1953 East Coast flooding - a new resource

 A new resource I've written.

This got slightly delayed by other factors, but is now available ahead of next week's anniversary and commemorations which will take place along the coasts which were affected. I know there is a service and exhibition in both Snettisham and Hunstanton and aim to visit them this weekend, and then locations further round to the south of Norfolk and the Broads.

The Environment Agency - one of the GA's strategic partners - published a useful image of the flood defences as they were back in 1953 on a Pinterest board and it is shown below.

Download the resource below:

1953 Flooding - 70th Anniversary from GeoBlogs

More to come on this over the next few days. Look back at the posts from Southwold at the start of January as well for more related content to the floods, or search this blog using the search box top left.

There is also an associated Pinterest board.

I shall be out and about along the coast this coming weekend in a number of locations and will share some pictures in a Flickr album which I will share here.

I know there are permanent memorials in Hunstanton and Snettisham, and a search revealed one in Harwich. I would imagine there are others and would love to hear about them or see pictures of them if you know of one.

EV car charging points

A map made by Steve Attewell using MapBox.

For fun, I made a #map of Electric Vehicle charging points using @OrdnanceSurvey Open Zoomstack basemap and National Charge Point Registry data from Department for Transport @transportgovuk using @Mapbox. Live map: https://t.co/rmnIDWk8Ae pic.twitter.com/nIOnUfhDtN

— Steve Attewell (@steveattewell) February 7, 2020

Here's the East of England's charging points - quite a few gaps in the network...


I'm attending a Guardian Mapping course over half term, and am hoping to get the skills to produce something like this.

It has an excellent description:

Everything happens somewhere. That’s geography. It’s hard to think of any problem or opportunity that exists, that doesn’t contain an inherent value or have a geospatial value. Geography is social, a form of visual communication, and maps are incredible sources of storytelling.

If you want to unlock the endless possibilities of geography and the mystery of map-making, all you need is your curiosity and creativity (and a laptop, if you like) - and to come to this class. With Paul Naylor and Charley Glynn, visual data design consultants for Ordnance Survey, you will be taken through the theories behind the art of cartography, as well as how maps can be the foundation of any narrative - helping you to convey your message quickly, clearly and with great impact.