I decided to partake in the #30DayMapChallenge to make a map every day in November on a different theme.
It was harder than I thought it would be, mainly the effort and will power involved to produce something in the evenings after a long day at work. I usually take time when making maps and models, and consider the details. This definitely required a new approach – making simple maps that are low res and not getting hung up on the things that you perceive are wrong with it (which most people probably never notice).
Whilst being hard work, it has been really enjoyable engaging with people and I have definitely made some new connections and discovered some fantastic work. Its a great showcase for people that don’t usually share their work, and a nice positive community feel to it.
I feel that my work has progressed by doing the challenge, after being forced by a lack of time to go with a creative decision, and make it work.
THE MAPS
1. Points
The location of RCA Studios in Los Angeles, where Harry Nilsson recorded the soundtrack for the animated film, ‘The Point!’. On a map made of points.
2. Lines
Lines connecting The Rolling Stones live concerts. Over 1,400 since 1963. Amazing
3. Polygons
Low poly globe being decimated
4. Hexagons
Westminster made from lots of extruded hexagons
5. Blue
Connectivity of Pacific Islands, made with Blender Animation Nodes – Shortest Path node
Map of Lindesfarne/Holy Island in Northumberland, England.
10. Grid
Milton Keynes, England. New town with a grid layout
11. 3D
Orthographic render of 3d model made from aerial lidar. Llandudno, North Wales
12. Map not made with GIS software
World map in Fuller projection draped on a sphere using Blender cloth simulation
13. Raster
Map made with FME MapnikRasterizer of Stronsay, Orkney Isles
14. Climate change
Emissions in 2020 from coal power stations
15. Connections
Dyfi Estuary, Wales
16. Islands
Ille de France region
17. Historical map
80 years ago on the 14th-15th November 1940, 449 German bombers dropped 500 tonnes of high explosives and 30,000 incendiaries on the City of Coventry in a 14 hour raid. The current city layout is barely recognisable today.
18. Landuse
Ridge and furrow – wavy fields created by hundreds of years of ploughing in the same direction
19. NULL
Map of no data on the Kintyre Peninsula
20. Population
Exaggerated global population density
21. Water
Map of Foulness Island, Essex
22. Movement
Jupiter’s Travels – the route Ted Simon took when he rode his motorcycle around the world in the 1970s
23. Boundaries
Animation of global country boundaries
24. Elevation
Orthographic render of 25cm Digital Surface Model. Aberaeron, West Wales
25. COVID-19
Animation of cycle routes I had the time to explore in 2020
Owen Powell 