2022

The Unnecessary Peril of the Fuller Projection original ↗

14 Nov 2022

A New, Unrelated Blog original ↗

1 Nov 2022

Thoughts on Practical Cartographic Education original ↗

13 Oct 2022

2022 Freelancer Survey Results original ↗

9 Jun 2022

Projection Cards: Now a Reality original ↗

7 Jun 2022

Projection Cards original ↗

8 Apr 2022

Simple Oblique Views in Blender original ↗

31 Mar 2022

Financial Transparency: 2021 Edition original ↗

20 Mar 2022

2022 Freelance Survey original ↗

17 Feb 2022

A Generalization Ramble original ↗

31 Jan 2022

Towards Less Blender-y Relief original ↗

13 Jan 2022

Annual Report: 2021 original ↗

4 Jan 2022

2021

Landforms of Michigan: A Mini-Tour original ↗

6 Dec 2021

Dividing up the Continents original ↗

6 Jul 2021

A Call for Maps from the Heart original ↗

29 Jun 2021

On Edges original ↗

1 Jun 2021

Blurring Backgrounds to Improve Text Legibility original ↗

19 May 2021

Trying a Kickstarter original ↗

12 May 2021

Financial Transparency: 2020 Edition original ↗

21 Feb 2021

Critique with Empathy original ↗

2 Feb 2021

A Few Thoughts on Critique original ↗

6 Jan 2021

Annual Report: 2020 original ↗

4 Jan 2021

2020

An Atlas of Minor Projects original ↗

21 Dec 2020

A Holiday Shopping List original ↗

23 Nov 2020

The Quest for the Blue Moon original ↗

2 Nov 2020

Musings on Approximate Labels original ↗

20 Oct 2020

The Pieces of Maps Behind Me original ↗

13 Oct 2020

Back to the Rivers original ↗

27 Jul 2020

Regrets original ↗

19 May 2020

Lessons Learned: How to do Map Stuff original ↗

30 Apr 2020

Odds and Ends, Part 2 original ↗

27 Apr 2020

An Atlas of North American Rivers original ↗

13 Apr 2020

2020 Cartographic Freelancer Survey Results original ↗

9 Apr 2020

Returning to my Roots original ↗

3 Apr 2020

How to do Map Stuff: A Live Community Sharing Event original ↗

19 Mar 2020

Financial Transparency: 2019 Edition original ↗

8 Mar 2020

Freelance Survey 2.0 original ↗

18 Feb 2020

Maps in the Kitchen original ↗

5 Feb 2020

Annual Report: 2019 original ↗

12 Jan 2020

Something of Myself original ↗

7 Jan 2020

2019

Cyanotype World Tour original ↗

20 Dec 2019

Revisiting the Colors of Mars original ↗

21 Oct 2019

Monochrome Mapping Results original ↗

3 Sept 2019

Monochrome Mapping Competition original ↗

6 May 2019

Upcoming Live Events original ↗

13 Feb 2019

A Live Experiment in Disassembling a Map original ↗

8 Feb 2019

Financial Transparency: 2018 Edition original ↗

21 Jan 2019

What I did in 2018: An Annual Report original ↗

2 Jan 2019

2018

Typewriter Cartography original ↗

26 Nov 2018

Smart Type Halos in Photoshop and Illustrator original ↗

28 Oct 2018

Outside Readings original ↗

2 Oct 2018

On Airline Mapping original ↗

15 May 2018

Cartographic Freelancer Survey Results original ↗

26 Mar 2018

Another Survey!original ↗

5 Mar 2018

Cartographers’ Preferred Typefaces original ↗

12 Feb 2018

An Informal Survey on Typefaces original ↗

30 Jan 2018

An Uncomfortable Request original ↗

5 Jan 2018

2017

Renaming Michigan original ↗

10 Dec 2017

A Collection of Round Islands original ↗

30 Nov 2017

Creating Shaded Relief in Blender original ↗

16 Nov 2017

The Colors of Mars original ↗

14 Aug 2017

A Cartographer’s Story original ↗

23 Feb 2017

Financial Transparency original ↗

6 Feb 2017

An Arrangement of Islands original ↗

1 Feb 2017

The Power of Appearances original ↗

23 Jan 2017

2016

A #PractiCarto Archive original ↗

13 Dec 2016

Even Fancier Type Knockouts in Illustrator original ↗

5 Dec 2016

Metropotamia original ↗

10 Oct 2016

Terrain in Photoshop: Layer by Layer original ↗

3 Oct 2016

A Career Built on Side Projects original ↗

10 Aug 2016