Exactly 7 years ago I had the chance to Interview Kurt Menke. You may know Kurt from his books, Discovering QGIS. You may know him from his consulting days over in New Mexico. You may know him from his interviews up here. At the end of the interview 7 years back Kurt said “For me … | Continue reading
Exactly 7 years ago I had the chance to Interview Kurt Menke. You may know Kurt from his books, Discovering QGIS. You may know him from his consulting days over in New Mexico. You may know him from his interviews up here. At the end of the interview 7 years back Kurt said “For me … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself:I was born and raised in Mexico City. I have a master’s in Spatial Planning [meaning absolute space], and I am a map enthusiast and a criminal analysis enthusiast, what better way to represent criminal behavior than using maps! I worked as a crime analyst f … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself:I was born and raised in Mexico City. I have a master’s in Spatial Planning [meaning absolute space], and I am a map enthusiast and a criminal analysis enthusiast, what better way to represent criminal behavior than using maps! I worked as a crime analyst f … | Continue reading
Tell us about yourself I fell in love with maps as an undergrad, I was studying so much I barely left my room and maps were my window to the outside. I spent so much time browsing topographic maps that at one point I forgot water wasn’t sky blue ! Since getting my degree I […] Th … | Continue reading
Tell us about yourself I fell in love with maps as an undergrad, I was studying so much I barely left my room and maps were my window to the outside. I spent so much time browsing topographic maps that at one point I forgot water wasn’t sky blue ! Since getting my degree I […] Th … | Continue reading
In honor of the 10th anniversary of geohipster, we’re looking back at past interviews. Six years ago Alex Leith interviewed Adam Steer. Adam covered Sea Ice, Point Clouds, Africa, and Skiing. When asked the most important question of “Shapefile or Geopackage he threw in with Geop … | Continue reading
In honor of the 10th anniversary of geohipster, we’re looking back at past interviews. Six years ago Alex Leith interviewed Adam Steer. Adam covered Sea Ice, Point Clouds, Africa, and Skiing. When asked the most important question of “Shapefile or Geopackage he threw in with Geop … | Continue reading
Photo from this article in the Providence Journal The Map Center in Pawtucket now run by California man after giveaway (providencejournal.com) Andrew Middleton is a cartographer and small business owner from Central New York. He self published a book of scuba diving maps called D … | Continue reading
Photo from this article in the Providence Journal The Map Center in Pawtucket now run by California man after giveaway (providencejournal.com) Andrew Middleton is a cartographer and small business owner from Central New York. He self published a book of scuba diving maps called D … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself:My name is Euan Mitchell and I am a geospatial professional in Edinburgh, Scotland. I have a PhD in geology and worked as a college professor in the United States for several years, before changing careers and returning to my hometown of Edinburgh about fou … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself:My name is Euan Mitchell and I am a geospatial professional in Edinburgh, Scotland. I have a PhD in geology and worked as a college professor in the United States for several years, before changing careers and returning to my hometown of Edinburgh about fou … | Continue reading
This month’s map comes from Amanda Robinson Tell Us About Yourself I’m from Canada but I’ve lived and worked in London, England for 16 years. My main job is Associate Director at a consultancy that primarily works with local/municipal level government on things such as economic s … | Continue reading
This month’s map comes from Amanda Robinson Tell Us About Yourself I’m from Canada but I’ve lived and worked in London, England for 16 years. My main job is Associate Director at a consultancy that primarily works with local/municipal level government on things such as economic s … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself I graduated in 1996 from the Cartography: Digital Mapping program at the College (now Centre) of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada. At the time it was one of the few programs dedicated to cartography in North America, and to my good f … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself I graduated in 1996 from the Cartography: Digital Mapping program at the College (now Centre) of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada. At the time it was one of the few programs dedicated to cartography in North America, and to my good f … | Continue reading
As I told someone this morning – this was the most geohipstery thing that could happen to a calendar. You print out a calendar, It’s wrong, can’t get much out of the printer’s support, and you offer a hack involving stickers. With the backlog of calendars – I have some hope. I co … | Continue reading
As I told someone this morning – this was the most geohipstery thing that could happen to a calendar. You print out a calendar, It’s wrong, can’t get much out of the printer’s support, and you offer a hack involving stickers. With the backlog of calendars – I have some hope. I co … | Continue reading
So a lot of you are getting your new calendars and if you’ve looked – you’re going to notice a small problem. The year is wrong. I didn’t know about this until about 72 hours ago. The current revision (made Friday 20231208) of the calendar is correct. I’m not sure how many have g … | Continue reading
So a lot of you are getting your new calendars and if you’ve looked – you’re going to notice a small problem. The year is wrong. I didn’t know about this until about 72 hours ago. The current revision (made Friday 20231208) of the calendar is correct. I’m not sure how many have g … | Continue reading
20231212 – Everything is fixed with the new orders. 20231208 – As of this morning I found a problem with the calendar. I’m working with Lulu to get it fixed. All New orders from the link below have been corrected. Those of you whose orders are in transit I’m working on a fix. Tec … | Continue reading
20231212 – Everything is fixed with the new orders. 20231208 – As of this morning I found a problem with the calendar. I’m working with Lulu to get it fixed. All New orders from the link below have been corrected. Those of you whose orders are in transit I’m working on a fix. Tec … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I’m a data analyst at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, and have a background in Geology. I am also the founder of MapHustle. My website, www.maphustle.co.nz showcases a portfolio of my works, blog posts (to ex … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I’m a data analyst at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, and have a background in Geology. I am also the founder of MapHustle. My website, www.maphustle.co.nz showcases a portfolio of my works, blog posts (to ex … | Continue reading
Bio: UK based data wrangler and QGIS enthusiast who has somehow made a career out of working with open source software. Trying to build a better world through geo! Interviewed By Randal Hale Q. So Matt – where are you on Earth and what do you do for a living? I live in a town […] … | Continue reading
Tell Us About Yourself I am currently a GIS Technician working in the private sector. I hold a B.S. in Geology from Montana State University, where I took three semesters of GIS. While I thoroughly enjoyed those courses, I did not yet imagine myself as a budding GIS professional. … | Continue reading
Erik Meerburg has been working in geo-information for over 25 years. About a third of his career he’s worked in governmental organizations, a third in businesses, and a third as a self-employed professional and trainer. Education in geo-information and promotion of the use of geo … | Continue reading
Rebekah Jones’ unlikely notoriety as a coronavirus whistleblower stemmed from her ground-breaking work as the GIS Manager at the Florida Department of Health, where she led data and surveillance du… | Continue reading