GIS and Cartography at Eurostat. Exploring new ways of making maps. observablehq.com/@joewdavieshttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mk6bx3acuc2tNice to see a map I made in 2024 being published and enjoyed last weekend 🙂 https://www.xataka.com/ecologia-y-naturaleza/espana-esta-dividida-dos-forma-sorprendente-mapa-sus-cuencas-hidrograficas-esconde-realidades-caprichosas23 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6bx3acuc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mf55qbusak2qTurns out I’m bad at remembering colors. 46.4/50. Worse than you? dialed.gg https://dialed.gg/18 Feb 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf55qbusak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mey5stslkc2dMany an hour I have spent wandering around on this map! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mey5stslkc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mcxf46l75k2rlets play 'guess the country based on its DEM'21 Jan 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxf46l75k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mcm7m6fvck2yStatle (17/01/2026) 1/6 (100%) 🔥 Current Win Streak: 19 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 joewdavies.github.io/statle Nobody is beating that!! https://joewdavies.github.io/statle17 Jan 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcm7m6fvck2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mc6cdz3gec2zI've updated Geoblender so that the country DEM prep is automated using python! Simply add the DEM tiles and set COUNTRY_CODE to your desired country. I also added the option to download and drape a Sentinel satellite image over it! See https://github.com/joewdavies/geoblender/blob/master/DEM-prep/readme.md #gis #cartography #blender #b3d11 Jan 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6cdz3gec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mc6cdz3gec2zI've updated Geoblender so that the country DEM prep is automated using python! Simply add the DEM tiles and set COUNTRY_CODE to your desired country. I also added the option to download and drape a Sentinel satellite image over it! See https://github.com/joewdavies/geoblender/blob/master/DEM-prep/readme.md #gis #cartography #blender #b3d11 Jan 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6cdz3gec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mc3k6adhbc2zRetiro, Madrid10 Jan 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3k6adhbc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mc32x5stks2cGuess where?10 Jan 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc32x5stks2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mbhbpdtuek2cFirst attempts at visualizing El Tranco, a place where I have spent many summers, using CartoHD (by @jgaffuri.bsky.social02 Jan 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhbpdtuek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mb4loxbha22xthese are excellent [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4loxbha22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3masl7wzaos27Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄25 Dec 2025 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3masl7wzaos27https://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3maqrrp35ts2gSome more gridviz experimental sillyness applied to a map of US passenger flights...24 Dec 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqrrp35ts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3maltqnwsfc2xOut of curiosity, I made a notebook that turns an image into a csv grid and visualises it with gridviz, allowing you to manipulate each pixel: https://observablehq.com/d/0a51240cfcd20364 Not that useful, but I thought it looked cool!22 Dec 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3maltqnwsfc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3maltqnwsfc2xOut of curiosity, I made a notebook that turns an image into a csv grid and visualises it with gridviz, allowing you to manipulate each pixel: https://observablehq.com/d/0a51240cfcd20364 Not that useful, but I thought it looked cool!22 Dec 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3maltqnwsfc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3madcqkeg6s2qDifficult one today! Statle (19/12/2025) 5/6 (100%) 🔥 Current Win Streak: 11 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩↖️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜➡️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬅️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜↘️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 joewdavies.github.io/statle https://joewdavies.github.io/statle19 Dec 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3madcqkeg6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joewdavies.bsky.social/post/3mablztpunc2tPlaying around some more with Eurostat's flight data: https://observablehq.com/@eurostat-ws/eu-flights-map Some interesting discoveries when calculating the difference between 'passengers carried' and 'seats available'. We can visualize 'empty seats' and '% of seats that are empty'. To be continued...18 Dec 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:mxlkf2rmkpi7qgt5oywehd3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mablztpunc2t