NACIS needs your help! We're looking for volunteers to help out at our annual conference, and beyond. Opportunities range from simple to more involved, and there's something for people at every level of NACIS experience. Here's a thread about ways you can get involved 🧵

I've built a solargraph simulator using solar irradiation data. Pick a place on Earth, animate the solargraph, draw just one point per hour for analemma view, or switch to panorama mode that projects the solargraph into a virtual sky you can navigate. eagereyes.org/app/solargraph

Are you thinking of coming to Brno for #Eurocarto in September? We're running a great pre-con workshop on prompt cartography and AI. It's free. Places are limited and filling fast. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Community Geographers (& others doing community-engaged research), the materials here will help to support how your work is an important form of scholarship. Our timelines & research products don't fit neatly in RTP box but this is helpful for reviewers. www.aag.org/program/publ...

📍 The call for papers is out for the @cga-harvard.bsky.social 20th Anniversary Annual Conference and we'd love to see you here! Harvard's pretty nice in autumn and we expect a fabulous lineup of keynotes, panels, talks, and workshops...plus lots of time to catch up and network! #CGA20

I had so much fun talking to my favorite podcasters at GLaD! cc: @pennstategeography.bsky.social

Rachel Franklin 🦚@rsfrankl.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📍 What is the oldest profession in geography and why should you care about it in 2026? The #GLaDpodcast has answers (and 🔥 takes)! No spoilers 🤐 but @darribas.bsky.social, @levijohnwolf.bsky.social & I are joined this time by special guest @arobinson.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/02JW...

📣 Calling all geographers! I'm editing a special issue of the @geographers.bsky.social Annals on "21st Century Geographic Theory" and the call for abstracts is out! Please consider contributing and sharing! All geographers, all kinds of theory welcome! 🌎 Details here: www.aag.org/journal/anna...

Donors have already given $6,650 to the GeoGraphics Lab Fund! Alumnus Bob Myers will match gifts up to $25,000, doubling support for student cartography internships in our program. Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

🎧 new episode of the #GLaDpodcast is out! You can run but you can’t hide. @levijohnwolf.bsky.social, @darribas.bsky.social and I went to the source (Krzysztof Janowicz) to hear more about Geo + AI, AI for Geo, and my personal bugbear GeoAI. #geography #geoAI open.spotify.com/episode/7zZj...

Episode 27: Are you GLaD about GeoAI? A conversation with Kryzsztof Janowicz

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2026 Esri Global Operations Sustainability SUMMER INTERNSHIP available! This is an opportunity to join alongside the Esri team leading global operational efforts for a company committed to simply "doing the right thing" as an excellent global citizen! Apply at: app.ripplematch.com/v2/public/jo...

Bob Myers is an incredible alum @pennstategeography.bsky.social - the only person to ever earn multiple Master's degrees in our online program, a tireless advocate for civil rights, and a key supporter of the cartographic work we're doing in the GeoGraphics Lab today: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Adult learner finds ‘antidote to aging’ through geography program | Penn State University

You might need a degree in geography to chart the career and life experience paths of Bob Myers. Thankfully, he has a few. Myers is a geospatial expert, with two master's degrees and three certificate...

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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... [Short thread]

Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be ''objective'', data visualizations ...

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The National Geographic Society hired PSU Geography alumnus Harrison Cole to design maps for the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, currently under construction in Washington, D.C. www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Penn State helped shape Harrison Cole’s path to National Geographic Museum | Penn State University

Work on large-scale map installations at Penn State helped shape alum Harrison Cole’s path to one of the world’s most recognizable names in cartography, National Geographic.

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New article! A fantastic new tool Exploropleth: exploratory analysis of data binning methods in choropleth maps, from @arpitnarechania.bsky.social Alex Endert & Clio Andris doi.org/10.1080/1523... #GISchat website exploropleth.github.io video of the tool in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNV8...

We're hiring our next colleague for our Online Geospatial Education programs @pennstategeography.bsky.social - Assistant Teaching Professor of Spatial Data Science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Teaching Professor in Spatial Data Science

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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🗺️ + 🏀 = 📈 ICYMI: PSU Geography alum Kirk Goldsberry returned to campus last week to share how his geography degree led him to work with Team USA, the Spurs, ESPN, and The Ringer. 📺 Watch the full talk: psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Kirk%2...

The public doesn't understand the finances of public universities. They don't know that unplugging 20-25% of the budget (federal $) + slashing tuition $ (👇) means less $ & "things" for their kids, & they don't know this because our leaders are absent from the public square: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Dave Vanness@djvanness.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

The call for participation is out for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference #SKI2026 Canada. The conference will take place February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, Alberta. Ski all morning, conference all evening. skiconference.ca

Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026

February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.

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We're recruiting cartography & GIScience grad students @pennstategeography.bsky.social - if you're interested, we'll hold a live info session on October 23rd - sign up today: tinyurl.com/psugeoinfo

🏀 Penn State geography alum & NBA analyst Kirk Goldsberry is giving a talk Fri, Sept. 26 at noon in 102 Paterno Library (Foster Auditorium). He’ll share how maps & data changed the NBA. Open to all, Zoom option available! www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

🏀 NBA analyst and Penn State geography alum Kirk Goldsberry is back on campus Friday, Sept. 26, to talk hoops, cartography, and the big data behind the modern game. 🗓️ Friday, Sept. 26 📍 102 Paterno Library 💻 Zoom Option Available 🕛 Noon 📰 Read more: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Geography Coffee Hour to host NBA analyst, alumnus Kirk Goldsberry | Penn State University

Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, in 102 P...

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We welcomed alumni and donors Bob Myers and Jim McCrory back to campus Friday! Bob has committed up to $25K in matching support for the GeoGraphics Lab, directly funding student cartography internships. Jim has also been a key supporter of the lab. Join the match: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

Here is a stock image that appears to be the basemap for this: www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/5... Examples indexed in stock collections appear to go back to 2017 according to Tineye results.

World map icon white color vector illustration image flat style

Download the World map icon white color vector illustration image flat style 5267419 royalty-free Vector from Vecteezy for your project and explore over a million other vectors, icons and clipart grap...

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We're so excited about a new opportunity to support the GeoGraphics Lab @pennstategeography.bsky.social - our alumnus Robert Myers has committed up to $25,000 in a 1:1 match. These funds propel student cartographers working on mapping projects for community partners: raise.psu.edu/GeoGraphicsLab

The Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS2025 is back. Check out the Call for Sessions and Call for Papers: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025

December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking spatial...

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We @pennstategeography.bsky.social are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Online Geospatial Education programs with a symposium on Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on Weds, July 16th from 8:00 - 10:00 in San Diego. Please join us! engage.tassl.com/event/11593/ #esriuc

2025 PSU OGE Symposium "Real Maps that Matter in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

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Thanks to Z-GIS University of Salzburg for another fine AGIT event. Excellent content, contacts, conversation, venue.

Ep. 2 of our "Navigating the Shoals of the Academic Job Market" is live! we dive into putting an application together, what interviews might be like, and share @rsfrankl.bsky.social , @darribas.bsky.social and I share our experiences in these rough and wild waters! open.spotify.com/episode/2PNm...

Episode 23: Navigating the Academic Job Market (Part 2)

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Cristina Elena Mihalache, a Fulbright Scholar from Romania, spent the past year at Penn State Geography advancing research in geospatial sciences and remote sensing. She reflects on the experience and interdisciplinary collaborations: bit.ly/4joLv4I

Romanian Fulbright scholar reflects on experience with Department of Geography | Penn State University

Cristina Elena Mihalache, a Fulbright Scholar from Romania, has spent the past eight months with the Penn State Department of Geography advancing her research in geospatial sciences and remote sensing...

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This new book on Tactile Mapping is dropping soon. Take a look (or buy it) at the Esri User Conference in San Diego.