A comparison of tmap and ggplot2 for simple maps using the 30 Day Maps Challenge 2023. At least that's how it started. As the month wore on I departed from that idea a bit.
View the website here, and a short slide show here.
Here are the themes for 2023, with links to each map.
| Day | Theme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Points | A map with points |
| 02 | Lines | A map with lines |
| 03 | Polygons | A map with polygons |
| 04 | A bad map | Let's get this over with |
| 05 | Analog Map | Non-digital maps |
| 06 | Asia | Largest of the continents |
| 07 | Navigation | A map that helps you to navigate Go west(ish) |
| 08 | Africa | Second-largest and second-most populous continent |
| 09 | Hexagons | 6 sides, 6 angles, and 6 vertices |
| 10 | North America | Northern part of the American continent |
| 11 | Retro | A blast from the past |
| 12 | South America | Southern part of the American continent |
| 13 | Choropleth | Classic thematic map: a choropleth |
| 14 | Europe | The westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia |
| 15 | OpenStreetMap | The greatest of the datasets. Remember to give credit. |
| 16 | Oceania | Region made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific |
| 17 | Flow | Flow of transport, people |
| 18 | Atmosphere | Conditions of the atmosphere can be either weather or climate |
| 19 | 5-minute map | Spend no more than 5 minutes to prepare this map |
| 20 | Outdoors | Map of mountains, trails, or something completely different |
| 21 | Raster | Pixels, please |
| 22 | North is not always up | ⬆️ |
| 23 | 3D | The third dimension |
| 24 | Black & white | Only two colors allowed |
| 25 | Antarctica | A cold continent that can't be reached with Web Mercator |
| 26 | Minimal | Less is more |
| 27 | Dot | Dot density, a single dot in space or something different |
| 28 | Is this a chart or a map? | In thematic maps, you can't always tell. Try to stretch the limits |
| 29 | Population | A classic theme for a map |
| 30 | "My favorite..." | You choose! |