Prof. of Geographic Information & Cartography @UCLgeography; Director @UCLSocialData; Author of The Library of Lost Maps
London
Joined January 2010
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Fifteen Maps that Changed How We See the Ocean Floor:
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🎙️ NEW EPISODE: I sat down with cartographer and author, James Cheshire @spatialanalysis to talk about his latest book, The Library of Maps 🌍
If you love history, data, or beautiful atlases, this one’s for you.
🎧 Listen here 👉sites.libsyn.com/571725/conv…
#HistoryShorts #JamesCheshire #TheLibraryOfMaps #Maps #Cartography #DataViz #HistoryPodcast #GeographyNerd
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🗺️ Brimming with astonishing discoveries, The Library of Lost Maps reveals why cartography really matters and how map-making has helped transform our understanding of the world around us.
The Library of Lost Maps, publishing soon.
James Cheshire retweeted
Advance copies of @spatialanalysis wonderful new book, The Library of Lost Maps, arrived in the @BloomsburyBooks offices today. It’s probably the most stunningly beautiful book I’ve worked on. Out on 9 October.
Really excited to say that my next book - The Library of Lost Maps - is out this October! Pre-order and sign up for updates here! libraryoflostmaps.com/ 🗺️
Boris Johnson's struggle with graphs during COVID is an important reminder that good data visualisations should demand attention. theconversation.com/covid-in…
James Cheshire retweeted
📰WORKING FROM HOME & MOBILITY DATA📰Wondering how working from home has transformed in your area? Or whether mobility data can truly replace the census? This is the paper for you 👇New paper in @geogjournal w/ Hamish Gibbs, @spatialanalysis, @alexsingleton and @markalangreen👥
If you're interested in how data is used in policy and how data inequalities emerge then this event is taking place next Tuesday afternoon. Great lineup of speakers! 👇
🔔There’s still time to get yourself a ticket to our upcoming 'Social Data Spring Mini-Conference 2023’. Join us on the 23rd May for an afternoon discussing critical issues on data science, public policy, and inequalities.eventbrite.com/e/social-data…
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Such and honour for @oliveruberti and I to receive this!
Thanks to all the @RoyalScotGeoSoc for their tireless efforts to promote the importance of geography!
@CommunityFibre neighbours and I have no Internet with engineer not due til Friday. Anything you can do sooner given it’s a street of customers not just one person’s issue?
