Raluca Nicola
Web cartographer with an interest in 3D and data visualization.I work as a Product Engineer with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript team at Esri.
I'm currently based in Zurich Area, Switzerland.
WORK
Ridgeline terrain - Interactive ridgeline plots for displaying elevation in Switzerland.
July 2020, Github
Low poly ski resort map - A touristic map of Mammoth ski resort, California. The map uses a low poly style.
April 2020, Github
Zurich in contour lines - A terrain visualization of Zurich using contour lines.
December 2019, Github
Earthquake visualization - This visualization displays earthquakes with exaggerated depth. The color and size of each earthquake is mapped to their magnitude.
December 2019, Github
The colors of Romania - A map that shows european election results in Romania.
September 2019, Github
Old Zurich in photos - Displays georeferenced photos from the ETH archive on a 3D map.
August 2018, Github
Manhattan Skyscraper Explorer - In this 3D web map users can explore the highest buildings in Manhattan.
July 2017, Github
BLOG
- A student's guide to jobs in GIS and cartography April 4, 2020
- The colors of Romania October 19, 2019
- Web programming for cartographers November 14, 2018
Read more of my blog posts on the Esri ArcGIS Blog.
TALKS
- Explorations in 3D Web Cartography - NACIS Annual Meeting. October 2020, video
- ArcGIS API for JavaScript: A Holistic Approach to Building 3D Web Apps - Esri Developer Summit. April 2020, video
- ArcGIS API for JavaScript: Practical Guide for Building a 3D Web App from 2D Data - Esri Developer Summit. April 2020, video
- The web developer's guide to cartography - RevoJS. October 2019, video
- The cartographic side of the web - Web Meetup Zurich. August 2018, video