#  @kyle_e_walker Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker posts on X about maps, gas, ai, javascript the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Social Influence
**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 7.5% [stocks](/list/stocks) 1.67% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1.67% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 1.67% [countries](/list/countries) 0.83% [finance](/list/finance) 0.83% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 0.83%
**Social topic influence**
[maps](/topic/maps) 5%, [gas](/topic/gas) 4.17%, [ai](/topic/ai) 4.17%, [javascript](/topic/javascript) 4.17%, [shiny](/topic/shiny) 3.33%, [6969](/topic/6969) 2.5%, [map](/topic/map) 2.5%, [events](/topic/events) 2.5%, [tigris](/topic/tigris) 2.5%, [more info](/topic/more-info) 2.5%
**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@mapbox](/creator/undefined) [@maplibre](/creator/undefined) [@metas](/creator/undefined) [@graffle4more](/creator/undefined) [@arthurgailes](/creator/undefined) [@dejuradop](/creator/undefined) [@mapboxs](/creator/undefined) [@josiahparry](/creator/undefined) [@bigduca](/creator/undefined) [@harlananelson](/creator/undefined) [@filipbabovic](/creator/undefined) [@ajthurston](/creator/undefined) [@kyleewalker](/creator/undefined) [@tcrowpsych](/creator/undefined) [@ftppatch](/creator/undefined) [@censusgadfly](/creator/undefined) [@mbarber83](/creator/undefined) [@jscarto](/creator/undefined) [@statsuser](/creator/undefined) [@maptiler](/creator/undefined)
**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"1.7 million Texas oil & gas wells. Zoom to the Permian view over satellite imagery query production and view a decline curve. All in seconds"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2020613781819211867) 2026-02-08T21:40Z 16.8K followers, 87.8K engagements
"My most popular map ever Educational Attainment in America gets a fresh look for 2026: - Updated to the [----] ACS - MapLibre via R's mapgl with built-in interactivity - OpenFreeMap basemap Cloudflare-hosted PMTiles (blazing fast) Explore your city: https://personal.tcu.edu/kylewalker/maps/education/#4.5/39.37/-95.62 https://personal.tcu.edu/kylewalker/maps/education/#4.5/39.37/-95.62"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2021235013816050046) 2026-02-10T14:49Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Client-side #GIS tools are very effective for exploring patterns in dense datasets. Shown here: click a Texas well create an AOI from the approximate boundary of other wells in its lease / unit. Stack: R MapLibre/mapgl Turf.js"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2022324408409317399) 2026-02-13T14:58Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Social media: "if you're not using Ralph WiggumClawdbotnext week's new framework you're ngmi" Now you're endlessly trying to optimize your workflows instead of doing the actual work you're avoiding. Agents will get better and better but they don't substitute for agency"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2015520652929683873) 2026-01-25T20:22Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Nearly [--] million California jobs in [----] visualized by 2-digit NAICS category with block-level precision. Open data and modern geospatial technology make powerful labor market analytics possible"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2016196207152947688) 2026-01-27T17:06Z 16.6K followers, 57.2K engagements
"There are [--] million oil and gas wells across the US - but you want to know what's going on in your area. AI helps you cut through the noise. Draw a shape on the map query the wells - AI tells you who's operating what they're drilling how deep they're going"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2017268913919209626) 2026-01-30T16:09Z 16.6K followers, 23.8K engagements
"Mapped every pipeline in Texas: [------] miles of infrastructure at your fingertips. For energy operators midstream companies and data center site selectors understanding pipeline proximity matters. Open data + modern GIS makes it accessible"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2017618594561982791) 2026-01-31T15:18Z 16.8K followers, 119.7K engagements
"Distributed energy is harder to map than centralized infrastructure but cutting-edge AI tools can help. Shown: identifying rooftop solar panels in a suburban neighborhood with @Mapbox imagery @Meta's SAM3. Useful for utilities grid planners and solar prospecting"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2018019746155806845) 2026-02-01T17:52Z 16.8K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Visualizing US electric power transmission lines. Learn how: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/a214c8aabec0e87ac8044085254eef19 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/a214c8aabec0e87ac8044085254eef19"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2018464462223942092) 2026-02-02T23:20Z 16.8K followers, 44.7K engagements
"In Feb [----] I asked ChatGPT: "What do income levels by neighborhood look like in Dallas TexasMake me a map of the results." The result: the first nonsensical image. Today I asked Claude that question - it made an accurate MapLibre map. Wonder where we'll be in 2028"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2018516419810566521) 2026-02-03T02:46Z 16.6K followers, 21.9K engagements
"All [----] million jobs in Texas visualized by sector in @Mapbox with block-level precision. The newly-released [----] LODES data is one of the most underrated public datasets"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2019552441960919384) 2026-02-05T23:23Z 16.8K followers, 66.3K engagements
"@graffle4more I don't - I don't actually write it myself what I'd recommend is going to the docs feeding Claude some examples and iterating on them https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/ https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2019829119949873336) 2026-02-06T17:42Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Interactive well pad identification in the Permian Basin using @Meta's Segment Anything Model [--]. Draw a box around one well pad using @Mapbox imagery; SAM3 finds similar objects in the view. So many use-cases for AI in oil & gas and I'm not just talking about ChatGPT"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2020258551693017407) 2026-02-07T22:09Z 16.8K followers, 11.8K engagements
"I'm a loyal Claude Opus / Claude Code user but I have to say. They are right about Codex 5.3"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2021651408739586361) 2026-02-11T18:23Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@ArthurGailes yeah I struggle to see the future for Tableau/PowerBI. but I sometimes forget that the AI conversation on X is a huge bubble and people tend to use tools they're comfortable with plus I imagine those platforms are aggressively developing MCPs/chat interfaces"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2021967332835533249) 2026-02-12T15:19Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"My most popular post of the year: mapping [---] million Texas oil & gas wells with zero performance lag. Draw a lasso instantly query operators. There are so many opportunities for advanced GIS + AI to impact oil and gas helping operators mineral buyers brokers and more"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2006472233938726962) 2025-12-31T21:07Z 16.8K followers, 551.2K engagements
"We're at a weird inflection point where LLMs are making it easier to build dashboards / data apps with code than with WYSIWYG / drag-and-drop editors The advantage to WYSIWYG was always the gentle learning curve compared to more customizable code. that advantage is evaporating"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2021796934130786784) 2026-02-12T04:02Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"All [---] million oil & gas wells in Texas. Ownership instantly tabulated from a lasso on an interactive map. Zero performance lag no backend database required. Incredible what we can do in geospatial these days"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981083427886571695) 2025-10-22T19:41Z 16.8K followers, 746.7K engagements
"Showed my Advanced GIS students Claude Code this week. We built this map of code compliance violations in Fort Worth; heatmap giving way to points on zoom. Used the ArcGIS SDK for JavaScript. Took [--] minutes. Faculty need to be teaching skills for [----] not for 2016"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2019789596586881499) 2026-02-06T15:05Z 16.8K followers, 179.2K engagements
"Important context from the creator of Claude Code. @big_duca Someone has to prompt the Claudes talk to customers coordinate with other teams decide what to build next. Engineering is changing and great engineers are more important than ever. @big_duca Someone has to prompt the Claudes talk to customers coordinate with other teams decide what to build next. Engineering is changing and great engineers are more important than ever"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/2022785918994727401) 2026-02-14T21:31Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"From the [----] US Census Bureau Population Estimates: rates of natural change (births minus deaths per [----] residents) by state. Despite declining birth rates a majority of states experienced more births than deaths between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Reproduce in #rstats: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/6331f17715649940f03cdbe60a8584c2 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/6331f17715649940f03cdbe60a8584c2"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1872776589177422234) 2024-12-27T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"From the book: how to make comparative beeswarm plots of income distributions by group from Census data in #rstats https://walker-data.com/census-r/exploring-us-census-data-with-visualization.html#ggbeeswarm https://walker-data.com/census-r/exploring-us-census-data-with-visualization.html#ggbeeswarm"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873023487029248234) 2024-12-28T15:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Content protip: Find something cool you shared two years ago that still works Post it again Most of your audience has never seen it And those who have- theyve likely forgotten about it and will appreciate the reminder You dont *have* to create new stuff all the time"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873119936198975899) 2024-12-28T21:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@harlananelson @filipbabovic Yeah - Continue in Positron is great. I wish it were as fast as Cursor though"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873370688788283514) 2024-12-29T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@dejuradop excellent good luck"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873370768471666910) 2024-12-29T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Chart from the new 2019-2023 ACS estimates: Census tract median household income distributions by state Want to learn how to do this Keep an eye out for new Census workshop series coming in 2025"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873503692940362041) 2024-12-29T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"From the [----] #30DayMapChallenge: visualizing all of the ZCTAs that cross state lines. This is one of the problems you'll run into when using zip codes for spatial analysis. .but you'll often need to use them anyway so be aware #rstats code: https://github.com/walkerke/map-challenge-2023/blob/main/scripts/day-3-polygons.R https://github.com/walkerke/map-challenge-2023/blob/main/scripts/day-3-polygons.R"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873535321784107034) 2024-12-30T01:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Chart: distributions of Census tract mean commute times by state 2019-2023 ACS #demographics #rstats"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1873798013644116051) 2024-12-30T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I spent much of [----] developing the mapgl #rstats package. My dev process was focused on Shiny apps; I'd sketch out an app concept I found interesting then built features to make it. A favorite: an app that reverse-geocodes and calculates distances to a draggable marker"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1874187708999852344) 2024-12-31T20:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Many of these app concepts made it into August's mapgl workshop series: Others are still on my computer waiting to be shared I'm looking at future workshops in [----] focusing on novel interactive mapping / app design; what would interest you the most https://walkerdata.gumroad.com/l/mapgl-bundleoffer_code=HOLIDAYBUNDLE https://walkerdata.gumroad.com/l/mapgl-bundleoffer_code=HOLIDAYBUNDLE"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1874187731498070032) 2024-12-31T20:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Adding some new features to #rstats mapgl for 2025; here's a 3D visualization of population density by Census tract with text labels placed on top of extruded polygons This uses @Mapbox's new capability for 3D symbol layers Learn about mapgl: https://walker-data.com/mapgl https://walker-data.com/mapgl"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1874901773766300058) 2025-01-02T19:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My take on #LLM / #GenAI assistants for coding: I *love* embedded LLM panes in IDEs. It's so convenient to be able to chat with an LLM with a file as context. I *don't like* auto-completion tools. They distract more than they help and they often guess my workflow incorrectly"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1874951614433280257) 2025-01-02T22:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Hacked together a prototype for scrollytelling-style story maps in #rstats and Shiny using @Mapbox or @maplibre via the mapgl package. Is this something you'd use Let me know if so"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1875668567963693335) 2025-01-04T22:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@AJThurston @Mapbox @maplibre that would be cool. as far as I can tell closeread integrates with Observable JavaScript for this functionality but not directly with htmlwidgets though I'd be interested in seeing any examples to the contrary https://closeread.dev/gallery/demos/ojs-variables/ https://closeread.dev/gallery/demos/ojs-variables/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1876043378577780789) 2025-01-05T23:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"A new story map feature is coming to the next release of the #rstats mapgl package You'll be able to trigger Shiny events on page scroll; watch in the video how "fly-to" effects and time-of-day adjustments are made as the user progresses through the story"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1876658965531983980) 2025-01-07T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I've merged the new story map feature in the #rstats mapgl package into the main branch; the official release is near You'll be able to: -- Embed images / videos -- Add custom data on scroll -- Define custom story panel CSS -- Use Shiny inputs & outputs in story panels"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1877826603096461576) 2025-01-10T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The latest version of the mapgl #rstats package is now released supporting scrollytelling-style story maps Build richly interactive map stories from your R data pipelines using @Mapbox or @maplibre as your backend. Learn how in the new vignette: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1879178174635905396) 2025-01-14T14:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Story maps built with the mapgl #rstats package are full-fledged Shiny apps which means you can incorporate Shiny inputs and outputs. This example from the vignette shows you how to use inputs/outputs to customize your story map's content: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html#integrating-shiny-inputs-and-outputs https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html#integrating-shiny-inputs-and-outputs"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1879257308623986874) 2025-01-14T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's been a big week for the #rstats mapgl package: the v0.2.0 release and [---] stars on GitHub If you haven't used mapgl try it out You can create 3D maps build Shiny apps and develop map stories with @Mapbox and @maplibre using R. Learn more: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/ https://walker-data.com/mapgl/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1879546893715341360) 2025-01-15T15:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Excellent usage by @dejuradop of mapgl's new story map feature showing the extent of the fires in Los Angeles. Check out the video To learn more about how to make your own story maps in #rstats: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html "La gravedad de los incendios forestales en California Estados Unidos combinada con la presencia de reas de interfaz urbano-forestal contribuye a que estos eventos se conviertan en desastres." Trabajo en R Studio con la librera Mapbox GL Map desarrollado por @kyle_e_walker https://t.co/RyMCrjrepA"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1880273680246464935) 2025-01-17T15:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Are you interested in the new story map feature in mapgl but all of your #rstats mapping already uses Leaflet Good news: the package's story map feature supports Leaflet as well Check out this video - it's an example from the R Leaflet docs translated to a story map"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1880285127860768791) 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You'll use the story_leaflet() function to set up your story map then populate the story sections with leafletProxy() and all the other map actions you'd use in a Leaflet Shiny app. The story map feature is on CRAN; get it with install.packages("mapgl") and try it out"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1880285149968953705) 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For more instructions read the docs at and be sure to check out the other vignettes to see what else you can do with the mapgl package. https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1880285171821289903) 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The latest release of @maplibre supports a Globe projection and you can use it in #rstats with the mapgl package Here's an example that visualizes global fertility data with MapLibre using the set_projection() function. Learn more about mapgl: https://walker-data.com/mapgl https://walker-data.com/mapgl"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1880998963291074837) 2025-01-19T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It wasn't perfect at first; I had to smooth it out to make it easier to use before its release. But Claude got me started where I may not have otherwise. It's easy to get caught up in #GenAI hype but LLMs have completely changed the idea-to-implementation timeline for me"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1882896269175144787) 2025-01-24T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Now I can move to my next project quicker and you can start building your own story maps straight from R Try it out: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1882896290859618441) 2025-01-24T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@tcrow_psych You could (the closeread project is working on it) but it would need to be coded in JavaScript not R as R requires Shiny for the map events"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1883185864412721462) 2025-01-25T16:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"A heads up for those of you who use US Census Bureau geospatial data: The TIGER/Line website is currently down but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages. https://walker-data.com/pygris/ https://github.com/walkerke/tigris https://walker-data.com/pygris/ https://github.com/walkerke/tigris"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1885525725773451435) 2025-02-01T03:08Z 10K followers, 11K engagements
"Unfortunately all Census TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles are down as of this evening. This means that the tigris #rstats and pygris #Python packages will not work and geometry support in tidycensus will also fail. The Census API for now is still up"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1886610431323643920) 2025-02-04T02:59Z 10K followers, 14.1K engagements
"@JosiahParry Example code: tx_tracts - where = "STATE = '48'") Swap in the REST endpoint for the geography service you want and set the page_size argument for larger datasets to avoid timeout errors https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Generalized_ACS2023/Tracts_Blocks/MapServer/4 https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Generalized_ACS2023/Tracts_Blocks/MapServer/4"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1886840534955622606) 2025-02-04T18:13Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"@JosiahParry If TigerWeb stays up I'll refactor tigris to use it. This will be a big project though so I'd like to see what happens with TIGER/Line in the weeks ahead. In the meantime grab the data you need while it's still available"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1886840556749205755) 2025-02-04T18:13Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"Users of the tigris / tidycensus #rstats packages: The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday. (Dont worry the datasets are still there) Ive patched tigris install with pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch") and it should work"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1908579720268075135) 2025-04-05T17:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@CensusGadfly @mbarber83 our hunch right now is that it's a Cloudflare issue Census staff are investigating. You can still download the files from a web browser. in the meantime install tigris from GitHub I have a patch up that should work"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1910025842958409790) 2025-04-09T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Users of the tigris #rstats package: the Census website is acting up again so the package installed from CRAN isn't working Install with remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris"); I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you https://github.com/walkerke/tigris https://github.com/walkerke/tigris"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1912148188447879675) 2025-04-15T14:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"ellmer is the framework that can take your work with large language models to the next level. It's an R package that provides a common interface to popular #LLM APIs like OpenAI Anthropic and Gemini as well as local models through Ollama. With ellmer you can:"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1920894863014293678) 2025-05-09T17:33Z 10K followers, [----] engagements
"🤖 Manage #GenAI pipelines from R and connect AI to your data analysis / data sources; 🤖 Set up system prompts / custom LLM instructions; 🤖 Pass images and PDFs to LLM APIs; 🤖 Use tool calling and get data back as structured outputs; 🤖 Power chatbots in your Shiny apps"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1920894885344788892) 2025-05-09T17:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there Mapped here: number of births in the past year among women age 15-50 per [----] women in that age range. Data: 2019-2023 ACS by PUMA. #rstats Code: Explore the map: https://walker-data.com/maps/happy-mothers-day/ https://github.com/walkerke/maps/blob/main/happy-mothers-day/map-code.R https://walker-data.com/maps/happy-mothers-day/ https://github.com/walkerke/maps/blob/main/happy-mothers-day/map-code.R"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1921589281174212779) 2025-05-11T15:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Charted: the [--] cities with the greatest population losses between [----] & [----]. Memphis tops the list followed by St. Louis and New Orleans. While large CA cities (LA SF) reversed their decline in the latest estimates several small CA cities make this list. #demographics"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1923084843501428786) 2025-05-15T18:35Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Open source software is foundational in the #AI age. I asked Claude to show me how to make: A chart React / Recharts. A map Leaflet. A linear model Python. All open source tools. If you are using LLMs support the open source devs whose work powers their insights"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1925282613041733804) 2025-05-21T20:08Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"I put Claude Opus [--] through its paces for the first time this morning. The result: two new functions in mapgl allowing you to quickly browse your data on a @Mapbox or @maplibre map in a single line of #rstats code. Try it out: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/mapboxgl_view.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/mapboxgl_view.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1925985792544907673) 2025-05-23T18:42Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I've been cross-posting data / AI / geospatial content across LinkedIn X and BlueSky for a while now. LinkedIn is far and away the best platform for data professionals to share insights and interact nowadays and it's not even close"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1926001792678048051) 2025-05-23T19:46Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@jscarto All true - my observation is not a critique of Python which is far and away the most popular language Some blame LLMs for the decline in R since 2022; my unsubstantiated take is that it's because of the collapse of R Twitter after Elon acquired it https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1926648908823810415) 2025-05-25T14:37Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Mapped: the percentage of owner-occupied homes valued at $1 million or more by county from the 2019-2023 ACS. There are tens of thousands of variables like this in the ACS and they are at your fingertips with the tidycensus R package. Docs: #rstats https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1927449128927162577) 2025-05-27T19:37Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote tidycensus for #rstats to simplify the process of acquiring US Census data. But - you still have to know R to use it I wrote a rudimentary tidycensus #MCP to teach Claude to fetch Census data - watch the video for the results"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1933295846847885573) 2025-06-12T22:50Z 10.2K followers, 10.8K engagements
"@statsuser good question. for truly proprietary stuff it probably makes sense to run a local LLM through Ollama or a frontier model through a managed service (Azure Bedrock). With respect to data - I keep data analysis local maybe ask LLMs for general tips on how to do things"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1933994836270432310) 2025-06-14T21:07Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements
"If you need a professional basemap for your @maplibre maps @MapTiler is an excellent option. Choose from a range of dataviz-optimized styles many of which include light dark and pastel variants. In #rstats mapgl: use the maptiler_style() function for streamlined access"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1934949992243843303) 2025-06-17T12:23Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The latest #rstats mapgl release includes long-awaited tools to help with choropleth mapping Build interpolate or step @Mapbox /@maplibre expressions with equal quantile or Jenks breaks like in GIS software & format legend labels easily. Learn more: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html#continuous-styling https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html#continuous-styling"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1935371337876341103) 2025-06-18T16:17Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I have an #rstats package idea that doesn't exist but I need for my work. So I decided to try something new. I fed Claude Opus [--] the state-of-the-art literature on this topic using Research. I had it craft the *ideal* prompt to pass to Claude Code to one-shot the package"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1935693633119735966) 2025-06-19T13:38Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"mapgl v0.3 for #rstats gives you the ability to customize your map legend's appearance with no CSS required. Use the legend_style() function to style the legend container typography and elements - and even add a drop shadow if you'd like. More info: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/map_legends.html#legend-styling https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/map_legends.html#legend-styling"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1935773718837440742) 2025-06-19T18:56Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Use an #LLM as a pair programmer for data analysis in #rstats with acquaint: 📈 I map a dataset with tidycensus; 📈 Claude inspects my R env and builds a clustering analysis; 📈 I ask Claude to read the mapgl docs; 📈 Claude helps me embed a ggplot as svg within my map"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1936415242017190133) 2025-06-21T13:25Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Filters with expressions in @Mapbox and @maplibre are so powerful for in-app GIS overlay. "within" allows for point-in-polygon and "distance" finds areas near to a given geom. An example using #rstats mapgl: the GIS operation happens directly in the map w/no external call"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1936498600701255902) 2025-06-21T18:56Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@Mapbox @maplibre 📍 Modern Web Mapping with R Mapbox and MapLibre (July 9) Learn to create stunning 3D maps with customizable basemaps atmosphere effects and styled visualizations - with less code than ever before. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-web-mapping-with-r-mapbox-and-maplibre-registration-1425614965739 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-web-mapping-with-r-mapbox-and-maplibre-registration-1425614965739"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1937166258580938937) 2025-06-23T15:10Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@Mapbox @maplibre 🚀 High-Performance Mapping Apps with R and Shiny (July 11) Deploy mapping apps with native JavaScript-level speed. Master real-time interactions hover events and build captivating story maps. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-performance-mapping-apps-with-r-and-shiny-registration-1425717652879 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-performance-mapping-apps-with-r-and-shiny-registration-1425717652879"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1937166280663957668) 2025-06-23T15:10Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Building web mapping apps in Shiny doesn't have to mean "slow". I wrote the mapgl R package to bring high-performance web mapping to Shiny. Check out the example in the video: instant filters restyling and legend updates - all from #rstats code"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1938351178678485449) 2025-06-26T21:38Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"With the latest release of the [----] US Census Bureau Population Estimates compare demographic structures by race / ethnicity for states counties and metros. Available now in the dev version of tidycensus for #rstats. Learn more about tidycensus: https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1938960098174414985) 2025-06-28T13:58Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"When I started teaching GIS [--] years ago it pained me to see students struggle with Census data. Download shapefiles from one place data from another struggle through mismatched column types to join on. So I built tidycensus to fix that"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1940143359332348159) 2025-07-01T20:19Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone talks about how #AI / #LLMs are transformative for small teams. I'm just as excited about @duckdb and @protomaps PMTiles. Store analyze and visualize of millions of data points comfortably on your laptop. Better yet they are free and open source"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1940868955926941707) 2025-07-03T20:23Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The mapgl #rstats package helps you combine @Mapbox's stunning Standard Style with its vast plugin ecosystem. Thousands of rendered 3D buildings time-of-day effects geocoding animations synchronized maps. and much more. All in just a few lines of R code"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1941910156247187478) 2025-07-06T17:20Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Everything is ready to go for today's workshop on high-performance mapping with #rstats and Shiny starting in three hours (10am CT) Check out this story map participants will build: 3D buildings emerge from the ground as the weather and time of day changes on user scroll"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1943642302620045812) 2025-07-11T12:03Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Despite claims that "R is dead" on social media [----] has been an incredible year for #rstats: 💻 ellmer wrapping LLM APIs; 💻 mcptools & mcpr implementing MCP connections for R; 💻 Native parallel processing in purrr via mirai What else are you excited about"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1943760507984327009) 2025-07-11T19:53Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"For geospatial practitioners on MacOS @qgis is essential. But if you try installing QGIS on the latest MacOS it will be blocked by Apple's security framework. Fortunately signed and notarized QGIS is available: In the official [---] release this fall https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-notarize https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-notarize"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1946197657535328461) 2025-07-18T13:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Regarding #AI and white-collar service providers: Much is made of how GenAI renders these service providers obsolete as customers can just "do it themselves" with AI. Just search for the "AI just killed insert job title here posts all over social media. I'm not so sure:"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1946306447744061805) 2025-07-18T20:29Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Two weeks ago I gave a workshop on high-performance mapping apps with #rstats and Shiny. Shiny is *awesome* for web mapping apps. but can be slow when deployed if you aren't careful. Here are three strategies that have saved my projects:"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1947350681792168260) 2025-07-21T17:39Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The draw control in #rstats's mapgl package has three polygon modes: -- Use the default to draw a polygon vertex by vertex; -- Use freehand = TRUE to draw lasso-like polygons by clicking and dragging; -- Use simplify_freehand = TRUE to get coarser freehand output"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1949917231573327979) 2025-07-28T19:37Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm intrigued by this study of America's wealthiest suburbs by @GOBankingRates. Scarsdale NY tops the list at over $600k mean household income; Fort Worth-area Southlake ranks 7th. If you want to reproduce the analysis here's some tidycensus #rstats code you can use:"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1950168767335481436) 2025-07-29T12:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I get the excitement about AI subagents that can work together on projects But the further you get away from the work being done the more you are trusting the LLM to make "correct" decisions And LLMs still make incorrect decisions where the answer would be obvious to you"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1950259943505903800) 2025-07-29T18:19Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"In web mapping understanding projections and distortion is critical - but far too many maps *still* use Mercator for global views. Watch the video which shows how a 500km circle gets distorted around the globe using different map projections in @Mapbox GL JS"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1950923780181606812) 2025-07-31T14:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"For #rstats users: this uses an experimental branch of the mapgl package that wraps Turf.js to generate the circle on mousemove. When this is ready you'll be able to do client-side GIS in R - which opens up a whole world of possibilities for fast spatial analytics in Shiny"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1950923781708316921) 2025-07-31T14:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I've been keeping an eye on whether frontier #LLMs can do native geospatial translation. Meaning the ability to translate a *description of a place* to its actual spatial representation without an ancillary reference dataset. I tested with GPT-5 and we aren't there yet"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1953587984025989175) 2025-08-07T22:44Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"In-browser spatial analysis pipelines with buffers spatial filters convex hulls and more - but all you need is R code no JavaScript required. Learn how in the new mapgl vignette: #rstats #GIS #turfjs https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/turf.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/turf.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1954240449733943408) 2025-08-09T17:56Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I see big opportunities for data professionals in the age of #GenAI- but not how we typically think. AI hype may make firms *more* likely to adopt automation w/ML & data pipelines. For firms doing manual data work a carefully-designed tidyverse pipeline can "feel" like AI"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1955024605443199357) 2025-08-11T21:52Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"For example we'll often now hear discussion around generative AI (LLMs) and predictive AI (e.g. forecasting) in the same conversation. If you work in data there are huge opportunities out there if you get your positioning right"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1955024627161313774) 2025-08-11T21:52Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"An #LLM workflow I've found productive this week: GPT-5 in the Agent panel in @zeddotdev for project planning; Claude Code (MAX plan) in Zed's terminal for execution"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1955274522602385776) 2025-08-12T14:25Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Census Scratch-Off app fetches ACS variables at random - but you sometimes "scratch off" interesting insights like the large population share with Czech ancestry in New Prague MN Try out Census Scratch-Off: https://walkerke-scratch-off.share.connect.posit.cloud/ https://walkerke-scratch-off.share.connect.posit.cloud/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1956058346517061703) 2025-08-14T18:20Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The purpose was a thought-leadership post around map projections. The app worked fine on my computer - but when I deployed it the movement of the circle was painfully laggy - so slow that I couldn't in good faith share it"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1956357646950260761) 2025-08-15T14:09Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I knew regular JavaScript and TurfJS would work just fine - but I wanted an R/Shiny solution. So I spun up Claude Code and asked it what a TurfJS extension to mapgl might look like"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1956357648430825710) 2025-08-15T14:09Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"🤯 Mind blown: I just trained an agentic AI to do my work for me while I relaxed on a Sunday 🤯 Just kidding. That's not at all what happened. I talk a lot about how you need to manage your generative AI workflows carefully. But I don't always take my own advice"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1957115427663798737) 2025-08-17T16:20Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Example: I did attempt to get AI to construct a workflow for me so I could get a head start on the week. It crafted an elegant solution to do batch parallel processing efficiently for me completing a project without me having to write the code. Except"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1957115449935528168) 2025-08-17T16:20Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"It didn't work. Error after error I ended up having to debug the pipeline until. The LLM claimed success by reverting back to the approach *I was originally using*"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1957115472492548574) 2025-08-17T16:21Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"The same area in Dallas that is heavily devoted to freeways contains the Eiffel Tower Les Invalides and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Check out MAPMIRROR by @duncrae a really fun tool to compare the "same area" in two locations by drawing a polygon. https://mapmirror.dunrae.com/ https://mapmirror.dunrae.com/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1957801936029167833) 2025-08-19T13:48Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Friendly advice: DO NOT ask your LLM to analyze your data. DO ask your LLM to help you generate code so YOU can analyze your data & audit the results. After using LLMs heavily across a wide range of projects I think this is critical for anyone working with data"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1958220015208919080) 2025-08-20T17:30Z 10.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Mapped: natural change and net migration US counties. 🗺 Dark green: higher natural change & net migration; 🗺 Bright green: higher NC lower NM; 🗺 Bright purple: Lower NC higher NM; 🗺 Light grey: lower NC & lower NM. What stands out to you #rstats #tidycensus"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1959326978298847514) 2025-08-23T18:48Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"-- Using structured outputs to extract requested information from 100s of documents in batch then using those outputs to populate branded spreadsheet templates -- Generating data summaries from boilerplate language then using that in branded PDF reports (e.g. made in Quarto)"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1964378495661814136) 2025-09-06T17:21Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"My tool of choice: the ellmer #rstats package which helps you use LLMs in a way that fits your workflows. This shift from "AI user" to "AI integrator" will put you miles ahead of the average professional. https://ellmer.tidyverse.org/ https://ellmer.tidyverse.org/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1964378517686161903) 2025-09-06T17:21Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Released today: the [----] 1-year American Community Survey estimates. This release brings fresh updates to thousands of demographic variables for areas with 65k+ population as well as new tables on detailed race and HOA/Condo fees"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1966140765567963154) 2025-09-11T14:04Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Use R and tidycensus to analyze right now with get_acs() using year = [----] and survey = "acs1" - no package updates required Learn more about tidycensus: For more info about the new data release: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2024/1-year.html https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2024/1-year.html https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1966140788288401425) 2025-09-11T14:04Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Update to the mapgl layers control: you can set layer groups and custom labels for layers. Shown here: mapping Texas Land Survey System areas as both a fill and a line layer then grouping them together in the layers control. Now on GitHub so try it out #rstats"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1967278708877820023) 2025-09-14T17:26Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In the #rstats mapgl package the move_layer() function is really useful for setting the visual order of your map layers. Try it out with this app - it uses the sortable package to reorder your layers with a drag-and-drop UI element. Code here: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/19097c73701d6d36d54a66ee9d3dcd37 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/19097c73701d6d36d54a66ee9d3dcd37"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1967674217765408827) 2025-09-15T19:37Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A cartographic use-case for mapgl's TurfJS integration: calculate centroids on-the-fly for polygon labels. Shown here: we map Census data; get the centroid with Turf's center of mass function; then use that for a symbol layer to make a custom label"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1968033501040812358) 2025-09-16T19:25Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Try it out: Text symbol layers can be customized quite extensively in mapgl check out the docs for more info: #rstats #visualization #GIS https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/add_symbol_layer.html https://gist.github.com/walkerke/b77982bf2c64b29acc753dc293e60c97 https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/add_symbol_layer.html https://gist.github.com/walkerke/b77982bf2c64b29acc753dc293e60c97"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1968033503351828792) 2025-09-16T19:25Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"There's endless debate in the geospatial world about "buy vs. build" - should organizations purchase commercial GIS software or build custom solutions I'm biased toward build. But this isn't just an organizational decision. It's about your career trajectory"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1970525293979852893) 2025-09-23T16:26Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Vignette: Fundamentals of map design with mapgl If you are looking for a modern tutorial on how to make interactive maps of US Census data in R this is a great place to start #rstats #GIS https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1970579588628480234) 2025-09-23T20:02Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm very proud of the work I've done with the mapgl R package. But you have to know R to use it. What if you could have the power of mapgl - but in a minimal easy-to-use SaaS Claude and I hacked together a prototype and it feels like we're getting somewhere:"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1971285607424123144) 2025-09-25T18:48Z 10.4K followers, 10.6K engagements
"One of my favorite visual tricks in @Mapbox / @maplibre: interpolating layer opacity on zoom to create a "fade-in / fade-out" effect. Shown here: a heatmap gives way to its underlying point layer. Learn how on my blog: https://walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-dots/ https://walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-dots/"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1971562656499892293) 2025-09-26T13:09Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"A personal use-case for vibe coding: helping my kids study. Parents know that it gets harder and harder to help your kids study the older they get - there is a lot we've forgotten I've been vibe coding apps with @AnthropicAI Claude to help with this"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1971635358279651378) 2025-09-26T17:57Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Your company's affordable production mapping stack: - R + Shiny (seriously) - PMTiles for massive data visualization; - Cloudflare R2 Workers for serving data securely; - MapLibre for your maps; - Docker + a cloud service (I like http://Fly.io http://Fly.io"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1975324794670211218) 2025-10-06T22:18Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"New post: mapping 650000+ Census blocks in Texas in 3D with PMTiles You've heard me talk about @protomaps's PMTiles for a while and how transformative this tech can be for geospatial visualization. In my latest post you'll learn how to use PMTiles in R"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1975621287788880026) 2025-10-07T17:56Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Learn about the new pmtiles R package which helps you create serve and view PMTiles from R - all starting with the sf objects you're already using. Paired with mapgl PMTiles puts massive spatial data visualization in the hands of R users - like this interactive 3D map"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1975621289818923095) 2025-10-07T17:56Z 10.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Feeling stuck with unavailable during the government shutdown Now's a great time to try out tidycensus. The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping. http://data.census.gov http://data.census.gov"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/1975911635672858793) 2025-10-08T13:10Z 10.5K followers, [---] engagements
"I've posted my slides for today's @ISDS #rstats users group webinar on working with #tidycensus. The slides cover the basics as well as a few advanced tips: https://walkerke.github.io/isds-webinar/#1 https://walkerke.github.io/isds-webinar/#1"
[X Link](https://x.com/kyle_e_walker/status/965601844872572933) 2018-02-19T14:59Z 10.3K followers, [--] engagements
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@kyle_e_walker Kyle WalkerKyle Walker posts on X about maps, gas, ai, javascript the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence technology brands 7.5% stocks 1.67% social networks 1.67% travel destinations 1.67% countries 0.83% finance 0.83% celebrities 0.83%
Social topic influence maps 5%, gas 4.17%, ai 4.17%, javascript 4.17%, shiny 3.33%, 6969 2.5%, map 2.5%, events 2.5%, tigris 2.5%, more info 2.5%
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"1.7 million Texas oil & gas wells. Zoom to the Permian view over satellite imagery query production and view a decline curve. All in seconds"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:40Z 16.8K followers, 87.8K engagements
"My most popular map ever Educational Attainment in America gets a fresh look for 2026: - Updated to the [----] ACS - MapLibre via R's mapgl with built-in interactivity - OpenFreeMap basemap Cloudflare-hosted PMTiles (blazing fast) Explore your city: https://personal.tcu.edu/kylewalker/maps/education/#4.5/39.37/-95.62 https://personal.tcu.edu/kylewalker/maps/education/#4.5/39.37/-95.62"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:49Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Client-side #GIS tools are very effective for exploring patterns in dense datasets. Shown here: click a Texas well create an AOI from the approximate boundary of other wells in its lease / unit. Stack: R MapLibre/mapgl Turf.js"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:58Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Social media: "if you're not using Ralph WiggumClawdbotnext week's new framework you're ngmi" Now you're endlessly trying to optimize your workflows instead of doing the actual work you're avoiding. Agents will get better and better but they don't substitute for agency"
X Link 2026-01-25T20:22Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Nearly [--] million California jobs in [----] visualized by 2-digit NAICS category with block-level precision. Open data and modern geospatial technology make powerful labor market analytics possible"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:06Z 16.6K followers, 57.2K engagements
"There are [--] million oil and gas wells across the US - but you want to know what's going on in your area. AI helps you cut through the noise. Draw a shape on the map query the wells - AI tells you who's operating what they're drilling how deep they're going"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:09Z 16.6K followers, 23.8K engagements
"Mapped every pipeline in Texas: [------] miles of infrastructure at your fingertips. For energy operators midstream companies and data center site selectors understanding pipeline proximity matters. Open data + modern GIS makes it accessible"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:18Z 16.8K followers, 119.7K engagements
"Distributed energy is harder to map than centralized infrastructure but cutting-edge AI tools can help. Shown: identifying rooftop solar panels in a suburban neighborhood with @Mapbox imagery @Meta's SAM3. Useful for utilities grid planners and solar prospecting"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:52Z 16.8K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Visualizing US electric power transmission lines. Learn how: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/a214c8aabec0e87ac8044085254eef19 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/a214c8aabec0e87ac8044085254eef19"
X Link 2026-02-02T23:20Z 16.8K followers, 44.7K engagements
"In Feb [----] I asked ChatGPT: "What do income levels by neighborhood look like in Dallas TexasMake me a map of the results." The result: the first nonsensical image. Today I asked Claude that question - it made an accurate MapLibre map. Wonder where we'll be in 2028"
X Link 2026-02-03T02:46Z 16.6K followers, 21.9K engagements
"All [----] million jobs in Texas visualized by sector in @Mapbox with block-level precision. The newly-released [----] LODES data is one of the most underrated public datasets"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:23Z 16.8K followers, 66.3K engagements
"@graffle4more I don't - I don't actually write it myself what I'd recommend is going to the docs feeding Claude some examples and iterating on them https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/ https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:42Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Interactive well pad identification in the Permian Basin using @Meta's Segment Anything Model [--]. Draw a box around one well pad using @Mapbox imagery; SAM3 finds similar objects in the view. So many use-cases for AI in oil & gas and I'm not just talking about ChatGPT"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:09Z 16.8K followers, 11.8K engagements
"I'm a loyal Claude Opus / Claude Code user but I have to say. They are right about Codex 5.3"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:23Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@ArthurGailes yeah I struggle to see the future for Tableau/PowerBI. but I sometimes forget that the AI conversation on X is a huge bubble and people tend to use tools they're comfortable with plus I imagine those platforms are aggressively developing MCPs/chat interfaces"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:19Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"My most popular post of the year: mapping [---] million Texas oil & gas wells with zero performance lag. Draw a lasso instantly query operators. There are so many opportunities for advanced GIS + AI to impact oil and gas helping operators mineral buyers brokers and more"
X Link 2025-12-31T21:07Z 16.8K followers, 551.2K engagements
"We're at a weird inflection point where LLMs are making it easier to build dashboards / data apps with code than with WYSIWYG / drag-and-drop editors The advantage to WYSIWYG was always the gentle learning curve compared to more customizable code. that advantage is evaporating"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:02Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"All [---] million oil & gas wells in Texas. Ownership instantly tabulated from a lasso on an interactive map. Zero performance lag no backend database required. Incredible what we can do in geospatial these days"
X Link 2025-10-22T19:41Z 16.8K followers, 746.7K engagements
"Showed my Advanced GIS students Claude Code this week. We built this map of code compliance violations in Fort Worth; heatmap giving way to points on zoom. Used the ArcGIS SDK for JavaScript. Took [--] minutes. Faculty need to be teaching skills for [----] not for 2016"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:05Z 16.8K followers, 179.2K engagements
"Important context from the creator of Claude Code. @big_duca Someone has to prompt the Claudes talk to customers coordinate with other teams decide what to build next. Engineering is changing and great engineers are more important than ever. @big_duca Someone has to prompt the Claudes talk to customers coordinate with other teams decide what to build next. Engineering is changing and great engineers are more important than ever"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:31Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"From the [----] US Census Bureau Population Estimates: rates of natural change (births minus deaths per [----] residents) by state. Despite declining birth rates a majority of states experienced more births than deaths between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Reproduce in #rstats: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/6331f17715649940f03cdbe60a8584c2 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/6331f17715649940f03cdbe60a8584c2"
X Link 2024-12-27T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"From the book: how to make comparative beeswarm plots of income distributions by group from Census data in #rstats https://walker-data.com/census-r/exploring-us-census-data-with-visualization.html#ggbeeswarm https://walker-data.com/census-r/exploring-us-census-data-with-visualization.html#ggbeeswarm"
X Link 2024-12-28T15:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Content protip: Find something cool you shared two years ago that still works Post it again Most of your audience has never seen it And those who have- theyve likely forgotten about it and will appreciate the reminder You dont have to create new stuff all the time"
X Link 2024-12-28T21:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@harlananelson @filipbabovic Yeah - Continue in Positron is great. I wish it were as fast as Cursor though"
X Link 2024-12-29T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@dejuradop excellent good luck"
X Link 2024-12-29T14:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Chart from the new 2019-2023 ACS estimates: Census tract median household income distributions by state Want to learn how to do this Keep an eye out for new Census workshop series coming in 2025"
X Link 2024-12-29T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"From the [----] #30DayMapChallenge: visualizing all of the ZCTAs that cross state lines. This is one of the problems you'll run into when using zip codes for spatial analysis. .but you'll often need to use them anyway so be aware #rstats code: https://github.com/walkerke/map-challenge-2023/blob/main/scripts/day-3-polygons.R https://github.com/walkerke/map-challenge-2023/blob/main/scripts/day-3-polygons.R"
X Link 2024-12-30T01:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Chart: distributions of Census tract mean commute times by state 2019-2023 ACS #demographics #rstats"
X Link 2024-12-30T18:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I spent much of [----] developing the mapgl #rstats package. My dev process was focused on Shiny apps; I'd sketch out an app concept I found interesting then built features to make it. A favorite: an app that reverse-geocodes and calculates distances to a draggable marker"
X Link 2024-12-31T20:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Many of these app concepts made it into August's mapgl workshop series: Others are still on my computer waiting to be shared I'm looking at future workshops in [----] focusing on novel interactive mapping / app design; what would interest you the most https://walkerdata.gumroad.com/l/mapgl-bundleoffer_code=HOLIDAYBUNDLE https://walkerdata.gumroad.com/l/mapgl-bundleoffer_code=HOLIDAYBUNDLE"
X Link 2024-12-31T20:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Adding some new features to #rstats mapgl for 2025; here's a 3D visualization of population density by Census tract with text labels placed on top of extruded polygons This uses @Mapbox's new capability for 3D symbol layers Learn about mapgl: https://walker-data.com/mapgl https://walker-data.com/mapgl"
X Link 2025-01-02T19:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"My take on #LLM / #GenAI assistants for coding: I love embedded LLM panes in IDEs. It's so convenient to be able to chat with an LLM with a file as context. I don't like auto-completion tools. They distract more than they help and they often guess my workflow incorrectly"
X Link 2025-01-02T22:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Hacked together a prototype for scrollytelling-style story maps in #rstats and Shiny using @Mapbox or @maplibre via the mapgl package. Is this something you'd use Let me know if so"
X Link 2025-01-04T22:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@AJThurston @Mapbox @maplibre that would be cool. as far as I can tell closeread integrates with Observable JavaScript for this functionality but not directly with htmlwidgets though I'd be interested in seeing any examples to the contrary https://closeread.dev/gallery/demos/ojs-variables/ https://closeread.dev/gallery/demos/ojs-variables/"
X Link 2025-01-05T23:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"A new story map feature is coming to the next release of the #rstats mapgl package You'll be able to trigger Shiny events on page scroll; watch in the video how "fly-to" effects and time-of-day adjustments are made as the user progresses through the story"
X Link 2025-01-07T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I've merged the new story map feature in the #rstats mapgl package into the main branch; the official release is near You'll be able to: -- Embed images / videos -- Add custom data on scroll -- Define custom story panel CSS -- Use Shiny inputs & outputs in story panels"
X Link 2025-01-10T21:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The latest version of the mapgl #rstats package is now released supporting scrollytelling-style story maps Build richly interactive map stories from your R data pipelines using @Mapbox or @maplibre as your backend. Learn how in the new vignette: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
X Link 2025-01-14T14:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Story maps built with the mapgl #rstats package are full-fledged Shiny apps which means you can incorporate Shiny inputs and outputs. This example from the vignette shows you how to use inputs/outputs to customize your story map's content: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html#integrating-shiny-inputs-and-outputs https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html#integrating-shiny-inputs-and-outputs"
X Link 2025-01-14T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's been a big week for the #rstats mapgl package: the v0.2.0 release and [---] stars on GitHub If you haven't used mapgl try it out You can create 3D maps build Shiny apps and develop map stories with @Mapbox and @maplibre using R. Learn more: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/ https://walker-data.com/mapgl/"
X Link 2025-01-15T15:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Excellent usage by @dejuradop of mapgl's new story map feature showing the extent of the fires in Los Angeles. Check out the video To learn more about how to make your own story maps in #rstats: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html "La gravedad de los incendios forestales en California Estados Unidos combinada con la presencia de reas de interfaz urbano-forestal contribuye a que estos eventos se conviertan en desastres." Trabajo en R Studio con la librera Mapbox GL Map desarrollado por @kyle_e_walker https://t.co/RyMCrjrepA"
X Link 2025-01-17T15:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Are you interested in the new story map feature in mapgl but all of your #rstats mapping already uses Leaflet Good news: the package's story map feature supports Leaflet as well Check out this video - it's an example from the R Leaflet docs translated to a story map"
X Link 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You'll use the story_leaflet() function to set up your story map then populate the story sections with leafletProxy() and all the other map actions you'd use in a Leaflet Shiny app. The story map feature is on CRAN; get it with install.packages("mapgl") and try it out"
X Link 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"For more instructions read the docs at and be sure to check out the other vignettes to see what else you can do with the mapgl package. https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
X Link 2025-01-17T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The latest release of @maplibre supports a Globe projection and you can use it in #rstats with the mapgl package Here's an example that visualizes global fertility data with MapLibre using the set_projection() function. Learn more about mapgl: https://walker-data.com/mapgl https://walker-data.com/mapgl"
X Link 2025-01-19T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It wasn't perfect at first; I had to smooth it out to make it easier to use before its release. But Claude got me started where I may not have otherwise. It's easy to get caught up in #GenAI hype but LLMs have completely changed the idea-to-implementation timeline for me"
X Link 2025-01-24T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Now I can move to my next project quicker and you can start building your own story maps straight from R Try it out: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/story-maps.html"
X Link 2025-01-24T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@tcrow_psych You could (the closeread project is working on it) but it would need to be coded in JavaScript not R as R requires Shiny for the map events"
X Link 2025-01-25T16:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"A heads up for those of you who use US Census Bureau geospatial data: The TIGER/Line website is currently down but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages. https://walker-data.com/pygris/ https://github.com/walkerke/tigris https://walker-data.com/pygris/ https://github.com/walkerke/tigris"
X Link 2025-02-01T03:08Z 10K followers, 11K engagements
"Unfortunately all Census TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles are down as of this evening. This means that the tigris #rstats and pygris #Python packages will not work and geometry support in tidycensus will also fail. The Census API for now is still up"
X Link 2025-02-04T02:59Z 10K followers, 14.1K engagements
"@JosiahParry Example code: tx_tracts - where = "STATE = '48'") Swap in the REST endpoint for the geography service you want and set the page_size argument for larger datasets to avoid timeout errors https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Generalized_ACS2023/Tracts_Blocks/MapServer/4 https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Generalized_ACS2023/Tracts_Blocks/MapServer/4"
X Link 2025-02-04T18:13Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"@JosiahParry If TigerWeb stays up I'll refactor tigris to use it. This will be a big project though so I'd like to see what happens with TIGER/Line in the weeks ahead. In the meantime grab the data you need while it's still available"
X Link 2025-02-04T18:13Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"Users of the tigris / tidycensus #rstats packages: The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday. (Dont worry the datasets are still there) Ive patched tigris install with pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch") and it should work"
X Link 2025-04-05T17:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@CensusGadfly @mbarber83 our hunch right now is that it's a Cloudflare issue Census staff are investigating. You can still download the files from a web browser. in the meantime install tigris from GitHub I have a patch up that should work"
X Link 2025-04-09T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Users of the tigris #rstats package: the Census website is acting up again so the package installed from CRAN isn't working Install with remotes::install_github("walkerke/tigris"); I've got a new patch in place that will handle the errors for you https://github.com/walkerke/tigris https://github.com/walkerke/tigris"
X Link 2025-04-15T14:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"ellmer is the framework that can take your work with large language models to the next level. It's an R package that provides a common interface to popular #LLM APIs like OpenAI Anthropic and Gemini as well as local models through Ollama. With ellmer you can:"
X Link 2025-05-09T17:33Z 10K followers, [----] engagements
"🤖 Manage #GenAI pipelines from R and connect AI to your data analysis / data sources; 🤖 Set up system prompts / custom LLM instructions; 🤖 Pass images and PDFs to LLM APIs; 🤖 Use tool calling and get data back as structured outputs; 🤖 Power chatbots in your Shiny apps"
X Link 2025-05-09T17:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there Mapped here: number of births in the past year among women age 15-50 per [----] women in that age range. Data: 2019-2023 ACS by PUMA. #rstats Code: Explore the map: https://walker-data.com/maps/happy-mothers-day/ https://github.com/walkerke/maps/blob/main/happy-mothers-day/map-code.R https://walker-data.com/maps/happy-mothers-day/ https://github.com/walkerke/maps/blob/main/happy-mothers-day/map-code.R"
X Link 2025-05-11T15:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Charted: the [--] cities with the greatest population losses between [----] & [----]. Memphis tops the list followed by St. Louis and New Orleans. While large CA cities (LA SF) reversed their decline in the latest estimates several small CA cities make this list. #demographics"
X Link 2025-05-15T18:35Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Open source software is foundational in the #AI age. I asked Claude to show me how to make: A chart React / Recharts. A map Leaflet. A linear model Python. All open source tools. If you are using LLMs support the open source devs whose work powers their insights"
X Link 2025-05-21T20:08Z 10K followers, [---] engagements
"I put Claude Opus [--] through its paces for the first time this morning. The result: two new functions in mapgl allowing you to quickly browse your data on a @Mapbox or @maplibre map in a single line of #rstats code. Try it out: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/mapboxgl_view.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/mapboxgl_view.html"
X Link 2025-05-23T18:42Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I've been cross-posting data / AI / geospatial content across LinkedIn X and BlueSky for a while now. LinkedIn is far and away the best platform for data professionals to share insights and interact nowadays and it's not even close"
X Link 2025-05-23T19:46Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@jscarto All true - my observation is not a critique of Python which is far and away the most popular language Some blame LLMs for the decline in R since 2022; my unsubstantiated take is that it's because of the collapse of R Twitter after Elon acquired it https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/"
X Link 2025-05-25T14:37Z 10.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Mapped: the percentage of owner-occupied homes valued at $1 million or more by county from the 2019-2023 ACS. There are tens of thousands of variables like this in the ACS and they are at your fingertips with the tidycensus R package. Docs: #rstats https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
X Link 2025-05-27T19:37Z 10.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I wrote tidycensus for #rstats to simplify the process of acquiring US Census data. But - you still have to know R to use it I wrote a rudimentary tidycensus #MCP to teach Claude to fetch Census data - watch the video for the results"
X Link 2025-06-12T22:50Z 10.2K followers, 10.8K engagements
"@statsuser good question. for truly proprietary stuff it probably makes sense to run a local LLM through Ollama or a frontier model through a managed service (Azure Bedrock). With respect to data - I keep data analysis local maybe ask LLMs for general tips on how to do things"
X Link 2025-06-14T21:07Z 10.1K followers, [--] engagements
"If you need a professional basemap for your @maplibre maps @MapTiler is an excellent option. Choose from a range of dataviz-optimized styles many of which include light dark and pastel variants. In #rstats mapgl: use the maptiler_style() function for streamlined access"
X Link 2025-06-17T12:23Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The latest #rstats mapgl release includes long-awaited tools to help with choropleth mapping Build interpolate or step @Mapbox /@maplibre expressions with equal quantile or Jenks breaks like in GIS software & format legend labels easily. Learn more: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html#continuous-styling https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html#continuous-styling"
X Link 2025-06-18T16:17Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I have an #rstats package idea that doesn't exist but I need for my work. So I decided to try something new. I fed Claude Opus [--] the state-of-the-art literature on this topic using Research. I had it craft the ideal prompt to pass to Claude Code to one-shot the package"
X Link 2025-06-19T13:38Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"mapgl v0.3 for #rstats gives you the ability to customize your map legend's appearance with no CSS required. Use the legend_style() function to style the legend container typography and elements - and even add a drop shadow if you'd like. More info: https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/map_legends.html#legend-styling https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/map_legends.html#legend-styling"
X Link 2025-06-19T18:56Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Use an #LLM as a pair programmer for data analysis in #rstats with acquaint: 📈 I map a dataset with tidycensus; 📈 Claude inspects my R env and builds a clustering analysis; 📈 I ask Claude to read the mapgl docs; 📈 Claude helps me embed a ggplot as svg within my map"
X Link 2025-06-21T13:25Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Filters with expressions in @Mapbox and @maplibre are so powerful for in-app GIS overlay. "within" allows for point-in-polygon and "distance" finds areas near to a given geom. An example using #rstats mapgl: the GIS operation happens directly in the map w/no external call"
X Link 2025-06-21T18:56Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@Mapbox @maplibre 📍 Modern Web Mapping with R Mapbox and MapLibre (July 9) Learn to create stunning 3D maps with customizable basemaps atmosphere effects and styled visualizations - with less code than ever before. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-web-mapping-with-r-mapbox-and-maplibre-registration-1425614965739 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-web-mapping-with-r-mapbox-and-maplibre-registration-1425614965739"
X Link 2025-06-23T15:10Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@Mapbox @maplibre 🚀 High-Performance Mapping Apps with R and Shiny (July 11) Deploy mapping apps with native JavaScript-level speed. Master real-time interactions hover events and build captivating story maps. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-performance-mapping-apps-with-r-and-shiny-registration-1425717652879 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-performance-mapping-apps-with-r-and-shiny-registration-1425717652879"
X Link 2025-06-23T15:10Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Building web mapping apps in Shiny doesn't have to mean "slow". I wrote the mapgl R package to bring high-performance web mapping to Shiny. Check out the example in the video: instant filters restyling and legend updates - all from #rstats code"
X Link 2025-06-26T21:38Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"With the latest release of the [----] US Census Bureau Population Estimates compare demographic structures by race / ethnicity for states counties and metros. Available now in the dev version of tidycensus for #rstats. Learn more about tidycensus: https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
X Link 2025-06-28T13:58Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"When I started teaching GIS [--] years ago it pained me to see students struggle with Census data. Download shapefiles from one place data from another struggle through mismatched column types to join on. So I built tidycensus to fix that"
X Link 2025-07-01T20:19Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone talks about how #AI / #LLMs are transformative for small teams. I'm just as excited about @duckdb and @protomaps PMTiles. Store analyze and visualize of millions of data points comfortably on your laptop. Better yet they are free and open source"
X Link 2025-07-03T20:23Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The mapgl #rstats package helps you combine @Mapbox's stunning Standard Style with its vast plugin ecosystem. Thousands of rendered 3D buildings time-of-day effects geocoding animations synchronized maps. and much more. All in just a few lines of R code"
X Link 2025-07-06T17:20Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Everything is ready to go for today's workshop on high-performance mapping with #rstats and Shiny starting in three hours (10am CT) Check out this story map participants will build: 3D buildings emerge from the ground as the weather and time of day changes on user scroll"
X Link 2025-07-11T12:03Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Despite claims that "R is dead" on social media [----] has been an incredible year for #rstats: 💻 ellmer wrapping LLM APIs; 💻 mcptools & mcpr implementing MCP connections for R; 💻 Native parallel processing in purrr via mirai What else are you excited about"
X Link 2025-07-11T19:53Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"For geospatial practitioners on MacOS @qgis is essential. But if you try installing QGIS on the latest MacOS it will be blocked by Apple's security framework. Fortunately signed and notarized QGIS is available: In the official [---] release this fall https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-notarize https://github.com/opengisch/qgis-notarize"
X Link 2025-07-18T13:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Regarding #AI and white-collar service providers: Much is made of how GenAI renders these service providers obsolete as customers can just "do it themselves" with AI. Just search for the "AI just killed insert job title here posts all over social media. I'm not so sure:"
X Link 2025-07-18T20:29Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Two weeks ago I gave a workshop on high-performance mapping apps with #rstats and Shiny. Shiny is awesome for web mapping apps. but can be slow when deployed if you aren't careful. Here are three strategies that have saved my projects:"
X Link 2025-07-21T17:39Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The draw control in #rstats's mapgl package has three polygon modes: -- Use the default to draw a polygon vertex by vertex; -- Use freehand = TRUE to draw lasso-like polygons by clicking and dragging; -- Use simplify_freehand = TRUE to get coarser freehand output"
X Link 2025-07-28T19:37Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm intrigued by this study of America's wealthiest suburbs by @GOBankingRates. Scarsdale NY tops the list at over $600k mean household income; Fort Worth-area Southlake ranks 7th. If you want to reproduce the analysis here's some tidycensus #rstats code you can use:"
X Link 2025-07-29T12:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I get the excitement about AI subagents that can work together on projects But the further you get away from the work being done the more you are trusting the LLM to make "correct" decisions And LLMs still make incorrect decisions where the answer would be obvious to you"
X Link 2025-07-29T18:19Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"In web mapping understanding projections and distortion is critical - but far too many maps still use Mercator for global views. Watch the video which shows how a 500km circle gets distorted around the globe using different map projections in @Mapbox GL JS"
X Link 2025-07-31T14:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"For #rstats users: this uses an experimental branch of the mapgl package that wraps Turf.js to generate the circle on mousemove. When this is ready you'll be able to do client-side GIS in R - which opens up a whole world of possibilities for fast spatial analytics in Shiny"
X Link 2025-07-31T14:17Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I've been keeping an eye on whether frontier #LLMs can do native geospatial translation. Meaning the ability to translate a description of a place to its actual spatial representation without an ancillary reference dataset. I tested with GPT-5 and we aren't there yet"
X Link 2025-08-07T22:44Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"In-browser spatial analysis pipelines with buffers spatial filters convex hulls and more - but all you need is R code no JavaScript required. Learn how in the new mapgl vignette: #rstats #GIS #turfjs https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/turf.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/turf.html"
X Link 2025-08-09T17:56Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I see big opportunities for data professionals in the age of #GenAI- but not how we typically think. AI hype may make firms more likely to adopt automation w/ML & data pipelines. For firms doing manual data work a carefully-designed tidyverse pipeline can "feel" like AI"
X Link 2025-08-11T21:52Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"For example we'll often now hear discussion around generative AI (LLMs) and predictive AI (e.g. forecasting) in the same conversation. If you work in data there are huge opportunities out there if you get your positioning right"
X Link 2025-08-11T21:52Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"An #LLM workflow I've found productive this week: GPT-5 in the Agent panel in @zeddotdev for project planning; Claude Code (MAX plan) in Zed's terminal for execution"
X Link 2025-08-12T14:25Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Census Scratch-Off app fetches ACS variables at random - but you sometimes "scratch off" interesting insights like the large population share with Czech ancestry in New Prague MN Try out Census Scratch-Off: https://walkerke-scratch-off.share.connect.posit.cloud/ https://walkerke-scratch-off.share.connect.posit.cloud/"
X Link 2025-08-14T18:20Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The purpose was a thought-leadership post around map projections. The app worked fine on my computer - but when I deployed it the movement of the circle was painfully laggy - so slow that I couldn't in good faith share it"
X Link 2025-08-15T14:09Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I knew regular JavaScript and TurfJS would work just fine - but I wanted an R/Shiny solution. So I spun up Claude Code and asked it what a TurfJS extension to mapgl might look like"
X Link 2025-08-15T14:09Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"🤯 Mind blown: I just trained an agentic AI to do my work for me while I relaxed on a Sunday 🤯 Just kidding. That's not at all what happened. I talk a lot about how you need to manage your generative AI workflows carefully. But I don't always take my own advice"
X Link 2025-08-17T16:20Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Example: I did attempt to get AI to construct a workflow for me so I could get a head start on the week. It crafted an elegant solution to do batch parallel processing efficiently for me completing a project without me having to write the code. Except"
X Link 2025-08-17T16:20Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"It didn't work. Error after error I ended up having to debug the pipeline until. The LLM claimed success by reverting back to the approach I was originally using"
X Link 2025-08-17T16:21Z 10.2K followers, [--] engagements
"The same area in Dallas that is heavily devoted to freeways contains the Eiffel Tower Les Invalides and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Check out MAPMIRROR by @duncrae a really fun tool to compare the "same area" in two locations by drawing a polygon. https://mapmirror.dunrae.com/ https://mapmirror.dunrae.com/"
X Link 2025-08-19T13:48Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Friendly advice: DO NOT ask your LLM to analyze your data. DO ask your LLM to help you generate code so YOU can analyze your data & audit the results. After using LLMs heavily across a wide range of projects I think this is critical for anyone working with data"
X Link 2025-08-20T17:30Z 10.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Mapped: natural change and net migration US counties. 🗺 Dark green: higher natural change & net migration; 🗺 Bright green: higher NC lower NM; 🗺 Bright purple: Lower NC higher NM; 🗺 Light grey: lower NC & lower NM. What stands out to you #rstats #tidycensus"
X Link 2025-08-23T18:48Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"-- Using structured outputs to extract requested information from 100s of documents in batch then using those outputs to populate branded spreadsheet templates -- Generating data summaries from boilerplate language then using that in branded PDF reports (e.g. made in Quarto)"
X Link 2025-09-06T17:21Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"My tool of choice: the ellmer #rstats package which helps you use LLMs in a way that fits your workflows. This shift from "AI user" to "AI integrator" will put you miles ahead of the average professional. https://ellmer.tidyverse.org/ https://ellmer.tidyverse.org/"
X Link 2025-09-06T17:21Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Released today: the [----] 1-year American Community Survey estimates. This release brings fresh updates to thousands of demographic variables for areas with 65k+ population as well as new tables on detailed race and HOA/Condo fees"
X Link 2025-09-11T14:04Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Use R and tidycensus to analyze right now with get_acs() using year = [----] and survey = "acs1" - no package updates required Learn more about tidycensus: For more info about the new data release: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2024/1-year.html https://walker-data.com/tidycensus https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2024/1-year.html https://walker-data.com/tidycensus"
X Link 2025-09-11T14:04Z 10.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Update to the mapgl layers control: you can set layer groups and custom labels for layers. Shown here: mapping Texas Land Survey System areas as both a fill and a line layer then grouping them together in the layers control. Now on GitHub so try it out #rstats"
X Link 2025-09-14T17:26Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In the #rstats mapgl package the move_layer() function is really useful for setting the visual order of your map layers. Try it out with this app - it uses the sortable package to reorder your layers with a drag-and-drop UI element. Code here: https://gist.github.com/walkerke/19097c73701d6d36d54a66ee9d3dcd37 https://gist.github.com/walkerke/19097c73701d6d36d54a66ee9d3dcd37"
X Link 2025-09-15T19:37Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A cartographic use-case for mapgl's TurfJS integration: calculate centroids on-the-fly for polygon labels. Shown here: we map Census data; get the centroid with Turf's center of mass function; then use that for a symbol layer to make a custom label"
X Link 2025-09-16T19:25Z 10.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Try it out: Text symbol layers can be customized quite extensively in mapgl check out the docs for more info: #rstats #visualization #GIS https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/add_symbol_layer.html https://gist.github.com/walkerke/b77982bf2c64b29acc753dc293e60c97 https://walker-data.com/mapgl/reference/add_symbol_layer.html https://gist.github.com/walkerke/b77982bf2c64b29acc753dc293e60c97"
X Link 2025-09-16T19:25Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"There's endless debate in the geospatial world about "buy vs. build" - should organizations purchase commercial GIS software or build custom solutions I'm biased toward build. But this isn't just an organizational decision. It's about your career trajectory"
X Link 2025-09-23T16:26Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Vignette: Fundamentals of map design with mapgl If you are looking for a modern tutorial on how to make interactive maps of US Census data in R this is a great place to start #rstats #GIS https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html https://walker-data.com/mapgl/articles/map-design.html"
X Link 2025-09-23T20:02Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm very proud of the work I've done with the mapgl R package. But you have to know R to use it. What if you could have the power of mapgl - but in a minimal easy-to-use SaaS Claude and I hacked together a prototype and it feels like we're getting somewhere:"
X Link 2025-09-25T18:48Z 10.4K followers, 10.6K engagements
"One of my favorite visual tricks in @Mapbox / @maplibre: interpolating layer opacity on zoom to create a "fade-in / fade-out" effect. Shown here: a heatmap gives way to its underlying point layer. Learn how on my blog: https://walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-dots/ https://walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-dots/"
X Link 2025-09-26T13:09Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"A personal use-case for vibe coding: helping my kids study. Parents know that it gets harder and harder to help your kids study the older they get - there is a lot we've forgotten I've been vibe coding apps with @AnthropicAI Claude to help with this"
X Link 2025-09-26T17:57Z 10.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Your company's affordable production mapping stack: - R + Shiny (seriously) - PMTiles for massive data visualization; - Cloudflare R2 Workers for serving data securely; - MapLibre for your maps; - Docker + a cloud service (I like http://Fly.io http://Fly.io"
X Link 2025-10-06T22:18Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"New post: mapping 650000+ Census blocks in Texas in 3D with PMTiles You've heard me talk about @protomaps's PMTiles for a while and how transformative this tech can be for geospatial visualization. In my latest post you'll learn how to use PMTiles in R"
X Link 2025-10-07T17:56Z 10.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Learn about the new pmtiles R package which helps you create serve and view PMTiles from R - all starting with the sf objects you're already using. Paired with mapgl PMTiles puts massive spatial data visualization in the hands of R users - like this interactive 3D map"
X Link 2025-10-07T17:56Z 10.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Feeling stuck with unavailable during the government shutdown Now's a great time to try out tidycensus. The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping. http://data.census.gov http://data.census.gov"
X Link 2025-10-08T13:10Z 10.5K followers, [---] engagements
"I've posted my slides for today's @ISDS #rstats users group webinar on working with #tidycensus. The slides cover the basics as well as a few advanced tips: https://walkerke.github.io/isds-webinar/#1 https://walkerke.github.io/isds-webinar/#1"
X Link 2018-02-19T14:59Z 10.3K followers, [--] engagements
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