Updated NY Sea Rise Map
Here’s the NY Sea map, updated with new graphics. This will happen someday, but not in our lifetimes. Some who have dared to speculate on
August 22, 2019
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Conspiracy Theories
Updated Portland Map
Here’s the newer version of the Portland map, with updated hillshading and elevation. It shows 215′ of sea level rise, the highest estimated by the
July 17, 2019
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Updated San Diego Sea Rise Map
In the ongoing process of updating my old maps, this is San Diego and Tijuana with 215′ of sea level rise. I love how the
June 12, 2019
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Vancouver Sea Rise
Vancouver Sea Rise Map A new Vancouver Island emerges when the ice caps of the world have melted. This map shows the inundation of the
May 2, 2019
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Revising the Bay of LA Map
In the years since I made my first sea rise map, I’ve learned a lot of interesting cartographic techniques. I wanted to incorporate these methods
February 12, 2019
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California Central Valley
Ursula LeGuin did it first–Always Coming Home has a fantastic drawing of this, created in the mid-1980s. This map shows what central California and the
September 12, 2018
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Salish Sea, Olympic Island, Willamette Sea
The Pacific Northwest, with 215′ of sea level rise, will have new seas, a massive island containing the Olympic Mountains, and a bunch of drowned
August 6, 2018
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Cascadia Sea Rise
My most recent project is a map of Cascadia. Two maps, really. I started with a sea rise map, showing the high point of 66
July 22, 2018
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Evolution of a Map
Really, this post might be more appropriately titled “Evolution of a Cartographer”, because the way I’ve revisited and changed this map over the years reflects
July 19, 2018
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Seattle Could Use an Upzone
I recently did a collaboration with the Sightline Institute to study where there are multi-unit residences in single-family zones. These places are the remnants of
December 17, 2016
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Map of Yosemite and the Sierras
This is an amazing map of Yosemite and the mid-Sierras. It’s from 1947, and the detail of the terrain and the hillshading is gorgeous. I
December 11, 2016
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Restored Map of Kauai
My favorite hobby right now–restoring old maps. I was in Kauai last year with my family, and so I went searching for old maps of
December 11, 2016
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Transportation Demand Analysis
Does Sound Transit need to increase southbound Sounder service? Here are some maps from a recent project, created in concert with Paulo Nunes-Ueno. We looked at the origins
July 24, 2016
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Online Mapping
The folks at Carto gave me an expanded membership, so I’m moving some of my data to an interactive online format. Check out my first map….
February 26, 2016
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Pavement to Parks
Wallingford has a problem with traffic. I don’t mean the standard complaint about congestion created on 45th and 50th as people drive back and forth
February 7, 2016
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