Michele Tobias, PhD
@micheletobias.bsky.social
California Beach Biogeography & Geomorphology, Geospatial Data Science, Cartography, Open Source, Library Employee, and definitely some cats.
OSGeo - FOSS4G - #gischat - #maptimeDavis
OSGeo - FOSS4G - #gischat - #maptimeDavis
You could stop right there. "Probably the oldest map store in the US" has a certain charm to it as a marketing slogan.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You could stop right there. "Probably the oldest map store in the US" has a certain charm to it as a marketing slogan.
That's weird. It just played in my browser instead of the app.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
That's weird. It just played in my browser instead of the app.
It's true for so many things that the reason we don't see women and people of color in certain spaces is that they were excluded (or erased), not that they aren't capable. Thanks for making this point with respect to maps!
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's true for so many things that the reason we don't see women and people of color in certain spaces is that they were excluded (or erased), not that they aren't capable. Thanks for making this point with respect to maps!
I'm trying to re-import the data. I'm not sure why elasticsearch forgot all the data except for Who's On First, but that's what seems like happened. At least that's the going current theory.
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm trying to re-import the data. I'm not sure why elasticsearch forgot all the data except for Who's On First, but that's what seems like happened. At least that's the going current theory.
Apparently I wrote this blog post when I installed it last spring: experimentalcraft.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/h... I'm not sure why it's not working right now though.
How to install Pelias locally on Windows in less than 3 days
What is Pelias and why do you want a local one? Pelias is an open source tool that allows you to look up locations by name and turn them into geographically located data. In my line of work, I freq…
experimentalcraft.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Apparently I wrote this blog post when I installed it last spring: experimentalcraft.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/h... I'm not sure why it's not working right now though.
Thanks! Actually, @sqlliz.bsky.social invited me and I'm glad she did.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thanks! Actually, @sqlliz.bsky.social invited me and I'm glad she did.
Ohh! I haven't seen that before. That's obnoxious!
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ohh! I haven't seen that before. That's obnoxious!
Yeah, QGIS is my favorite way to make maps right now.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yeah, QGIS is my favorite way to make maps right now.
Ahh... ok... I got to outlining the ggplot section and didn't write any of the code. Great. That's probably because I don't really like ggplot. (Not that it's bad, it's just not my thing.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Ahh... ok... I got to outlining the ggplot section and didn't write any of the code. Great. That's probably because I don't really like ggplot. (Not that it's bad, it's just not my thing.)