Week 12 Reflection
Seven projects, each exploring a different way to shape spatial storytelling across mood, scale, and audience.
Even with global chaos, I still believe immersive animations and playful maps can help us recover a small smile and remember what an extraordinary place this world is.
A lot of this exploration started in #30DayMapChallenge by Topi Tjukanov: https://30daymapchallenge.com/
Week 13 begins today.
#100DayMapChallenge Day 78-84/100
@joeldn this is a bit sketchy but there are a couple of examples here:
https://fosstodon.org/@wnd/115484726949074623
(There are bunch more of these at different scale which I should publish in a more structured way.
Also, if you are interested in such things here are some other things in my #Shed for the #30DayMapChallenge
https://anisotropi4.github.io/shed/30daymapchallenge.html)
At #SOTMUS2026, take a visual tour of Madison through the lens of OpenStreetMap with Stephen Kennedy. Based on the #30DayMapChallenge and a forthcoming book, this session highlights several maps of our host city—discussing at least 3 or 4 in depth (and mentioning the other 46 very, very quickly!). He’ll dive into how OSM data powers visualizations.
Full schedule: https://openstreetmap.us/events/state-of-the-map-us/2026/program/
When there was a sudden empty slot in our #sotmeu25 schedule, Topi Tjukanov stepped forward and talked about the #30DayMapChallenge that happens each November.
Calculate Flow Direction with the Native QGIS Tool and Style with Arrows
Create a Catchment Map in QGIS in 10 Minutes
Day 13/100: The year I became MapTheClouds 🌍
2021 = transformative. #30DayMapChallenge + #30DayChartChallenge
Same year: launched https://maptheclouds.com, created brand/logo, refined COVID-19 network viz for Romania.
Lesson: discipline beats waiting for perfect conditions. Some days → proud work. Others → functional experiments. Both mattered. Showing up builds creative muscle memory.
End 2021: not just projects, but practice + platform + direction.
MapTheClouds
Will Deakin
OSM US
State of the Map Europe
hansakwast
Aur3lieB
koriander
Gontsa