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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

The Concept Of Indigenous GIS
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Reading a paper (alturl.com/8wte5), they used the specific term ‘Indigenous GIS’ – and I found this intriguing!
As I read it, spatial data collection and analysis was done with a focus on how a tribe or social group might ‘see’ the data, including spatiotemporal....
I look forward to finding out more about what others are working on! – so PLEASE feel free to share any examples that you might have…
#GIS #spatial #mapping #indigenous #IndigineousGIS #FirstNation #perspective #cultural #social #naturalresources #archaeology #publicsafety #socialservices #planning #design #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mapping #cartography #usecase #practical #pragamatic #resultsdriven #focused##

photo - indigeneous favela resident, Brasil
historic photo - Navajo woman carrying peaches, 1902
photo - example of a portion of Maori whanau, New Zealand
map - view sheds for deathscapes, Southern Je, Brazil
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Claude Trudel

🌐 Le projet Lazarus mettra en lumière la plus ancienne carte de la collection de l' Université du Wisconsin-Milwaukee : une carte du monde de 1452 dessinée à la main
Par David Lewellen
uwm.edu/news/lazarus-project-t
#UWM #mappamundi #carte #cartographie #maps #cartography #LoC #monde #manuscrit #tech #histoire #géographie #patrimoine #AGS #USA #culture #numérisation @mhedney

UWM REPORT · Lazarus Project to shine a new light on oldest map in UWM collectionCreated some 573 years ago, the Leardo Mappamundi is the oldest of more than 2 million items in the collection of the American Geographical Society Library. Now, multispectral imaging will reveal details lost to time and decay.
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Daniel P. Huffman

The 1st Annual Carl Sack Memorial Bike Ride will be held April 26th, to raise funds for a scholarship in his name: eventbrite.com/e/first-annual-

There's also a direct donation link.

(I'm not an organizer, just a participant who knows Carl's contributions to the #cartography & #gis community are missed)

EventbriteFirst Annual Carl Sack Memorial Bike RideJoin us for the First Annual Carl Sack Memorial Bike Ride in honor of our friend Carl!
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean

photo - Snow covers houses in Old Nuuk, located in front of Sermitsiaq Island in Greenland, February 5, 2025.
maps - showing Greenland's size and population vs. US examples
maps - Untapped resources - A 2023 survey showed that 25 of 34 minerals deemed “critical raw materials” by the European Commission were found in Greenland.
more polar orientated map showing marine navigation routes in the area...
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SAKE │ Rainer Kaasik-Aaslav

I tend to say that mapmaking is a separate hobby from ttrpgs, but... At the same time, I don't think I fully believe it. When preparing for next session and drawing out all those small villages and tiny rivers, the whole history of the place, the NPCs who live there, how they relate, becomes clear.

#ttrpg#maps#cartography
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Conspiracy of Cartographers

Well, the previous map was kinda boring, as far as these things go.

The South Carolina #Petrofuture map…things start to get interesting again. Plus, a preview of Florida! Everyone’s favorite sea rise map.

Melted ice caps on 1956 Shell Oil road map. 

Higher-res images:
conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #outsiderArt #clifi #greenWashing #worldbuilding #Florida #SouthCarolina

Petrofuture South Carolina — 66m sea level rise on a 1956 Shell gas station map. Map insets—Florida, Columbia, Charleston.
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