Work was fantastically busy this week and consequently my blogging was non-existent. If you’ve been busy too, perhaps a little summary of the Week In Maps might be in order for you too:

• This morning Hugo Ahlenius posted a map of African terrestrial ecosystems and a link to the data behind the map, which was apparently put together by “37 experts from 18 countries”. Amazing.
• My geojoke for the week: One ArcMap polygon said to another, “you auto-complete me”. This came to me after several hours of polygon auto-completing for a Colorado neighborhoods project.
• The people I follow on twitter are some of the nicest souls around. After tweeting a picture of the amazing Colorado blue sky two wonderful twitter folk, @jonahadkins and @JohnNelsonIDV, immediately sent some matching hex colors.
• The Guardian published every person in England and Wales on a map.
• Speaking of The Guardian, but having nothing to do with maps, you’ll be surprised to hear that I know all about the founder of Radio Flyer if you read the comments to this bit that I was a featured expert in. …(there were other much more knowledgeable experts than I) at The Guardian’s Live Q&A Reinvesting in Your Business that I took part in last November.
• The Center for Biological Diversity uses maps for a cause in their America’s Dangerous Pipelines video. I’m not thrilled with the pie charts that come later in the article though. See Stephen Few’s seminal Save the Pies for Dessert (pdf).