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Cows going global – reflections on a year mapping manure around the world

Of late, I have been appreciating how big the world is. We have been slicing its land surface into squares, hundreds of millions of them, and inquiring into each as to whether it boasts any notable concentration of cows. We’ve hit on a few surprises.

Edward Boyda
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Feb 27, 2026

ChatGeoPT: Exploring the future of talking to our maps

In this blog post we walk through some of our initial explorations using AI interfaces to solve geospatial problems.

Ben Strong
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Mar 18, 2023

Let’s make more dot grid maps

I am excited about dot grid maps. And I’m surprised that we don’t see more of them. Dot grids are a clear, informative, multidimensional and flexible cartographic technique.

Mikel Maron
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Feb 6, 2023

Animating the carbon stored in every tree on the planet

In the intense run up to COP27 we were asked to produce an animated video of the carbon stored in every tree on the planet for the incredible CTrees.

Earthrise Media
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Nov 28, 2022

Mapping and Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions: Climate TRACE identifies the 70,000 highest emitting greenhouse gas sources

Today Climate TRACE launches the first detailed facility-level global inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Earthrise Media
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Nov 9, 2022