Prof. of Geographic Information & Cartography @UCLgeography; Director @UCLSocialData; Author of The Library of Lost Maps
Joined January 2010
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14 Jul 2025
Really excited to say that my next book - The Library of Lost Maps - is out this October! Pre-order and sign up for updates here! libraryoflostmaps.com/ 🗺️
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Fifteen Maps that Changed How We See the Ocean Floor:
libraryoflostmaps.com/2026/0…
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James Cheshire retweeted
14 Nov 2025
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: I sat down with cartographer and author, James Cheshire @spatialanalysis to talk about his latest book, The Library of Maps 🌍
If you love history, data, or beautiful atlases, this one’s for you.
🎧 Listen here 👉sites.libsyn.com/571725/conv…
#HistoryShorts #JamesCheshire #TheLibraryOfMaps #Maps #Cartography #DataViz #HistoryPodcast #GeographyNerd
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James Cheshire retweeted
22 Sep 2025
🗺️ Brimming with astonishing discoveries, The Library of Lost Maps reveals why cartography really matters and how map-making has helped transform our understanding of the world around us.
The Library of Lost Maps, publishing soon.
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James Cheshire retweeted
11 Aug 2025
Advance copies of @spatialanalysis wonderful new book, The Library of Lost Maps, arrived in the @BloomsburyBooks offices today. It’s probably the most stunningly beautiful book I’ve worked on. Out on 9 October.
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28 Nov 2023
Boris Johnson's struggle with graphs during COVID is an important reminder that good data visualisations should demand attention. theconversation.com/covid-in…
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James Cheshire retweeted
1 Nov 2023
📰WORKING FROM HOME & MOBILITY DATA📰Wondering how working from home has transformed in your area? Or whether mobility data can truly replace the census? This is the paper for you 👇New paper in @geogjournal w/ Hamish Gibbs, @spatialanalysis, @alexsingleton and @markalangreen👥
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16 May 2023
If you're interested in how data is used in policy and how data inequalities emerge then this event is taking place next Tuesday afternoon. Great lineup of speakers! 👇
15 May 2023
🔔There’s still time to get yourself a ticket to our upcoming 'Social Data Spring Mini-Conference 2023’. Join us on the 23rd May for an afternoon discussing critical issues on data science, public policy, and inequalities.eventbrite.com/e/social-data…
@UCLEvents
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25 Apr 2023
Such and honour for @oliveruberti and I to receive this!
Thanks to all the @RoyalScotGeoSoc for their tireless efforts to promote the importance of geography!
25 Apr 2023
We were delighted to have Professor James Cheshire speak for us at RSGS HQ last night, where we awarded him with the Bartholomew Globe for his joint work with Oliver Uberti, to transform complex data into inspiring information, by using stunning maps and visuals.
Congrats James!
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13 Apr 2023
Graffiti you'd only find in a geography dept...
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29 Mar 2023
Wolf "M237" has been tracked walking nearly 2000km(!) across Europe. kora.ch/en/news/longest-know…
800km more than Slavc who's 1200km trek from Slovenia to Italy was my favourite story in Where the Animals Go.
👇Map of Slavc with the 🐺 populations of Europe
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21 Mar 2023
Getting to the Point? Rethinking Arrows on Maps:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@cartohype and I took a deep dive into how arrows came to be used on maps...and what they've come to mean. It's a fascinating history!
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21 Mar 2023
This paper was inspired by my tweet/ blog post last year about the early maps of Ukrainian refugees and the discussion that followed: jcheshire.com/resources/more…
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James Cheshire retweeted
13 Feb 2023
Really excited to be welcoming the FT's Head of Visual and Data Journalism - @theboysmithy - to @UCLSocialData on 9th of March!
"Making charts work - the view from the newsroom"
Sign up here:
eventbrite.com/e/making-char…
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31 Jan 2023
Very excited to welcome @meghankellymaps today’s @UCLgeography seminar series!
Asking: how do you start a conversation about feminist mapping?
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15 Dec 2022
Hillshading algorithms are great...but you can't beat a covering of snow low sun angle.
[Northern Scotland a couple of days ago] 😮
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9 Dec 2022
This - like my office heating breaking - has become a festive tradition.
9 Dec 2022
Classic “campus greening” outside my office this morning.
There’s a dead tree on the concrete where the temporary staging normally goes (I guess for Instagram) so staging is now wrecking fresh (living) turf that we’re not allowed to walk on 🙄. Why not swap them @UCLEstates?
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