#30DayMapChallenge

Points

A map challenge classic. Map with points.

Lines

A map challenge classic. Map with lines.

Polygons

A map challenge classic. Map with polygons.

Clusters

Clusters of something. Hotspots, groups, things that gather together.

Senses: Sight

How do you see something? Maybe map a viewshed?

Vintage

History on a vintage-toned map: over 300 events and 280 people from 3100 BCE to today, each pinned where it happened, from politics and science to finance and fashion. Scrub the timeline to travel through time.

10 minute map

You have no more than 10 minutes to complete this map.

Utopia

A map of something which could be.

Urban-rural

Urban or rural. Cities and countryside.

Prompting only

For this map, make AI work for its money and produce something from start to finish in a chat window or on the command line.

Senses: Sound

How do you hear something? How do you map a soundscape? Noise pollution mapped?

Power

Power as in nuclear power? Or physical power or influence? Power grid on a map? Read this the way you want, like every other prompt.

Interactions

Interactions between things, or maybe the result would be an interactive map?

Borgesian map

A map so detailed it becomes the territory. Inspired by Borges' On Exactitude in Science.

Inside out

Inside out, upside down. Something on this map is not quite right.

Collaborative map

Do a map with a friend, colleague or a stranger. AI doesn't count as a friend :)

Light & dark

Play with visual effects. What can you map with just light and shadows?

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Senses: Smell

How do you map things which your nose can sense? What does a smelly map look like?

Hexagons

Hexagons, the good old bestagons.

OpenStreetMap

The awesome data source for mapping. You can also use this day to edit OSM.

Projections

The different ways of representing a globe on a flat surface. What does your favourite map projection say about you?

Senses: Taste

Food, drink or something else which you can taste.

Network

Route network, transit network, human network or something completely different.

Is this a map?

Stretch the limits of maps and blend your map with an artwork or some creative data visualization. When does something become a map and when does it stop being one?

Water

About 71% of the Earth's surface. That wet thing, you know?

New tool

The challenge has always been about learning things. Try out a new tool in your mapmaking workflow.

Senses: Feeling

The most abstract of the senses series. How would you map a feeling?

Raster

Do something cool with pixels.

Pen & paper

Time to wrap up the challenge by closing your laptop for a while and going back to basics. Do an analogue map with pen and paper.