I used Natural Earth as a short cut for a few recent maps. But this morning I wanted to try a bilinear resampling of the SRTM elevation data. I like the result.In this version, I added a few more route options and a couple of campsites. The Speakeasy is supposedly developing a campsite. It’s just […]
It’s great to have friends who want to bike north from Philadelphia to Binghamton, New York. I was thinking about this, and it’s about 230 to 240 miles. You can go west through Tunkhannock, past Lake Carey where I lived as a kid. Or you can take the D&H Trail north from Simpson. This is […]
I’m exploring alternative bike trips that relate to some level of mapping work. Destinations include Ann Arbor, Buffalo, and the Adirondacks. It’s tough. I don’t have much time. Now is the ideal time to go. Trip idea 1, when the Canadian border opens: From Owego, New York to Ann Arbor or Detroit is about 550 […]
Dordogne, in France, captures my imagination. It offers a contrast to most anywhere in Pennsylvania. Rather than towns choked by in-fill development and suburban sprawl, the architecture and the agrarian or wooded landscapes work together to provide cultural and outdoor experiences in close proximity without the dominance of car traffic. I value the French village […]
“How do you feel?” Sandi asked this morning. I’d just gotten the Covid vaccine yesterday.”Great!” I replied. Only I wasn’t thinking of the vaccine. I was thinking about the effects of the last couple of weeks on my body – mostly vegetables and no processed sugar.On our drive home from getting the vaccine we listened […]
It was November 2020. The woods were so silent that the sounds of my sleeping bag woke me up as l lay in the sandy soil. Looking up into the sky from the 20 oz sleeping bag I was testing, this is what I saw at 4:02 am shortly before getting up to bike the […]
We visited Tempe, AZ, so I decided to focus on Arizona’s landscape for a few days. While there, I started working on some maps to convey the sense of my experience. We went out on a pontoon boat through the Salt River Canyon, but much of Arizona is desert, so I learned more about these. […]