Category: Maps
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GRAVE SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
I remember starting this spooky map in September 2019 and being very pleased over the fact that I had so many weeks to finish it in time for Halloween. I did not finish in time for Halloween. Local histories and lore were a big part of what interested me about this region and got me […]
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THE USA OF PBJ
You’re never too old for a delicious peanut butter & jelly sandwich. Using data from the US Dept of Agriculture’s CropScape program, I mapped out growing regions for some of the major ingredients in a PBJ. Originally I only included grape jelly, before realizing the nation is divided on more than just politics. Personally, I […]
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LIGHTS, CAPES, AND HURRICANES
This is an ArcGIS StoryMap. It’s a sort of interactive, map-oriented narrative and analysis about a section of the coast along the Florida Panhandle that I find particularly interesting. I put an auto-scrolling, embedded version of it below – but I recommend opening it in full screen, if interested, especially for those viewing on mobile. […]
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SPRING COLORS
Growing up in Florida, I thought it was weird how many “Blue Springs” we had. It felt like an uninspired name for one of the state’s most iconic attractions. Using data from the US Board on Geographic Names, the map above depicts all of the physical, hole-in-the-ground spring locations (293) in the continental US named […]
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NPS VISITORS 2017
14″ x 8.5″ Hover for zoom This look and technique was taken from a map by John Nelson. It uses monthly visitor data to show when people are visiting US National Parks, rather than how many. The bigger the ring, the bigger the spike in visitation for that month. Parks with a tight spread – […]
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FLORIDA STATE PARK SYSTEM
This map is a redesign of a redesign. The original map it was created to replace felt a bit cluttered and took a lot of ink to print, so I wanted to make something that was clean and simple in comparison. The first iteration was one of the first big maps I made using ArcGIS […]
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NPS VISITORS 2016
13″ x 49″ Hover for zoom This map series breaks down 2016 National Park Service visitor data, with the addition of park sizes for context. For the camping metrics, I compared every park against the average of all parks that offered that specific type of access (tent, RV, backcountry). This doesn’t account for total number […]