I’ve started a new blog called Landmark Atlas on Substack.
The focus of Landmark Atlas is slightly different to this one. The tagline is:
Mapping the Britain we love from all angles
Each post I aim to make maps that shed light on a quirky, little-known or interesting story of a part of Britain.
These are the posts I’ve written so far:
- A Year in the Life of Search and Rescue: an animated map of where helicopter crews rescue people in distress
- Red Rose Wilted: How Lancashire was carved up in the 1970s
- Building New Houses during Covid
- Miles from Anywhere: Charting the Scottish Wilderness
Where does that leave R For Journalists?
I will leave all my posts up on R For Journalists but I won’t be posting here for the foreseeable future.
My maps are still created using R. If there is sufficient interest I would love to start a community there and write more technical pieces about how to build these types of maps in R.
I’ve been on a steep learning curve in the past two years. Now I know how to do things like:
- Find reusable base mapping data
- Easily switch between Coordinate Reference Systems
- Work out the relationships between map polygons and lines
- Work efficiently with large quantities of mapping data
If this is something you’d like to hear more about, please head over to Landmark Atlas and subscribe.
Thank you for your support
RFJ recently passed 50,000 page views in its entire history. I never thought it would get and remain as popular as it has when I started it in 2016.
I’m very grateful for all your support and invite you to join me over at Landmark Atlas.