Corwan Groux

MA in History, now doing GIS and cartography. I am interested in the Silk Roads. Lived in Taiwan for a couple years before coming back to Canada.

[FT China @ftchina]

Becoming Taiwan: in China’s shadow, an island asserts its identity https://t.co/MBdfydQPrd

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Turns out we did get a white Christmas after all. 😊

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Somebody please make a t-shirt with this and the caption "Ceci est un cercle"

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This circle of 5000km radius is centered around Paris. Because of the projection (Mercator) it looks all funny and asymmetrical.

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Taking advantage of the warm weather for a lovely late autumn excursion 🍂🍁🍂

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

@LemoineRhys Congrats, Rhys!

[Dr. Casey Lawrence 🎓 @MyExplodingPen]

So very proud of this galoot for passing his PhD defence yesterday! Never had any doubt -- I even wrote out a congratulations card addressed to Dr. Lemoine IN PEN.

[Kenneth Field @kennethfield]

Miss out on the #map Projection Collection trading cards first time round? You'd better get in quick as @pinakographos has announced a new (and final) print run https://t.co/o4dkniZnTC

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Has a more elegant hunter ever graced this Earth?

[Brock History Dept @HistoryBrockU]

Travel & study Viking and Medieval History in the Isle of Man! Don't miss this amazing opportunity being offered in May 2024. Join Professor Andrew McDonald in an intensive, immersive experience abroad. Info sessions Oct 17 & 26, 1:30pm in RFP214 @brockhumanities @BrockUMedieval

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

With great journalism comes great cartography #gischat

[Nathan Lane @straightedge]

This is very good reporting.

https://t.co/1g4EK6RDLf

[Alicia Elliott - AND THEN SHE FELL out now! @WordsandGuitar]

If you, like me, are concerned about the anti-trans legislation being passed around the world, and you live in Canada, please consider signing this petition for Canada to grant asylum status to trans refugees, even from "developed" nations like the US/UK:
https://t.co/uoRuUYzYO0

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Jokes aside, this interview with one of the researchers involved is interesting: https://t.co/FulPB5bQCn

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Lots of articles are treating this as a heartwarming story (of course), but my pet theory is that orcas have discovered the benefits of raising livestock and we should all be gravely concerned: https://t.co/VUq0M7W8wv

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

@GrouxBeatrice Oui, je l'ai emprunté à la bibliothèque.

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

I serendipitously found this charming children's book about an adventurous apprentice cartographer at my local library and heartily recommend it to anyone in #gischat who either a) has kids, or b) is still an overgrown kid at heart.

(I'm b)

[Tom Patterson @MtnMapper]

After a year-long slog, I mapped the last river for the 7.5 million Natural Earth dataset. It's in NW China near the pole of continentality, the spot on land furthest away from any ocean. A big thanks to @CorwanGroux for doing most of the river work in eastern Asia.

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

Disclaimer: this book may cause the reader to have severe misconceptions about what your GIS job actually entails.

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

@MapsbyW @30daymap_tweets The shaded relief is from this lovely gem of a resource, courtesy of @MtnMapper and the talented artists who drew them: https://t.co/oxBETbUZh7

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

After a bit of a hiatus, a finally got back to the #30DayMapChallenge! Today's theme is NULL, so here's a map of the largest terra nullius remaining!

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

@MapsbyW @30daymap_tweets Sure! I wanted Marie Byrd land to stand out, so I gave the NE Antarctic claims layer a gray fill and then applied a saturation blend mode. That way, all the areas which are claimed by a nation become grayscale.

If there's anything else you're curious about, let me know!

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

The other map concept for today's theme was "# of cat cafes in my hometown" 🥲

[Corwan Groux @CorwanGroux]

I decided to try doing a map with labels for once during the #30DayMapChallenge, and that was most definitely a mistake! Way too time consuming even for fairly simple labelling!