Conspiracy of Cartographers

Cartographer and Artist

Speculative cartography

World-building

Transit mapping

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2025-05-02

They scrubbed down the sidewalk

Glass hotel doors on a midtown NYC sidewalkCircular marks on a sidewalk from where blood has been scrubbed off
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New subway map seen in the wild.

New design for the MTA subway map—broader, more colorful lines, deeper blue for water, on top of white (land) background
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2025-04-30

@stevel Nah, I do transit maps and I do sea level rise maps. No plans to combine the two.

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2025-04-30

New subway map seen in the wild.

New design for the MTA subway map—broader, more colorful lines, deeper blue for water, on top of white (land) background
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2025-04-30

Well, it does come in handy if you want to buy things.

A storefront for Squid Game, with two mannequins dressed in hot pink, and a clear plastic sphere half-filled with cash suspended from the ceiling A plastic sphere half-filled with cash suspended from the ceiling. A sign says “money is fake/for entertainment purposes only “
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2025-04-29

I spent an afternoon looking into the eyes of Amy Sherrald’s portraits at the Whitney.

A close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Michelle Obama—her chin rests on the back of her hand as she gazes ahead. She has shoulder-length black hair, a black-and-white patterned dress. The background is haint blueA close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Michelle Obama—her chin rests on the back of her hand as she gazes ahead. She has shoulder-length black hair, a black-and-white patterned dress. The background is haint blueA close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor—she gazes at the viewer, with one hand at her waist. She has shoulder-length black hair, a flowing turquoise dress. The background is lighter turquoise blueA portait by Amy Sherrald—a Black woman in a black-and-white patterned dress regards the viewer. The background is a solid salmon color
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2025-04-29

I spent an afternoon looking into the eyes of Amy Sherrald’s portraits at the Whitney.

A close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Michelle Obama—her chin rests on the back of her hand as she gazes ahead. She has shoulder-length black hair, a black-and-white patterned dress. The background is haint blueA close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Michelle Obama—her chin rests on the back of her hand as she gazes ahead. She has shoulder-length black hair, a black-and-white patterned dress. The background is haint blueA close-up of Amy Sherrald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor—she gazes at the viewer, with one hand at her waist. She has shoulder-length black hair, a flowing turquoise dress. The background is lighter turquoise blueA portait by Amy Sherrald—a Black woman in a black-and-white patterned dress regards the viewer. The background is a solid salmon color
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2025-04-24

Hanging out in NYC for the next week

Newark Liberty train station in the golden hour Rail map of New Jersey showing lines converging on penn station Wayfinding sign in Penn station, pointing to subway lines ACE, 123Cast iron pillars in the ny subway, with sign ”34 St Penn Station“
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2025-04-23

Yesterday, I chatted with Carlton Reid about the project. Here's his write-up in Forbes, just in time for Earth Day...

forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2

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2025-04-22

Yesterday, I chatted with Carlton Reid about the project. Here's his write-up in Forbes, just in time for Earth Day...

forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2

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2025-04-22

@pinsk Cool, it’s out!

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2025-04-19

Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 1.6

Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.6 – 18 April 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 1.6.

Additions and changes since 1.5.1:

  • Large expansion north to Lynnwood City Centre and rail station across all of SW Snohomish County
  • Extension of Interurban Trail in Edmonds to 78th Place West reflecting new construction
  • Improved street labelling, mostly in SW Snohomish County
  • Route indicators at map edges describing past-map continuations to destinations such as UW and City of Snohomish

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because it doesn’t. If you have an iPhone, please use the website interface and not the app, because Apple takes 30% if you use the app. I’ll keep doing this regardless, but you know. Thank you! ^_^

#BikeMap #BikeTooter #biking #maps #seattle

A screen-resolution preview of the newest megamap
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A preview of the London — the first of the Britain and Ireland series. I’m still working on these, so it might be a while before I post others. 


All the Petrofuture maps and more at conspiracyofcartographers.com/



London Petrofuture — 66m sea level rise on a vintage Esso road map. Most of London and environs is underwater.
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A preview of the London — the first of the Britain and Ireland series. I’m still working on these, so it might be a while before I post others. 


All the Petrofuture maps and more at conspiracyofcartographers.com/



London Petrofuture — 66m sea level rise on a vintage Esso road map. Most of London and environs is underwater.
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2025-04-18

And finally, the of France 🇫🇷. The last of this series. 

66m sea level rise on a 1969 Shell Oil gas station map—when the world.s ice caps have melted. 

More:
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Petrofuture France—66m sea level rise on a 1969 Shell Oil road map of France
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2025-04-17

And finally, the of France 🇫🇷. The last of this series. 

66m sea level rise on a 1969 Shell Oil gas station map—when the world.s ice caps have melted. 

More:
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Petrofuture France—66m sea level rise on a 1969 Shell Oil road map of France
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Across the water to the Corsica .

When the cryosphere has melted—66m sea level rise on a 1969 Shell Oil gas station map.

More:
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Petrofuture Corsica—a colorful 1969 Shell Oil roadmap with 66m sea level rise
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2025-04-16

The France was the first full series where I used maps digitized in my own studio, allowing me to dramatically expand the scope of the project.

So much appreciation for the Rumsey Map Center, where I got the first few dozen base maps!

A document scanning setup in a basement —an illuminated map on a low platform, with a camera on a boom overheadA document scanning setup in a basement — two studio lights illuminate a map on a low platform, with a camera on a boom overheadA document scanning setup in a basement —an illuminated map on a low platform, with a camera on a boom overhead

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