GIS that makes the overlooked undeniable.
Real maps, real data, real people who needed someone to notice. New ones posted here roughly every week.
Not everything I build is trying to fix something. Some of it is just for fun, or for a friend — genuine technical care applied to whatever I'm into, not a client ask.
Every flat map of the world distorts something. Twenty map projections, drawn and measured in Python, from ancient star charts to the equal-area map the UN voted for in September 2026, with the story of who made each one and what problem they were trying to solve.
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A full rebuild of an early AI-assisted project running on fake mock data, replaced with real Pew Research figures, real OpenStreetMap Heathen sites, and Iceland's real government-tracked Ásatrú growth.
Originally built as a gift, for a friend who practices that faith.
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Ten of the most endangered species in the U.S., each mapped with its own real, best-available metric, not one uniform number forced onto all of them.
10 species, 10 different real metrics
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A timelapse of who actually controlled North American territory, 1492 to today: Indigenous nations, colonial powers, and the country that eventually absorbed most of it.
22 real snapshots, 25 curated events
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Where 16 prized wood-turning species actually grow across Illinois, based on real USDA Forest Service survey data, with a species selector and per-county rankings.
Built as a surprise for my uncle, a well-known wood turner in the Chicago area.
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A temporal heat map of roughly 500 vampire and horror film filming and setting locations across the U.S., spanning 1960 to 2026.
Built as a gift for a friend who runs the horror-film Discord community I'm part of.
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Tracks player and team fatigue across the 2026 World Cup, combining travel distance between matches with days of rest.
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