#cartography

· 1w ago

Hi Mastodon. I'm a developer from Ukraine. For the past year I've been making a globe app for Android, Terrella, and it's finally out. I'll mostly post maps from it and whatever I learn about cartography along the way. #introduction #maps #cartography

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Fedi.Garden @FediGarden@social.growyourown.services

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @fedicat@pc.cafe

Mapstodon.space is a Mastodon server for cartography & geospatial people including professionals and enthusiasts. Ask questions, share your maps, chat around, enjoy the emojis!

https://mapstodon.space You can find out more at https://mapstodon.space/about or contact the server admin @jeremy@mapstodon.space #FeaturedServer #Maps #Geospatial #Cartography #Mapping #Geography #GIS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @taiwan_maps_and_dataviz@mastodon.social

· 1mo ago

An updated look at Taiwan’s railway network. Most lines are concentrated along the western plains, but you can travel around almost the entire island by train. The network ranges from High Speed Rail to local railways, metro systems and the historic Alishan Railway. #Taiwan #Railway #Train #Maps #cartography

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Peter @PeterLG@theblower.au

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

The U.N. has voted to adopt a new world map as standard. They are dumping the Mercator Projection for an Equal Earth Projection, a map that shows landmasses much closer to their real size. It makes Africa and other equatorial landmasses look larger than previously, and shrinks Europe, North America, Russia, and especially Greenland. The only country to speak and vote against the resolution was the USA. No surprise. The US delegate actually sat there and claimed that the UN was ignoring real problems while working on changing maps for idealogical and political reasons (ignoring the science completely). How she stopped from dissolving in a puddle of irony I'll never know. She also claimed that passing symbolic resolutions like changing maps was why the U.N. is "losing its credibility" – the puddle deepens. Six countries—Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia, and Ukraine—abstained from voting. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168284 #UN #World #Cartography

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Khurram Wadee ✅ @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

· 2mo ago

#UN votes to adopt new #WorldMap that shows #Africa’s true scale | Africa | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa #Cartography #MapProjections #Metcator #EckertIV #Gall-Peters #Geography #Politics

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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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The Old Map Gallery @oldmapgallery@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

I abuse the word "'genius". Way too flippant with the term, and I'm probably not alone. And then a map takes me back to someone like Alexander Von Humboldt, and I remember when it should be applied. We think of his work on the geography of plants and isothermal maps. But he did a lot for anchoring understanding of the Southwest. Here his great work that influenced Pike and Arrowsmith. His 1811 map Mexique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt #maps #history #map #cartography

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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @taiwan_maps_and_dataviz@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

You probably use products from Taiwanese companies almost every day, often without realizing it. From semiconductors and computer hardware to bicycles, airlines, shipping companies, and textiles, Taiwan is home to many globally recognized brands. This map shows the headquarters of a selection of well-known Taiwanese companies. There are many more than could fit on a single map. Which company surprised you the most? #Taiwan #MadeInTaiwan #Technology #Business #Cartography #maps

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OSM US @OpenStreetMapUS@en.osm.town

· 3mo ago

Good news to share in the OSM US July newsletter: 😎 Mappy Hour on July 22 😎 State of the Map US wrap-up and videos 😎 OpenHistoricalMap’s Fundraising Success 🔗 https://openstreetmap.app.neoncrm.com/np/viewEmail.jsp?linkId=687792 #OpenStreetMap #OSM #opendata #geospatial #GIS #mapping #cartography #geo

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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭 @seav@en.osm.town

· 5mo ago

I wanted to explore the topographic relief cartographic style that I did for Santorini, Greece, last year¹ and tried it on the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴. One new thing is that I worked with @mapterhorn@mastodon.social terrain tiles instead of processing the raw NASADEM data. Feedback and comments are requested! 🙏 ¹ https://en.osm.town/@seav/115501954665215610 #maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat

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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭: "#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 5️⃣: Earth Here’s a mi…" - OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap

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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭 @seav@en.osm.town

· 3mo ago

Replying to

I’m continuing experimenting with this topographic map style and here’s one for the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélemy. France’s IGN provides DEM with a horizontal resolution of 1 metre so I wondered how my map workflow would look like for smaller islands. Feedback and comments are welcome! 🙏 #maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat #France #Caribbean

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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @taiwan_maps_and_dataviz@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

A German atlas map of Taiwan published in 1899, featuring unusual German-style romanization and many Qing-era place names. Modern Taichung, for example, appears as “Tai-wan-fu.” What other interesting details can you find? #Taiwan #HistoricMaps #Cartography #MapHistory #formosa

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Matthew Edney @mhedney@mapstodon.space

· 3mo ago

Had a fun time exploring all the maps in Czechia's National Museum ... my little write up is now at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/7/14/a-mappy-time-in-czechias-national-musuem #maps #cartography #maphistory #mapsintheWild

A Mappy Time in Czechia’s National Museum — Mapping as Process

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A Mappy Time in Czechia’s National Museum — Mapping as Process

The large table-map of Europe, Müller’s large map of Bohemia (pictured), etc. in the National Museum, Prague

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The Voyager's Workshop @wfgWorkshop@mastodon.art

· 4mo ago

There’s nothing quite like meeting up with friends at a tavern and planning your next adventure! Keep the dice and the good times rolling! #ttrpg #cartography #handcrafted #mapmaking #noai

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Fedi.Garden @FediGarden@social.growyourown.services

· 4mo ago

En.osm.town is an independent Mastodon server for OpenStreetMap people. Funding graciously provided by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. This server has been online since 2018.

https://en.osm.town You can find out more at https://en.osm.town/about or contact the admin account @compass@en.osm.town #FeaturedServer #OpenStreetMap #OSM #Maps #Mapping #Cartography #GIS #Geospatial #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap

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joene 🏴 @joenepraat@todon.nl

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

This is really beautiful, interesting and important at the same time. SPUN: *A hidden infrastructure* ➡️ Underground networks "Beneath our feet lie networks of invisible ecosystem engineers: arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These fungi form trading relationships with more than 70% of plant species, building networks of tubular cells called hyphae that extend the surface area of root systems up to a hundred-fold. Collectively, these networks comprise one of Earth's circulatory systems." ➡️ 📖 https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/story/a-hidden-infrastructure 🌐 https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/story/mycorrhizal-infrastructure-map #biology #mycorrhizal #mycorrhizalFungi #fungi #SPUN #VrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam #VUamsterdam #science #cartography

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A hidden infrastructure — SPUN

Step through the story: A hidden infrastructure — an interactive exploration of Earth’s underground fungal networks.

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Impressive level of dedication. "In the summer of 1963 Jerry began drawing a map of an imaginary city. [...] Years later, the Map is now a two-dimensional “virtual world” art project which is now comprised of over 4000 individual eight by ten inch panels." https://www.jerrysmap.com/the-map via @waxy@xoxo.zone #JerrysMap #art #illustration #maps #cartography

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The Map — Jerry's Map

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Fedi.Garden @FediGarden@social.growyourown.services

· 4mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Mapstodon.space is a Mastodon server for cartography & geospatial people (including professionals and enthusiasts). Ask questions, share your maps, chat around, enjoy the emojis!

https://mapstodon.space You can find out more at https://mapstodon.space/about or contact the admin account @jeremy@mapstodon.space #FeaturedServer #Maps #Mapping #Cartography #Cartographers #Geospatial #GIS #Geography #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️ @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk

· 6mo ago

It may be St George's Day today, but more importantly for me, as a girl born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, it's #Shakespearesbirthday I painted this #map of all the plays of #Shakespeare to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death, which was also 23 April. The man was a genius. #painting #shakespeareSunday #williamshakespeare #englishTeacher #cartography

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Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️ @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk

· 8mo ago

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy #StDavidsDay! Here's a #map I painted of my favourite Welsh county: #Pembrokeshire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 😍 Have you been? We try to visit every late Spring. So much history and nature, fab beaches and wildflowers... and also puffins and dolphins! More info: https://janetomlinson.com/products/pembrokeshire-map-painting (This painting is available as a poster,, tea towel and #jigsawpuzzle.) #painting #art #cartography #visitPembrokeshire #wales #stdavids #standingstoneSunday

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

Explore the Medieval Maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom Online The University of Tokyo has made the Ryukyu Kuniezu available through a high-resolution digital viewer, allowing anyone to explore these vast charts in remarkable detail—right down to individual place names and fine cartographic features. https://www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medieval-maps-ryukyu-kingdom/ Cartography at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=cartography #books #cartography

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Explore the Medieval Maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom Online - Medievalists.net

Explore the Ryukyu Kuniezu—three massive 17th-century maps of the Ryukyu Kingdom—now online in high resolution, with zoomable details of Okinawa and the island chains, plus the Wako Zukan pirate scroll.

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