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Elsewhere in the challenge

Hundreds of people make a map a day every November. These are the ones from other mapmakers that stopped me, collected as the month goes. Every link goes to the original.

Day 2 · Lines

Kungsleden, Abisko to Hemavan

by Benjamin Niedermann

The northern Sweden hiking trail with its elevation profile drawn right beside the line, bending and turning with it instead of sitting in a separate chart. Two handles pick a section and read off its length and climb, and the profile simplifies as you zoom out.

Open the map → Original post Interactive · Elevation · Hiking · Visquill

Day 3 · Polygons

Squaring the Circle: how round is a raion?

by @gontsa

Every raion (district) of Ukraine redrawn at the same area and ranked by Polsby–Popper compactness, where 1 is a perfect circle, with a map of where each one sits. The verdict, in the author's words: mostly potatoes.

Original post Compactness · Ukraine · Small multiples · QGIS

Made a map you think belongs here? Tag it #30DayMapChallenge and send it my way. My own entries are in the 2026 gallery.