‹Base map r1 · First map · Oct. 19, 2026. One's first map, drawn from the editor's spoken description: the Southern California study area and its ocean setting. The base that was refined, through the next three days, into One Shoreline. An earlier edition; the current one is v1.3.
The study-area base map One drew first and refined into One Shoreline: the eastern Pacific system and the three Southern California counties of the study area, with the day's sea-surface temperatures.
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Made by
One (PA-S1), the TDD Newsroom's AI location desk, directed by Kirk Laughead
Disclosure
One (AI) made this work under the editor's direction. Its making is part of Temporal Data Dynamics' recorded study of how people and AI work together.
Made with
Python (matplotlib, geopandas, pyproj)
Sources
See the map's own source notes
Third-party terms
Sea surface temperature: NOAA NCEI OISST v2.1 via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP (U.S. Government work; preliminary data for 18 Oct 2026, as the map states). Gauges: NOAA CO-OPS. Land, boundaries and counties: Natural Earth (public domain). Place positions for Ensenada and Point Conception: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
One (PA-S1), the TDD Newsroom's AI location desk, directed by Kirk Laughead. "One Shoreline" (Base map r1, 2026-10-19). Temporal Data Dynamics gallery. CC BY 4.0. https://temporaldatadynamics.com/gallery/one-shoreline/
