Daniel Huffman
@pinakographos.bsky.social
An arboreal, poly, gender non-participant mapmaker.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos.
I'm not familiar with the current TikTok culture, but I wonder if you could just make simple videos about each map you have in the store. "Hey look at this cool map of [X]." Show it from a few angles, comment about its neat features. Rinse and repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm not familiar with the current TikTok culture, but I wonder if you could just make simple videos about each map you have in the store. "Hey look at this cool map of [X]." Show it from a few angles, comment about its neat features. Rinse and repeat.
There's a computer game, Transport Tycoon Deluxe (I play the open-source clone of it, OpenTTD), which creates maps for you to set up train networks. Its randomly-generated English names are great.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There's a computer game, Transport Tycoon Deluxe (I play the open-source clone of it, OpenTTD), which creates maps for you to set up train networks. Its randomly-generated English names are great.
Those are some extremely English-sounding names.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Those are some extremely English-sounding names.
I'd definitely like to see a revival of it, though I'm not sure I have the skills to figure it out.
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'd definitely like to see a revival of it, though I'm not sure I have the skills to figure it out.
Apparently it had its own custom projection! As far as I can tell, the Dudley Projection also faded into obscurity, as I find no other reference to it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Apparently it had its own custom projection! As far as I can tell, the Dudley Projection also faded into obscurity, as I find no other reference to it.
Once you finish Maps for Kids, may I suggest Maps for Cats?
bsky.app/profile/pina...
bsky.app/profile/pina...
This cat will be improving her data visualization skills in no time.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Once you finish Maps for Kids, may I suggest Maps for Cats?
bsky.app/profile/pina...
bsky.app/profile/pina...
Two words: bulk printing. About a third of my office floorspace is covered in boxes of posters :).
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Two words: bulk printing. About a third of my office floorspace is covered in boxes of posters :).
I've wondered in the past how mappers might compare to the general public in this. For my own part, I'm pretty sure that my poor sense of direction was a reason I got into mapping. I had to spend a lot of time looking at maps to figure out where I was.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I've wondered in the past how mappers might compare to the general public in this. For my own part, I'm pretty sure that my poor sense of direction was a reason I got into mapping. I had to spend a lot of time looking at maps to figure out where I was.
It's a great improvement vs. my old system, which was a sheet of 4 labels that I ran through an inkjet. Each was slightly smaller than standard, so I had to manually modify each label to fit it. I only rarely ship things so it wasn't a big hassle, but I decided I could spare $35 for a new solution.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's a great improvement vs. my old system, which was a sheet of 4 labels that I ran through an inkjet. Each was slightly smaller than standard, so I had to manually modify each label to fit it. I only rarely ship things so it wasn't a big hassle, but I decided I could spare $35 for a new solution.