AJ Ashton
@ajashton.ca
Maps, open data, open source. Formerly @ Mapbox, Development Seed
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
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'Dunvegan', Alberta, Canada - I can finally share this embroidery landscape commission, quite the most intricate piece I've ever created, and I'm so so proud! To me, it really represents how far I've come since I started in 2019. The hoop is 14-inches across to help visualise it 1/2 #embroidered
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
'Dunvegan', Alberta, Canada - I can finally share this embroidery landscape commission, quite the most intricate piece I've ever created, and I'm so so proud! To me, it really represents how far I've come since I started in 2019. The hoop is 14-inches across to help visualise it 1/2 #embroidered
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Notes on a cartographer from a generation back, who adapted, and adapted, and adapted again as the underlying technology lurched forward: billmorris.io/shoals/2025/...
Tibor G. Tóth
Indulge me on a brief tangent: My parents are braggarts. About me, specifically. This is standard parent behavior, which I understand better now that I have kids of my own about whom I’m immensely pro...
billmorris.io
June 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Notes on a cartographer from a generation back, who adapted, and adapted, and adapted again as the underlying technology lurched forward: billmorris.io/shoals/2025/...
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This upcoming Friday, I'll be selling some map prints out of a backyard in Capitol Hill.
The only subway maps you'll find to include hamsters, and they'll be available here!
The only subway maps you'll find to include hamsters, and they'll be available here!
May 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This upcoming Friday, I'll be selling some map prints out of a backyard in Capitol Hill.
The only subway maps you'll find to include hamsters, and they'll be available here!
The only subway maps you'll find to include hamsters, and they'll be available here!
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Ever needed to simplify street networks? I did. And it is a pain. So we wrote an algorithm that does that for us. And can do for you, as it is available as a Python package called `neatnet`.
Here's a short blog about it - martinfleischmann.net/simplificati... and package - uscuni.org/neatnet
Here's a short blog about it - martinfleischmann.net/simplificati... and package - uscuni.org/neatnet
April 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ever needed to simplify street networks? I did. And it is a pain. So we wrote an algorithm that does that for us. And can do for you, as it is available as a Python package called `neatnet`.
Here's a short blog about it - martinfleischmann.net/simplificati... and package - uscuni.org/neatnet
Here's a short blog about it - martinfleischmann.net/simplificati... and package - uscuni.org/neatnet
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5. If enforced broadly, this would mean that many transgender people seeking visas are, as of now, unable to enter the United States. The timing is particularly striking, as it coincides with the lead-up to World Pride, set to take place in Washington, D.C. this year.
February 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
5. If enforced broadly, this would mean that many transgender people seeking visas are, as of now, unable to enter the United States. The timing is particularly striking, as it coincides with the lead-up to World Pride, set to take place in Washington, D.C. this year.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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For cartofolk in DC, doing breakfast this Thursday, 8am-9.30am at the Lincoln's Waffle Shop greasy spoon.
@notoncebut2x.bsky.social
@notoncebut2x.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For cartofolk in DC, doing breakfast this Thursday, 8am-9.30am at the Lincoln's Waffle Shop greasy spoon.
@notoncebut2x.bsky.social
@notoncebut2x.bsky.social
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Used the Overpass API for the first time today and drafted a little notebook for making those OSM circle maps: observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
Feel free to fork it and make whatever you like! 🎨🌍
#openstreetmap #OSM #cartography #maps
Whoever guesses the city wins a cookie
Feel free to fork it and make whatever you like! 🎨🌍
#openstreetmap #OSM #cartography #maps
Whoever guesses the city wins a cookie
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Used the Overpass API for the first time today and drafted a little notebook for making those OSM circle maps: observablehq.com/@joewdavies/...
Feel free to fork it and make whatever you like! 🎨🌍
#openstreetmap #OSM #cartography #maps
Whoever guesses the city wins a cookie
Feel free to fork it and make whatever you like! 🎨🌍
#openstreetmap #OSM #cartography #maps
Whoever guesses the city wins a cookie