Blake Esselstyn

@mapblake.bsky.social

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Formerly @districks on the birdsite. Geography, demography, GIS, redistricting, fairmaps. Oh, and dataviz. NC native trying to learn some Dutch.

Map of earth as globe with northern Russia at center. Yellow line shows flight path extending east from Tokyo-Narita airport into Pacific Ocean then over Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland before finishing at Amsterdam airport.

Map of North Carolina, showing counties grouped as required for the State House districts after the 2010 census. Some counties are their own groups, while other counties, grouped with adjacent counties, are in groups, or clusters, of two to seven counties.

Screenshot of map interface of Organic Maps app during navigation.