Many thanks to EdinburghJS for hosting me at their Geo and JS June Meetup, particularly since I mentioned very little Javascript (zero 😊).

The slides are available, but here's all the links I mentioned:

• original Artist who inspired me: http://www.armellecaron.fr/works/les-villes-rangees/
• history:
  • Speculaas:
    • 😀 bin-packing auto-layout
    • 😀 animated and interactive
    • 😞 screenshotted static 'maps'
  • Garibaldi:
    • 😀 dynamic maps
    • 😀 interactive (runs in browser)
    • 😭 pixel-based region-building affected by resolution quirks
  • Linzer / Github
    • 😀 pedestrian and auto-biased route sources
    • 😀 deterministic
    • 😀 bin-packing auto-layout
    • 😀 explore in the browser
    • 😀 find similar regions
    • 😞 not fully dynamic maps
• resources:
  • https://geojson.io/
  • https://www.mapbox.com
  • https://overturemaps.org / https://www.openstreetmap.org/
  • https://stadiamaps.com
  • https://duckdb.org
  • https://georust.org
  • https://thegeomob.com
• extra:
  • Greenery and Water

17 June 2025