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#30DayMapChallenge 🌎🌏🌎

Daily social mapping project happening every November

The official website for #30DayMapChallenge, a daily mapmaking challenge open to everyone.

Themes for the maps. See more below.

Day Date Theme Details
1 01-11-2023 Points A map with points
2 02-11-2023 Lines A map with lines
3 03-11-2023 Polygons A map with polygons
4 04-11-2023 A bad map Let's get this over with
5 05-11-2023 Analog Map Non-digital maps
6 06-11-2023 Asia Largest of the continents
7 07-11-2023 Navigation A map that helps you to navigate
8 08-11-2023 Africa Second-largest and second-most populous continent
9 09-11-2023 Hexagons 6 sides, 6 angles, and 6 vertices
10 10-11-2023 North America Northern part of the American continent
11 11-11-2023 Retro A blast from the past
12 12-11-2023 South America Southern part of the American continent
13 13-11-2023 Choropleth Classic thematic map: a choropleth
14 14-11-2023 Europe The westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia
15 15-11-2023 OpenStreetMap The greatest of the datasets. Remember to give credit.
16 16-11-2023 Oceania Region made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific
17 17-11-2023 Flow Flow of transport, people
18 18-11-2023 Atmosphere Conditions of the atmosphere can be either weather or climate
19 19-11-2023 5-minute map Spend no more than 5 minutes to prepare this map
20 20-11-2023 Outdoors Map of mountains, trails, or something completely different
21 21-11-2023 Raster Pixels, please
22 22-11-2023 North is not always up ⬆️
23 23-11-2023 3D The third dimension
24 24-11-2023 Black & white Only two colors allowed
25 25-11-2023 Antarctica A cold continent that can't be reached with Web Mercator
26 26-11-2023 Minimal Less is more
27 27-11-2023 Dot Dot density, a single dot in space or something different
28 28-11-2023 Is this a chart or a map? In thematic maps, you can't always tell. Try to stretch the limits
29 29-11-2023 Population A classic theme for a map
30 30-11-2023 "My favorite.." You choose!

The idea is to create maps based around different themes each day of November using the hashtag #30DayMapChallenge. You can prepare the maps beforehand, but the main idea is to publish maps on the dedicated days. Just include a picture of the map when you post to Twitter (or other platforms) with the hashtag. You don't have to sign up anywhere to participate. There are no restrictions on the tools, technologies or the data you use in your maps. Doing less than 30 is also fine. See the Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct

No matter if you are a GIS expert or never made a map before, everyone is welcome to participate,

Keep in mind a few things:

  • All maps you publish have to be your original work. Don’t steal content from others.
  • Give credit to the original data source whenever possible.
  • The challenge is all about creativity, openness and the joy of beautiful maps and cartography. It is not a competition.
  • Don’t be an asshole

Inspiration for the challenge came from Inktober and Tidy Tuesday.

Merchandise

Get your official #30DayMapChallenge stickers from Redbubble.

About me

My name is Topi Tjukanov and I started the challenge in 2019 on Twitter. You can find more information about me and a contact form from my personal website.