Atlas Guo

I was delighted to introduce cartography to students from Central Gwinnett High School at City of #Lawrenceville #GISDay, using my LEGO maps to share the joy of mapmaking. It was my first time speaking to younger audiences. I hope the experience sparked their curiosity about geography and maps.✨

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 27 Boundaries | A virtually rendered #LEGO map of the #BritishIsles, with each area in its own color and elevation shown by stacked plates. I also added an inset map for the first time, following the terrain style from my well-received #Arizona map.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 24 Places and their Names | Latest map for public history project #Shanghai Dérive 魔都漂移 #CityWalk. This chapter traces the “Lone Island” in years 1937–1941, revisiting key resistance plates through on-site walks. More details: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/I09Hb52YtA....

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 15 Fire | This is a fire in the literal sense. The 43-hour blaze in #HongKong was a true disaster, and I created a map to document it. The style sits between a rapid-response news map and a detailed event map, in both English and Traditional Chinese. Pray for all affected.🕯️

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 28 Black | I painted the #hillshade around #SanFrancisco using black #watercolor. After adding some light colors for land and sea, it looked like an old map, which was really fun. Then I wrote some place names in a vintage type style to match this style.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 17 A New Tool |
AI-generated “ancient style” map of Madison using #NanoBanana Pro🍌. Still has typos and shaky lines, but already far better than early AI maps. #AI is moving from pure inspiration toward practical cartographic tool. The Age of AI has begun~

Proudly showcasing my LEGO and natural disaster maps at the #UGA #GISDay, where I also served as a map poster judge. I was one of the student organizers (Chair of Logistic Committee) in the 1st campus-wide UGA GIS Day, and it's a true honor to return as an alumnus and witness its ten-year milestone!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 13 10-minute map | Tiny #LEGO #Georgia Map
I didn’t have my LEGO elements with me, so I used whatever pieces I had to build a tiny Georgia map. It’s probably the least geometrically/topologically accurate LEGO map, but it's still a strong candidate for the cutest one. 😅🍑

Had a wonderful day at Cobb County (GA) #GISDay sharing my #LEGO maps and U.S. #NaturalHazard visualizations. I truly enjoyed the conversations and loved seeing people discover info or fun moments through the maps. Huge thanks to the organizers for the invite and the great event today! 🗺️✨

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 12 Map from 2125 | TBD
Imagining a map 100 years ahead is tough. I’ve got ideas to share later, just not today. For now, here’s a map I made last year for 100th anniversary of my alma mater, Sun Yat-sen University #SYSU on Nov 12, birthday of Dr. #SunYatSen, father of ROC.

This Friday 11/14, I will be attending Georgia's Cobb County GIS Day event with a booth sharing many physical and digital LEGO maps (similar to but more than this photo), several U.S. natural disaster map posters, and FREE LEGO map stickers! Looking forward to the event!😉

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 8 Urban | This is an HDF laser-cut 3D #Madison city flag, which also reads as a city map, including the two lakes and an isthmus land, with a four-wing capitol building at center. I gave it a watercolor coat and made it as a magnet. What a little Madison souvenir!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 11 Minimal Map | I turned my Day 3 recolored AI-generated low-poly map of the contiguous US into a simple #watercolor painting. It's fun when a rough handmade meets futuristic low poly, but staying faithful to satellite imagery terrain colors instead of AIGC made-up details.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 10 Air | This is an exploratory bivariate map illustrating global temperature patterns based on WorldClim bioclimatic variables: annual mean temperature (BIO-1) and annual temperature range (BIO-7). Read more: cartoguophy.com/maps/global_...

#30DayMapChallenge Day 9 Analog | I’m an amateur Irish tin/low whistle player. I previously made two tiny #Ireland #LEGO maps with 30×30 km cells and 75 m per vertical brick. I gave one away to MUSO, my Madison Irish music session, and keep the other with me for attending LEGO community events.☘️🪈

#30DayMapChallenge Day 7 Accessibility & 8 Urban | #Atlanta #Metro (#Marta) Map | It's challenging to represent linear features using LEGO, due to its low resolution and limited angular flexibility. This map illustrating Atlanta’s MARTA lines and I-285 shows the potential of this mapping approach.🚊🏙

#30DayMapChallenge Day 5&6 I just completed my first #globe design, a virtually rendered #LEGO cube globe! The colors were derived from a pixelated Natural Earth raster layer (Cube Projection). As usual, I applied manual cartographic curation to preserve recognizable geography. Hope you enjoy it!

Sounds cool but it’s not related to the work at all 😅

#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data. I spent a special summer interning at #Apple Maps—my first time in the #BayArea and first time exploring a place ( #Cupertino) entirely by #bike. I meant to just map my rides, but ended up refining many details (still ongoing) as it was such a rewarding experience!

#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygon (Low-Poly US Terrain Map) I love #LowPoly graphics, so I asked ChatGPT to generate a US map and then filled each triangle in #Photoshop with a single color roughly sampled from satellite imagery. It is abstract, simple, and surprisingly joyful!

#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Line ( #Shanghai #CityWalk Route Map Series) Shanghai Dérive (魔都漂移) is a #PublicHistory project exploring how history lives in urban space, where I designed event maps, linking routes, places, and memories through geography. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/shangha...

#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Point 🍑✨
This was one of my early explorations in #LEGO mapping, back in Spring 2024. Now I turned this design into a 3D model using round tiles (flat points), creating this "flat" 3D map of #Georgia. View more: cartoguophy.com/maps/lego_ge...

#30DayMapChallenge This November is turning out to be one of my busiest months ever, but I really don’t want to miss out on this amazing party. I might join a few days late or randomly here and there, but that’s part of the fun! Hope to share some extra mappy joy with you all! 🌍🗺️✨

Happy 80th Birthday (1945.10.24-2025.10.24), #UnitedNations !🌐 I made this quick map as a small cartographic tribute to mark this milestone. Grateful for my previous internship at @undp.org ✨

🌎I’m actively seeking full-time roles as a #Cartographer (on-site / remote). With rich experience in cartography & GIS, my work has been widely recognized with 70+ achievements (CartoGuophy.com). If your team’s hiring or you know openings, I’d truly appreciate any referrals or shares! #OpenToWork

Sharing my latest map: Scenic #Yosemite National Park, as a cartographic tribute to the birthplace of the national park idea. The design style is inspired by #NationalParkService. Read more and download for free: cartoguophy.com/maps/yosemit... Feedback is highly appreciated!

Grateful for honoring me with this award! This map visualizes our personal footprint in the US. It is not a grand story or made to serve many, but it carries a message: maps are not only for experts or institutions; they can hold our own stories and memories. Updated: cartoguophy.com/maps/footpri...

I created this guide map for our historic tour by Shanghai Dérive 魔都漂移, following the photographs of a renowned journalist and photographer (a UW-Madison alumnus) to uncover historical moments in Shanghai during WWII. Follow our WeChat and RedNote account for more details.

Thank you to Avenza Systems for their support in sponsoring the best electronic map award 2025.

Congratulations to the three runners up in this category: Wuhan University, British Antarctic Survey and Atlas Guo.

As my #AppleMaps internship wraps up, I feel incredibly grateful for the journey—full of learning, growth, and new perspectives. Huge thanks to my colleagues for their constant support and encouragement, and to the many talented new friends who inspired me to think bigger and #ThinkDifferent!💡