GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2024

Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/. The third year we have joined this as a team, see all our maps here.

GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2024

The team created maps based around different daily themes for a social mapping project happening every November. Always great to see what ideas our team and others come up with for the various topics each day.


πŸ“… Day 1: Points by Louise Cross
UK Grocery Retail Points

We kicked off the month with not only a map but some open data! You can download the data behind this map here.


πŸ“… Day 2: Lines by Louise Cross
Connecting Capital Cities


πŸ“… Day 3: Polygons by Louise Cross
Geolytix Retail Places


πŸ“… Day 4: Hexagons by Josh Reynolds
Hex Cartograms of UK Election & Geolytix Shopper Towns


πŸ“… Day 5: Journey by Louise Cross
Geolytix Interaction Surfaces


πŸ“… Day 6: Raster by Ilya Ilyankou
Central London & Oxford Street at Night


πŸ“… Day 7: Vintage by Simon Leech
Geolytix MAPP through the years


πŸ“… Day 8: HDX Data by Neil Farricker
Security Incidents in South Sudan


πŸ“… Day 9: AI by Christoph Mulligann
Anguilla as drawn by AI


πŸ“… Day 10: Pen & Paper by Aimee Thomason & Rebecca Mellor
Know your town like the back of your hand, Leeds by memory and pencil


πŸ“… Day 11: Arctic by Louise Cross
8 countries in the Artic region


πŸ“… Day 12: Time & Space by Freddie Wallace
Geolytix Small Area Footfall across Manchester Retail Place


πŸ“… Day 13: A New Tool by Kieron Ferrey
First time for Kieron using QGIS


πŸ“… Day 14: A World Map by Louise Cross
Geolytix Urban Areas


πŸ“… Day 15: My Data by Jasmin Fitzpatrick
Jasmin's running routes from Strava


πŸ“… Day 16: Choropleth by Christoph Mulligann
Helicopter Prion Escapes according to Wikipedia


πŸ“… Day 17: Collaborative by Imogen Francis
Geolytix's favourite restaurants


πŸ“… Day 18: 3D by Brendon Edwards
Pedestrian Busyness in Kuala Lumpur


πŸ“… Day 19: Typology by Josh Reynolds
Origins of popular fonts in Europe and USA


πŸ“… Day 20: OSM by Louise Cross
OpenStreetMap edits by country


πŸ“… Day 21: Conflict by Will Johnson
Conflicts based on ACLED Conflict Index


πŸ“… Day 22: Two Colours by Owen Hibbert
The great divide...


πŸ“… Day 23: Memory by Simon Dixon
Should we be impressed or worried? Mapping 20 pubs near Geolytix HQ from memory


πŸ“… Day 24: Circles by Dennis Bauszus
Demographics at NUTS3 represented as circles


πŸ“… Day 25: Heat by Chloe Smith
Where are the 'hottest' places in Leeds City Centres? Find out using Geolytix Small Area Footfall


πŸ“… Day 26: Projections by Blair Freebairn
Projected growth of urban population on a dymaxion projection


πŸ“… Day 27: Micromapping by Louise Cross
Rooftop geocoding of Retail Universe


πŸ“… Day 28: The Blue Planet by Freddie Wallace
UK fishing vessels


πŸ“… Day 29: Overture by Louise Cross
Geolytix POI data using Overture


πŸ“… Day 30: The Final Map by Christoph Mulligann
Wrapping up 2024 with a creation from Christoph - a powerful map that combines an important message and AI. This image speaks volumes, conveying more than words ever could.


We really enjoy contributing to this as a team and hope you enjoy looking through them. It's a bit of fun, an opportunity to get creative and indulge in one of the things that unites us in the geospatial world, maps.

Freddie Wallace: "November the most wonderful time of the year! Moustaches and Maps ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"