Every Journey Starts Somewhere

This is my journey as a budding web-mapper. Take a look at how my projects have progressed over the last year!

Brewery Density Map

August 2018

A map showing the number of breweries per 50 km long diagonal hexagon in North America and Hawaii. Data from The POI Factory and Natural Earth

Appalachian Trail Map

August 2018

A map showing The Appalachian Trail in TN, NC, and VA portrayed on Erwin Raisz's "Landforms of the United States," georeferenced using the GDAL georeferencer.

Fayetteville, NC Amenities Heat Map

August 2018

A Heat Map showing all restaurants and cafes within 1 mile of parks in Fayetteville, NC. All amenity data is from OpenStreetMap

Map of Weightlifting Clubs at the American Open 2, 2018

September 2018

A map web page showing the density of weightlifting clubs represented at the American Open Series 3, 2018. All data from USA Weightlifting

Map of Houston, MN

November 2018

A map of my hometown showing key landmarks and the route to my first job, created with Leaflet.

Map of US Southern Border Crossings

December 2018

An interactive map webpage showing the number of US Southern Border entries at Ports of Entry in September 2018. Border Crossing data accessed from the University of Arizona , created by the from the The US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and updated with September 2018 statistics by the map author.

Map of Miami 311 calls

May 2019

An interactive map webpage showing the number of 311 calls in Miami by type from Jan-May 2019. Data accessed from the data from the City of Miami Department of Innovation and Technology, GIS Team, obtained from the ArcGIS Hub.

Map of Miami 311 calls

May 2019

An interactive map webpage showing the number of provinces of Canada with the Time Zone boundaries in Canada. It was created with raw data from the Natural Earth. The data was converted to GeoJSONs in QGIS 3.2.0, and from GeoJSON to TopoJSON in mapshaper.

Map of Weightlifting Nationals

June 2019

An interactive map webpage showing the number of lifters participating at US Weightlifting Nationals as ratio of each state's population from 2014-2019. Data accessed from the USA Weightlifting, compiled by the map author.

About me

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Hi, I'm Hope. I'm a part time mapping student in the New Maps Plus program at the University of Kentucky, learning new skills in coding, GIS, and web development.

When I'm dreaming about using mapping in my day job, I can usually be found throwing around some weights, playing with my cat, or trying to look cool on a paddleboard.

Get in touch!