Conspiracy of Cartographers
@conspiracyofcarto
Cartographer and Artist Speculative cartography World-building Transit mapping
“probably” depends on your time frame. #petrofuture
Picking the animated #Petrofuture UK series back up after all the distractions of the past couple of weeks. Here's Northwest England on a vintage Esso petrol station map. Thanks #Esso! #LeedsUK #BradfordUK #RichmondUK #YorkUK #ClimateChange #Heatwave2026
The past six months have been a long bad dream for me health-wise, ending in kind of a nightmare. I think it’s over now, with five new scars and recovery ahead. All the nurses and EMTs I’ve met have been the very best of people.
The #Petrofuture of Paris...in animated form-- conspiracyofcartographers.com/2026/05/anim...
I did an installation of #Petrofuture maps at the Science After Dark event at the Pacific Science Center last night. I love doing these installations. It’s such a different vibe than just posting images online.
Pictures of the silos at Harbor Island Studios, deep in the #Seattle industrial district. I’m having some serious art studio fantasies about that penthouse.
More photos from the #Petrofuture gallery at Harbor Island Studios. We had a great crowd. Photos by Hank Leiter. Thanks to Invisible Histories!
At Harbor Island Studios last night—the #Petrofuture Gallery just after I finished setting up. I am so pleased with how this worked out.
I mean...much of it is gone, but not along the national borders like that.
If you're in #Seattle, and interested in local history and art, this might be for you. The Invisible Histories event at Harbor Island Studios is next week. I'll have a multimedia installation there, along with other artists, historians, and performers www.invisible-histories.com/harborisland
Details from the central London Petrofuture map--66m sea level rise layered on top of a vintage Esso gas station map. All the land is underwater. The little islands are the buildings that poke above the sea level. #London #Esso #Petrofuture #ClimateChange #ClifFi
Usually I only model the landforms for the SLR maps. The issue with central London -- It was all below 66m. So this one is special. I used high-res data that shows any building that sticks up above sea level. Here is #Petrofuture #London. Can you recognize any architectural icons?
Here’s a preview from a new series I’ve been working on. This is a detail from #Petrofuture Scotland, showing Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth with 66m sea level rise, on top of a vintage Esso road map.
Hey, the cross-lake connector in Seattle opens in a couple of days, and I haven’t posted the spider maps I made for all the new stations! Here’s Mercer Island
Hey, the cross-lake connector in Seattle opens in a couple of days, and I haven’t posted the spider maps I made for all the new stations! Here’s Judkins Park
Hurry! These are the last few days to see Maps and Memory, my video installation at the Mini Mart in Seattle. www.minimartcitypark.com/future-forwa...
In celebration of St Patrick’s Day, here’s my wife’s Irish pride t-shirt
Messing around with animations of #Petrofuture maps. London, this time...and I added a couple of flourishes. What do you think? Too subtle? #London #England #UK #ClimateChange #ClimateArt
The Alaska #Petrofuture map has been challenging. Getting all those little islands to align with modern elevation data has been a complete PITA. But worth it! #Alaska #climateChange #seaLevelRise #maps
Found on LinkedIn... What to do about this absolute shit AI map? It was posted by a seemingly earnest young fellow; I feel like the guy's heart may have been in the right place, but jfc. Kids, don't trust the plagiarism machine.
Three pounds of maps! Yes, some folks sell by the pound. #petrofuture
Nothing warms my heart like seeing a CyberTruck being towed.