Andy Woodruff

@awoodruff.bsky.social

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cartographer of things https://andywoodruff.com/

Photo of a map showing an eclipse path across the United States, with an extra body of water near the Great Lakes.
Photo of a 5-way from Skyline Chili.
Picture from the back of a cheez-it box: an astronaut in a space suit lounging in a chair apparently on the moon, with an open box of cheez its which are floating away.
Map of “pioneer” and other chili parlors in the Cincinnati area, from the book Cincinnati in 50 Maps.
A map of the USA showing the most satisfactory plan to have reasonable sunrise and sunset times: abolish daylight saving time, use it permanently, or keep the current twice yearly time change. On the western side of time zones it’s best to abolish DST; on the eastern side it’s better to have permanent DST.
A map titled "Mountains and Lakes" featuring shaded relief around the White Mountains and Lakes Region of New Hampshire
Photograph of an adult (me!) holding a small child and a copy of the book Boston in 50 Maps, in front of a stack of the same book.
Photo of a map of the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
Image of a map showing a bike route near Lac Memphrémagog, Quebec.
Screenshot of a tweet by me from 2018: "Jail time for people who take a window seat but keep the shade closed."
Shaded relief map of the White Mountains and Lakes Region in New Hampshire.
A grid of cover images for the 9 books currently in the Belt Publishing "50 Maps" series.
Photo of a bookmark containing the title “Boston in 50 Maps” and a map of so-called “storrowing” crashes in Boston.
Photo of a section of Antonio Smith’s map of Prudence Island, Rhode Island.
Photo of a can of Chelmsford golden ginger ale, and a glass into which it has been poured.
Aerial image of a small park in Boston with stone or concrete lines representing streets of the adjacent neighborhood.
Photo of a book opened to a map titled “Myriad Marathons” showing many marathon-length routes to Boston as well as the official Boston Marathon purse and the 26.TRUE course.
Photo of a printed map of Boston with some molasses spilled on it.
Photo of the book Boston in 50 Maps, opened to a page titled "The Way of Ducklings" with a map of the events that take place in the classic children's book Make Way For Ducklings.
Photo of several copies of the book Boston in 50 Maps, by me, with one book open to a page and map called "Squares"
Photo of a book acknowledgments page with a highlighted sentence: “And Andy Woodruff, who makes the most glorious maps.”
Photo of a child’s school paper showing a map of North America with title “then I look at the continent and find my country” and the child’s written answer to the prompt “I live in:”.
Photo of a map of the United States in a book.
Map of the White Mountains and New Hampshire lakes region.
Snippets of four maps of Boston: urban renewal, tree foliage, proximity to Dunkin', and turkey sightings
Image of a map with only the text labels visible
Snippets of four maps of Boston: one showing some famous firsts, one showing age distribution, one showing the proportion of people born out of state, and one showing notable Revolutionary War sites.
Photo of a child lying on the floor drawing on a piece of paper.
Screenshot of the portfolio page of Axis Maps, showing thumbnail images of six projects: Recreational Bicycling Access Tool, MapMaster 3, CalSHARE Data Hub, LARC Dashboard, imagineRio, and Health Equity Illuminator.
Map of major sports victory parades in Boston along with a list of championships won since 2002
Preschool art “touch down!” with hand prints on a football and a New England Patriots logo
A map with yellow-ish land and shaded relief, and lakes filled blue with some edge glow effects.
A pair of snowfall forecast maps that are wrong in a way that I just don’t know how to describe. I think each one is actually two maps of different scale smashed together somehow.
Photo of a CD labeled “Big Map Andy”
A map where only the text labels and point symbols are visible
Photo of bagels with rainbow dye
Photo of kids holding books in front of their faces. One is “Me on the Map” and the other is “There’s a Map on My Lap!”
Photo of two White Castle sliders inside plastic packaging
Photo of a White Castle vending machine
Photo of several copies of the book Cincinnati in 50 Maps under a Christmas tree.
Map of “Americas favorite thanksgiving traditions” with regions labeled “unusually large meal,” “enormous feast,” “a lot to eat,” “dinner with many leftovers,” and “pile of food”
Map of location of Boston 311 reports involving turkeys over a span of 4+ years.
Video panning across a long diagram of a deck on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth
Photo of a brochure, “temporary plan of first class accommodations” on the Queen Elizabeth, 1946.
Grid of many small maps representing places with “point” in their name in Massachusetts
Photo of the book Cincinnati in 50 Maps, edited by Nick Swartsell with cartography by Andy Woodruff—me!
Photo of a person holding the book Cincinnati in 50 Maps.
Photo of a small package of Marmite with a piece of toast in the background.
Aerial photo of downtown Boston from several miles away, with a red circle around an area on the Boston Common with a large crowd of people.
Map of turkey sightings in the Boston area. “Boston beware! The turkey menace is all around you!”
Map showing number and locations of crashes involving vehicles striking overhead bridges or signs on Storrow Drive and Memorial Drive in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Homer Simpson in his underwear at night about to eat a whole Thing of sliced cheese, saying “mmm, sixty-four slices of American cheese.”
Photo of the ten commandments in front of a church, behind a low rock wall with pointed stones to prevent people from sitting.
Frame from a 1994 Simpsons episode showing a Republican convention with cheering participants and banners stating “we want what’s worst for everyone” and “we’re just plain evil”.
Map titled "1648 Boston" where the old shoreline, buildings, and streets are overlaid on a map of the modern city.
Photo of two hiking trail maps on an information kiosk.
Portrait of a very expression-less face drawn by an elementary school child, titled “Radical Andy W.”
Wall mounted map in the shape of Massachusetts, with “Cambridge” in neon lights above.
photo of a bottle of Moxie soda and a Hoodsie Cup ice cream
screenshot of tags on an OpenStreetMap feature for a potato monument in Boston.