My #30DayMapChallenge 2024

30 Days, 30 Maps: My November Adventure in Digital Cartography

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The #30DayMapChallenge is a social media event where map enthusiasts create maps based on daily topics throughout the 30 days in November. You can find more details here. Posting every single day is not really mandatory — many participants just choose to focus on their favourite themes.

Having witnessed many years of #30DayMapChallenge, this year is my first time participating. I initially thought it would be incredibly difficult, but I quickly found that the hardest part was simply getting started. Now, after surviving the entire November, I’m proud to say I have successfully completed the challenge and created 30 maps in 30 consecutive days!

In this article, I’ll share the maps I created for the challenge, along with some of my thoughts during the process and the tools I used.

DATA SOURCES

1. Australian Digital boundary files
2. Copernicus Browser
3. Queensland Historical Atlas
4. The Humanitarian Data Exchange
5. World Integrated Trade Solution
6. Open Data Portal, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
7. Digital Atlas of Australia
8. ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
9. Armed Conflict Location & Event Data
10. Overture Maps Explorer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Points | 2. Lines | 3. Polygons | 4. Hexagons | 5. A journey | 6. Raster | 7. Vintage style | 8. Data: HDX | 9. AI only | 10. Pen & paper | 11. Arctic | 12. Time and space | 13. A new tool | 14. A world map | 15. Data: My data | 16. Choropleth | 17. Collaborative map | 18. 3D | 19. Typography | 20. Data: OpenStreetMap | 21. Conflict | 22. 2 colours | 23. Memory | 24. Only circular shapes | 25. Heat | 26. Map projections | 27. Micromapping | 28. The blue planet | 29. Data: Overture | 30. The final map

Day 1: Points