Part of learning about Scottish Place Names with @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social & @ainmean-aite.bsky.social is looking at old maps 😍!

Pont’s maps of Scotland were published late 1500s, & are a valuable resource for place name study. Here’s a snippet from Torridon area:

maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zo...

Edinburgh Castle Rock vent basalts looking fine today in the morning sun 😍

Check out Edinburgh Geol Soc’s fab leaflet to learn more about the extinct volcano we have to thank for Edinburgh Castle being where it is!

edinburghgeolsoc.org/downloads/lb...

#edinburgh #geology #basalt #castle

Really enjoying learning about space data! 🛰️

Some homework was to browse NASA’s Earth Observatory for interesting data, so I looked at Landsat 9 OLI-2 data for the Reykjanes peninsula eruption in November last year 🌋

earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images

#spacedata #remotesensing #iceland #landsat

Having fun building a green space dataset of Edinburgh, using mostly OSM, OS + Edinburgh City Council open data 🌳💚 this includes trees, parks, golf courses + privately owned green space.

Spot the Murrayfield Stadium green to the middle left! 🏉

#greenspace #urbannature #edinburgh #maps

Having just discovered there is a #thicktrunktuesday, it would be plain rude not to get involved 😍🌳

Presenting a gorgeous old beech, who has lost a few limbs over its time watching over the fields.

Laptop sticker appreciation post! I don’t think I can ever hand this laptop back. It’s got my full coding journey to date on it plus some extras - CodeClan, GitHub, Esri, DevRel, Women Tech Makers, fuelled by various favourite coffee places 🤓👩🏻‍💻☕️

#laptopstickers #devlife #softwaredeveloper

Went for a winter tree ID refresher walk over lunch 👀

Sycamore has bark platelets/scales on its trunk, ranging from light pink to brown to light green (depending on lichen content). The just emerging buds are arranged in opposite pairs, and last years delicate flower stems may still be visible. 🌳