(NACIS 2017) Doing Cartography as Professional Amateurs

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Transcript

1. Alan McConchie @mappingmashups Stamen Design @stamen #NACIS2017 sta.mn/f3p Doing Cartography as Professional Amateurs sta.mn / rj7
2. oblique strategies for data and design
3. • OpenStreetMap: Every Line Ever sta.mn / rzx
4. Volunteered Geographic Information: amateurs
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
6. OpenStreetMap: expert amateurs?
7. Stamen Watercolor maps.stamen.com
9. Watercolor process sta.mn / 622
12. maps for dawdling not for navigation
14. professional amateurs?
16. sealevel.climatecentral.org sta.mn / 7bh
19. climate.audubon.org sta.mn / wf9
23. dsl.richmond.edu / panorama
26. github.com / americanpanorama
28. la.stamen.com
37. penny.digitalglobe.com
39. sta.mn/ knt #stamenpreview
42. sta.mn/rj7 // @mappingmashups // alan@stamen.com thank you!