To spatially analyze the other side, — i swear, sometimes I feel like my life is a series of bad GIS puns. Between trying to explain map projections at parties and detecting spatial patterns in my morning coffee, I’m just waiting for the day when someone asks me to map ‘fun’ instead of ‘data.’ What’s your funniest GIS moment?
I hear you on the map projections at parties — one time, I tried explaining UTM to someone over coffee, and they just kept nodding like they understood. Wouldn’t it be great if mapping ‘fun’ could be as exciting as comparing layers? What’s your go-to method for making those GIS concepts more relatable?
It’s hilarious how we can turn anything into a spatial analysis! I once mapped the locations of all my friends’ houses and compared their coffee preferences… If only they knew how much time I spent making those ‘data-driven’ decisions at brunch.
I feel you! I once tried to explain layer stacking to my mother-in-law while she was baking, and let’s just say her cookies didn’t turn out as perfectly layered as I hoped… Maybe we should start teaching GIS through cooking — ‘spatial recipes’ could be a hit! What do you think would be a good project?