Tim Prestby

@timprestby.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Applied GIS at James Madison University | NSF GRF | CaGIS, Journal of Maps Editorial Board | Formerly: Penn Stater, Cartographer at Apple, UW Cart Lab, UW Geospatial Data Science Lab

It's been 7 years since I first took my intro cartography class with @roberteroth.bsky.social. For readings, I enjoyed the GIS&T BoK entries from @ucgis.bsky.social. Things have come full circle. Stoked to share that my own BoK entry on "Map Interpretation" is now published doi.org/10.22224/gis...

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This Body of Knowledge documents the domain of geographic information science and its associated technologies (GIS&T). By providing this content in a new digital format, UCGIS aims to continue support...

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Yesterday was a special day. I successfully passed my dissertation defense yesterday and have been given the unofficial title of "Dr. Prestby" until graduation in May. Huge thanks to everyone at Penn State Geography, especially @arobinson.bsky.social for helping me achieve this milestone!!

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I'll be defending my dissertation two weeks from now on February 13 at 2:00pm eastern time. There will be a ~20 minute public talk. If you are interested in joining via zoom, shoot me a message and I will share the link!

Sent off my complete dissertation draft to the committee today. Wow the last 3ish years have flown by. I'll be defending in a month's time on February 13 at 2pm ET. There will be a public hybrid presentation around 30 minutes long. Will share more details soon! (Sorry for cross posting on Twitter)

Does anyone know a great source for buying print maritime maps? Ideally from an individual cartographer/supporting a local business? I'd like to get one for a Christmas gift but don't know where to look.