Tag: open source
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2024 Total Eclipse cartography
It’s no secret I’m on a maps kick. I’m constantly sketching cool maps I want to make or GIS and scene design skills I want to develop. I also got really interested in the upcoming solar eclipse that will cross the North American continent 2,830 miles from Mazatlan, Mexico to Gander, Canada and some 43.3…
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Open Source Cartography
During my sabbatical, I came upon a podcast called Very Expensive Maps by way of Jason Kottke. It’s hosted by Evan Applegate, cartographer who talks to better cartographers.” It quickly landed among my favorite must-listen-to podcasts alongside Las Culturistas, How Did This Get Made, and The New Bazaar. The first episode I listened to on…
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The Supreme Joy of Writing in the Open
There are times when I’m spectacularly awed by Open Source Software. Today was one of those days. We published a blog post about how the team I work on uses the terminal, GitHub, and Jekyll to publish 18f.gsa.gov. This post could just as easily be titled “the guide I wish I had 10 years ago when I started tinkering…