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Rick Lederer-Barnes

@upstategis.bsky.social

GIS Specialist/Cartographer dba Upstate GIS (UpstateGIS.com) Located in Upstate NY (greater Capital Region) Member of NACIS, SCGIS, and NYSGISA

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Northshire was my happy place growing up (and still one of my favorite bookstores)

19.01.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sucks ๐Ÿ˜”Glad you're able to turn it into something...fun(?) - as I Gen X Star Wars fan I'm ashamed of all the hate out there that seems to be heavily weighted from my demographic - I've enjoyed your SW work (well maybe not what you and @tessagratton.bsky.social did to poor Kevmo ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜‰)

16.01.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't forget to update the map with the giant 51st state to our north and the 52nd state of Greenland after we buy it, since ya know, that's a thing he thinks we can do ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

07.01.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That looks awesome!- one potential issue is what appears to be a metal rim - some of us tend to get distracted and have to reheat our hot beverage (multiple times) and metal and microwaves donโ€™t get along too well โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅโšก๏ธ But it does look classy, so perhaps weโ€™ll just have to drink faster ๐Ÿ˜

06.01.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™ve had this Peanuts strip on our fridge for the past 20+ years ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ•

06.01.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surprisingly quite a bit of the yellow area on your map is still farmland. The 2004 GEIS helped keep a good part of western CP non-developed. But there is still a lot of pressure on whatโ€™s not permanently protected. Esp along the 146 corridor

27.12.2024 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha! Iโ€™m working on Clifton Parkโ€™s farmland protection plan now - canโ€™t say that your map was among the reference materials though ๐Ÿ˜‚

26.12.2024 04:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yea! Glad you finally made it there @rosemarywardley.bsky.social

23.12.2024 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd also be curious for the "Independent GIS Consultant" if they're reporting gross or net "salary" since it seems rather high (and it's a small sample size) - once you take out business expenses and self employment taxes there tends to a LARGE difference between gross and net.

17.12.2024 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their report says "Average salary differences between those who are GISPs and those who are not vary widely by job title, with the overall difference being approximately $20,000" but the high paying jobs are more than 50% GISPs so seems like that could be skewing the data quite a bit ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

17.12.2024 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Realized I forgot to add the #creativecarto been a while since Iโ€™ve been able to use that so Iโ€™m out of practice ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

17.12.2024 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Small world! Weโ€™ve seen them every year theyโ€™ve come to Cambridge - I think itโ€™s been 5 years now.

16.12.2024 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last night I gifted a tour map to my favorite indie Canadian Celtic band Cรฒig. Map made in ArcGIS Pro with Natural Earth data, @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social modified firefly symbology and a sprinkling of @sarahbell.bsky.social BellTopo Sans font

16.12.2024 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It seems like a cool meeting as there's overlap from my old science life at Brown to my current "family" of cartographers, but seeing some of the images, like the giant poster area, makes it seem overwhelming. 500 people at a conference feels like a lot, I can't imaging 5-6x that many ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

11.12.2024 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s a @nacis.bsky.social slack channel for it, but having it revived here would be great - @run-for-funner.bsky.social @moriartymaps.com @molly-ohalloran.bsky.social and @sarahbell.bsky.social I feel were the lead/most active in getting it going on ๐Ÿฆ

10.12.2024 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I recently listened to Spare, which I thought was a great listen since Prince Harry narrates it (and not just because of the British accent which makes anything more interesting to listen to ๐Ÿ˜†). Really interesting insight into life as a royal and all the ๐Ÿ’ฉ he has dealt with.

06.12.2024 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I occasionally think about trying them again, but then look at the long list of colors and other unpronounceable ingredients and decide itโ€™s best left in the past ๐Ÿคข

04.12.2024 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Used to love those as a kid. The name is a bit misleading since it should really be called 'super sweet candy coated peanuts with a unique flavor that you can't quite place' (but that's probably too long)

03.12.2024 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Already in my library ๐Ÿ˜Š, but will have to wait to listen ๐Ÿ˜ž as Iโ€™m still in the middle of Phase II (almost done with @georgemann.bsky.socialโ€™s Battle of Jedha ๐Ÿ˜Š so still several books away ๐Ÿ˜ž)

03.12.2024 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now that the man, the myth, the legend has arrived on ๐Ÿฆ‹, this may be the one and only day I have more followers than John Nelson ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

02.12.2024 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmmm, maybe just a couple of people you might know ๐Ÿค”

02.12.2024 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well all maps are abstractions, and these are geographic areas and you are using real elevation data to create them so I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s any question that they are indeed maps.

Of course thereโ€™s no north arrow, scale bar, or legend so from what I hear they actually canโ€™t be maps ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚

27.11.2024 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will be doing something similar later today - gotta have the onion gravy tomorrow ๐Ÿคค

27.11.2024 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had to look that one up - but the brief snippet that called it the โ€œthe Dirty Dozen in spaceโ€ has me intrigued ๐Ÿค”

25.11.2024 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait, are you allowed to use a Star Trek meme?๐Ÿ˜‰ Isn't that like @wilwheaton.net walking into the Force Awakens premier on Big Bang Theory wearing his Trek uniform ๐Ÿ˜‚

25.11.2024 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@sarahbell.bsky.social created a Cartographers starter pack, check that out if you havenโ€™t yet. So glad youโ€™re here!! ๐Ÿค—

24.11.2024 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got get John Nelson over here so we can not read his posts ๐Ÿ˜‰
Also Warren Davison
And don't forget to add @tierneymaps.bsky.social

22.11.2024 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someday Iโ€™ll get back to making maps for retail and get on there. Glad to see it finally happening after all these years.

20.11.2024 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whenโ€™s the soccer ball version coming out ๐Ÿ˜‰โšฝ๏ธ? Seems like a good medium, lots of hexagons (and of course pentagons which arenโ€™t quite as cartographically common).
I do like the ๐Ÿ€ version though - was even cooler in person.

20.11.2024 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish there was a way to only see a reposts once. I donโ€™t mind seeing a repost of something I havenโ€™t seen before, but seeing it 10 times is a bit much.

20.11.2024 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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