I liked it from the first day, so it was a rather easy decision to study Cartography and Geoinformation at the University. The first time I got in touch with GIS was in high school where we first heard about vector and raster data, projections, and so on. We are mainly involved in the Earth Observation domain, most of the time being contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA). *** Joachim Ungar Q: Tell us about yourself.Ī: I’m a cartographer working at an Austrian IT company, named EOX IT Services, based in Vienna. ‘The United States – Her Natural and Industrial Resources’ by Stephen Smith Tagged 13 maps, Stephen Smith 1 Comment 13 maps in 13 days: Joachim Ungar It also features a high resolution download of the map perfect for a desktop wallpaper. Q: Tell us about the tools, data, etc., you used to make the map.Ī: I’ve done a full writeup on my blog which discusses in depth the color palette, specific data sources, software used, manual processing, and the stylistic choices I made while creating the map. I really fell in love with the style of the map and thought it would be a fun exercise to try to replicate and update it using modern tools and data. In it he featured a wonderful map of Great Britain from the 1940s. Q: Tell us the story behind your map (what inspired you to make it, what did you learn while making it, or any other aspects of the map or its creation you would like people to know).Ī: This map was born out of an inspirational post shared on Marty Elmer’s MapHugger blog. I’m also starting a “mastermind” for GIS professionals who want to work together and help one another take their careers to the next level. Lately I’ve been heavily involved in The Spatial Community, a Slack community of 800+ GIS professionals who collaborate to solve each other’s problems and share GIFs. Since then the majority of the maps I’ve made have been using open source tools and data. I got some help installing “Tilemill 2” from GitHub and I haven’t looked back. I attended SOTMUS 2014 in DC (my first non-Esri conference) and was really excited about everything happening around the open source geo community. I’ve used Esri tools on a daily basis since 2008, but recently I’ve been playing with new tools whenever I get the chance. Most of the time my work entails empowering users to more easily access and use their GIS data. I work for the Vermont Agency of Transportation where I help our rail section use GIS to manage state-owned rail assets and property. *** Stephen Smith Q: Tell us about yourself.Ī: I’m a cartographer by night and a GIS Project Supervisor by day. Sending off the year 2015, we present to our readers the mapmakers who contributed their work to the 2015 GeoHipster calendar.
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