30 Day Map Challenge
#30DayMapChallenge · November 2026 — My entries for the #30DayMapChallenge - 30 days, 30 maps, exploring different cartographic themes and techniques throughout November 2026.
Points
A classic map built from point data
Lines
A classic map built from lines
Polygons
A classic map built from polygons
Clusters
Hotspots and groups of things gathering together
Senses: Sight
What can be seen from where, like a viewshed
Vintage
A map with a historical look or subject
10 Minute Map
Start to finish in ten minutes or less
Utopia
A map of something that could be
Urban-Rural
Cities, countryside and the line between them
Prompting Only
Made entirely through an AI chat or the command line
Senses: Sound
Soundscapes and noise pollution
Power
Power grids, energy or influence
Interactions
Things interacting, or an interactive map
Borgesian Map
A map so detailed it becomes the territory
Inside Out
Something wrong, inverted or upside down
Collaborative Map
Made together with another person
Light & Dark
Light, shadow and visual effects
NULL
Missing data, empty space, nothing at all
Senses: Smell
Mapping what can be smelled
Hexagons
Maps built on hexagons
OpenStreetMap
Using or editing OSM data
Projections
Ways of flattening the globe
Senses: Taste
Food, drink and anything you can taste
Network
Routes, transit and human networks
Is This a Map?
Where maps blur into art and data viz
Water
Oceans, rivers and the rest of the wet stuff
New Tool
Try a tool new to your workflow
Senses: Feeling
Mapping an emotion or feeling
Raster
Working with pixels
Pen & Paper
An analogue map drawn by hand
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