Another early morning in Richmond Park

You mean the childhood where I was told Bunny Rabbit was a rude word.

Mackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵
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📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on!

“Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤

A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

An animated graphic showing wingbeats of different birds. This one is so beautiful.

Image: Eleanor Lutz

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Another night in a freezing, snow covered Richmond Park. Missed the full moon by a day. So cold I could hardly attach the lens to the tripod.

Went to see the Icicle Refrozen balloon ascent but from downwind at Greenham Common.
No free flights, only tethered so didn’t see a balloon BUT did explore the old Greenham Common air base which was spectacular

Maps and Legends: The Spectacular Cartography of Ursula K. Le Guin - Library of America Mapmaking lay at the heart of Ursula K. Le Guin’s worldbuilding. An able illustrator whose subjects ranged from realist watercolors to cartoon cats, the author of such SFF classics as The Left Hand of...

Not just a novelist, @ursulakleguin.com was also a cartographer. Her fictional geographies were on display this fall at London’s Architectural Association Gallery, and a companion book on Silver Press sheds new light on her peerless world-building. Read our interview with editor/curator Sarah Shin.

Aurora hunters in the UK might find this map useful this evening

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But check cloud cover maps as well.

Back to mist covered mornings in Bushy Park

H Is For Hawk - Official Trailer YouTube video by LionsgateFilmsUK

HERE IT IS!!!!!

Walking around Bushy Park this time of year is always interesting. Every path ends up blocked by a stag.

Storm over Surbiton

Work related shenanigans meant I failed to make this year’s @bcsmaps.bsky.social conference.
Very saddened.

The geography of American aircraft production, according to a Japanese map from Feb. 1943

I spoke all things cartography with my colleagues in the ‘DK Where to Go’ podcast. A less than ideal media choice to discuss a visual topic.

I discuss my favourite map, why maps lie, how we make maps and how a cartographer’s map joke created a town.

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The Thames in Kingston looking unfortunate this morning.

Bushy Park during this morning’s run

Waiting for a bus home from Kingston town centre last night.

Two global maps. Map on left is projected mercator, showing the distortion at the poles. Map on right is of globe showing distortion based on "distance" from point on ground.

Maps are artistic scientific expressions, which is why I chose a career studying and making them. Here are some lemon-yellow Tissot's indicatrix brighten your day. Since all maps involve distortion, exploring these distortions can deepen your understanding of the map's subject.
#datavisualization

I love early spring walks/runs through the royal parks

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Good morning, 25th January edition.

Winter morning exercise in the park.

Outside cafe in Esher collecting croissant crumbs in the pouring rain.