Sarah Bell talks us through her terrific hillshade tutorial: https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/drawing-color-hillshade-a-tutorial-with-time-lapse-videos/https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/drawing-hillshade-by-hand-with-pencils-a-tutorial-with-time-lapse-videos/I take the opportunity to reflect on my sad highly technical mapping career where there has been no art, at all. Then we talk about using beautiful maps to boost social change, like a nationwide high speed rail network for America. LET'S DO IT!Links to some resources, discussed: Cartography at Penn: https://geographics.psu.edu/North American Cartographic Information Society, NACIS: https://nacis.org/Alan McConchie, Lead Cartographer, Stamen: https://stamen.com/people/alan-mcconchie/THE GEOSPATIAL INDEXThe Geospatial Index is a comprehensive listing of all publicly traded geospatial businesses worldwide. Why? The industry is growing at ~10% annually. For only $58,000 to start, this growth rate is $5,000,000 over a working life.This channel, Bluesky account, newsletter, watchlist and podcast express the view that you are serious about geospatial if you take the view of an investor, venture capitalist or entrepreneur.You are expected to do your own research. This is not a replacement for that. This is not investment advice. Consider it entertainment.NOT THE OPINION OF MY EMPLOYERNOT YOUR FIDUCIARYNOT INVESTMENT ADVICEBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/geospatialindex.bsky.socialWatchlist: ⁠https://www.tradingview.com/watchlists/123254792/Newsletter: https://www.geospatial.money/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5gpQUsaWxEBpYCnypEdHFC