(NACIS 2017) Doing Cartography as Professional Amateurs

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1. Alan McConchie
   @mappingmashups
   Stamen Design
   @stamen
   #NACIS2017 sta.mn/f3p
   Doing Cartography
   as Professional Amateurs
   sta.mn / rj7
   

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2. oblique strategies
   for data and design
   

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   OpenStreetMap: Every Line Ever
   sta.mn / rzx
   

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4. Volunteered Geographic Information:
   amateurs
   

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5. Definition of amateur
   1. one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a
   pastime rather than as a profession.
   • She played soccer as an amateur before turning professional.
   • a tournament that is open to both amateurs and professionals
   2. one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science.
   • The people running that company are a bunch of amateurs.
   • He's a mere amateur when it comes to cooking.
   3. devotee, admirer.
   • I am a philologist or amateur of the language … —Phillip Howard
   merriam-webster.com
   

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6. OpenStreetMap:
   expert amateurs?
   

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7. Stamen Watercolor
   maps.stamen.com
   

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9. Watercolor process
   sta.mn / 622
   

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12. maps for dawdling
    not for navigation
    

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14. professional amateurs?
    

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16. sealevel.climatecentral.org
    sta.mn / 7bh
    

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19. climate.audubon.org
    sta.mn / wf9
    

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23. dsl.richmond.edu / panorama
    

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26. github.com / americanpanorama
    

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28. la.stamen.com
    

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37. penny.digitalglobe.com
    

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39. sta.mn/ knt
    #stamenpreview
    

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42. sta.mn/rj7 // @mappingmashups // alan@stamen.com
    thank you!
    

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