October 2026 GeoDC

Join us on October 7, 2026 for the next GeoDC!

We meet each month from 6-9pm at Sudhouse DC on the 3rd floor. Arrive between 6-7pm for Networking & Happy Hour Specials.

We begin the program around 7pm with our usual events + job announcements, then we’ll have our Geo lightning presentations.

October Lightning Presentations:

Samuel Alten, GWU Global Food Institute *Geospatial Analysis in Support of Crisis Resilient School Meals* Geospatial work contributing to the GFI project aiming to improve agriculture infrastructure in Haiti all in efforts to sustainably feed Haitian students with as much Haitian grown produce as possible.

Fabian Kloosterman, Technical Consultant *Reshaping the map: cartograms in Python with carto-flow.* Cartograms reduce the visual bias of standard maps by resizing regions to match data rather than land area. In this talk, I will explain how continuous cartograms can be created using a diffusion-based algorithm and show how the open-source Python library carto-flow makes it easy to quickly generate cartograms. I will also give a tour of some of the other map visualizations in carto-flow, including symbol cartograms, tilegrams, proportional maps, and animations.

****If you would like to present for this event (or for an upcoming event), please complete the: [GeoDC Speaker Form](https://forms.gle/diB9yg61X5dnGNcV7)

Feel free to message any of the organizers for questions or suggestions.

Thanks so much and we will see you next week!