Union City cartographer and Wall Street Journal graphics editor Carl Churchill talks his map vocation and EDM avocation, spending two weeks on an elaborate wildflower-detection remote sensing script before an editor (correctly) tossed it, making fantasy maps with GIS tools, what drum loops taught him about radar interferometry, why "get paid to do what you love" will make you fall out of love, and how you can make beautiful maps with a good inspo board, a tolerance for academic papers and a willingness to try. See his maps at churchillgeo.com Glen Canyon Mœbius-palette map  Ouray County Imhof-style map  Eduard Imhof’s maps Carl’s tutorial on making your own Carl’s tutorial on creating fantasy maps with real data QGIS RVT toolbox  Profile curvature Californias wet year superbloom ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop Avenza MAPublisher ArcGIS Pro QGIS National Land Cover Database Charlie Loyd’s remote sensing data compendium Cartographers he recommends: Aileen Buckley  Josie Sajbel  Clare Trainor Christina Shintani  Emma Brown  Becca Holdhusen  Lauren Tierney  Júlia Ledur  Marie Patino  Wanmei Liang  Maddy Grubb John Nelson   Cooper Thomas  Tom Patterson Need maps for your org’s reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠Radiant Maps⁠. See the most beautiful backlit maps at radiantmaps.co