A post on Twitter that turned into a month of data wrangling and cartographic madness
I wanted to take on this 30 day map challenge as a chance to learn some new map making tools (QGIS), gather some interesting data sets for use in future GIS and cartography course assignments, and possibly produce a map that I could build off of to submit to the Atlas of Design Volume 5 (an atlas showing off some of the world's most compelling and beautiful cartographic works). The Atlas is published by The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).
I set a few rules for myself:
- try to spend only 30 min. to a hour on each map if possible (that did NOT happen on ever map)
- incorporate some new design element
- have my daughters give me suggestions on topic, style, or design
- try a least a few different visual design elements (don't just stick with the defaults)
30 maps in 30 days
Parcel Centroids within Greater Philadelphia
Day 01: Points
Devils Tower
Day 02: Lines
Philly Philly
Day 03: Polygons
Fast Food Nation
Day 04: Hexagons
Badlands
Day 05: Raster
The Hawaiian Islands
Day 06: Blue
Liverpool F.C.
Day 07: Red
Iceland
Day 08: Green
Get in the Van II
Day 09: Yellow
Heald Pond
Day 10: Black and White
Devil's Path Trail
Day 11: Elevation
NHL Travle Movement
Day 12: Movement
CyclePhilly
Day 13: Tracks
Territorial Claims in Antartica
Day 14: Boundaries
City of Philadelphia
Day 15: Names
Here, There, and Everywhere
Day 16: Places
A Visual Display of Time Zones
Day 17: Zones
Atlantic Puffins (global migratory patterns [2015 - 2018]
Day 18: Globe
San Fransico, California
Day 19: Urban
Natural Vegetation | Nebraska
Day 20: Rural
Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent [Northern Hemisphere]
Day 21: Environmental
Original Six
Day 22: Built Environment
Greenland
Day 23: Population
Mass Shootings in America [1982 - 2019]
Day 24: Statistics
the Thrilla in The River of Grass
Day 25: Climate
Surface Flowlines (Montana, United States)
Day 26: Hydrology
Nuclear Power Stations
Day 27: Resources
Save the Goondocks
Day 28: Funny
The United Shapes of America
Day 29: Experimental
Longleat Hedge Maze
Day 30: Home
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