Stephen R Smith

@NWSBurlington With the recent weather, sounds like y'all are getting a well deserved break over there 😌

There's not much change to report for today's weather. But there is one thing! An upper low will slowly amble north. We won't see rain, but we will see a steady stream of high clouds over Vermont and northern New York, which will take a degree or two off the recent warmth.

@NWSBurlington yo it's extremely windy in Burlington right now

@NWSBurlington Warmest temperatures EVER, or for the given date?

A dangerous heat wave is expected this week. For places like Montpelier, the warmest temperatures in 30 years are expected. Many places will see consecutive days in the 90s with lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s which will provide little relief overnight. #vtwx #nywx

@jbfja Hey! I've really been enjoying exploring visual spaces in same.energy, but it's been slowly degrading over time. Now I see lots of 500 server errors in the console. Are you still maintaining the project? Thanks!

@awoodruff That's big news! Congratulations on all the amazing work you've done, and I look forward to more amazing things to come!

And no, I don’t know what’s next. I’ll spend some time on personal projects and learning new things while contemplating what kind of mappy paths to pursue.

Personal, which is to say professional, news: the start of 2023 ends my time with @axismaps after nearly 15(!) years. I’m proud of all the things we made and accomplished—or even tried to accomplish—during those years, and of the top notch work my colleagues there continue to do!

This week we are excited to announce the release of four microlots from Mexico. These coffees represent the hope and goal of establishing meaningful relationships with small farms in the country. Vividcoffee.com/shop #Mexico #coffee #vermont

December ornaments from Amsterdam Type Foundry. We especially like the little clogs!

A winter storm watch has been issued for Northern New York and most of Vermont. Our initial forecast is for 4 to 16 inches of snowfall with areas of higher terrain expected to receive the highest amounts of storm total snowfall.

After years of trying to help people choose appropriate zoom levels and feature filtering for their web maps, it is a real pleasure that we don't have to ask users those questions when they upload files to Felt. I have a new blog post about how it works: felt.com/blog/tippecano…

Our castle doodling game finally has a name! ✨🏰🌿 #TinyGlade 🌿🏰 ✨ If you are longing for some cozy meadows to build in, Wishlist the game on our freshly-baked 🚂-Steam-page-💨 store.steampowered.com/app/2198150/Ti… (sound on 🔊)

New Faculty & Staff Spotlight Alert! Get to know Assistant Professor of GIS&T and Associate Director of GIS Professional Programs, Johnathan Nelson here: ow.ly/ogAo50LULSH #GISPP #Spotlight #UWMadisonGIS

⛏STRIKE THE EARTH! ⛏ The legendary Dwarf Fortress by @Bay12Games is out now for Steam and itch.io Steam: bit.ly/2PY0P0w itchio: bit.ly/3usRn5L

@steveruizok Awesome, thanks! You've made an awesome tool. It's invaluable to me as a project manager of technical tools that I have to simplify and explain to clients. Thanks for all your great work!

@TheMapSmith Not yet! Migrations coming

@steveruizok Congrats on the launch of the new version! I've got a big multi-page board in v1, and I'd like to know if I can open it in v2. Is that possible yet?

my new book will be published on dec 20. you can pre-order it from the publisher (with a 20% discount) here: routledge.pub/Joyful-Infogra…

Lots of mapmakers run small online shops that would welcome your support during the holidays. Here's a list featuring a bunch of gift options to explore: bit.ly/map-sellers Please share!

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Related: 🚂🚃🗺️ by me mapsmith.net/work/the-2013-…

Yesterday our GIS team did a 30 minute #30DaysMapChallenge. We each chose one topic from the Challenge list and used 30 minutes to come up with a map that fit that topic! See the below for some examples...