#30daymapchallenge | Day 30 Makeover | Madison in 50 Maps! After four years of making maps of our incredible city, I’m very excited to share that I’m writing a book! As part of the @beltpublishing.bsky.social “50 Maps” series, I’ll be the author of the forthcoming Madison edition.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 29 Raster | Algal Bloom Raster isn’t my particular area of cartographic expertise… but here’s a stylization of Sentinel 2 imagery capturing a particularly gnarly algal bloom in May 2023. This particular event led to beach closures quite early in the summer season.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 28 Black | Road America 🏁 The Road America racetrack stylized like the ubiquitous black + white license plates we all know. Part of last year’s series, I got many requests to make this one a print, pushing me to figure out full bleed printing with solid black background.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 27 Boundaries | Not Madison Wisconsin was divided in the early–mid 1800s using the Public Land Survey System, carving the territory into 6mi square townships. As Madison grew, many nearby areas chose to incorporate to avoid annexation & keep control over local decisions.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 26 Transport | Bike Map of Madison 🚲 Probably my most elaborate map to date, I launched my “Bike Map of Madison” as a print earlier this summer during @madisonbikes Bike Week. Now recently updated with the new @crono_madison location! ⭐

#30daymapchallenge | Day 25 Hexagons | Youth & Senior Population Admittedly not my best hex grid bivariate choropleth… I think the color selection isn’t quite right. But here we are! Comparing the distribution of Madisonians under 18 and 65+ across the city based on the 2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 24 Places and Their Names | Street Name Origins While many streets are named for locals, several clusters hide bigger stories. Much of downtown is Doty’s tribute to signers of the US Constitution. In the Vilas neighborhood, a band of streets honors a few US Presidents.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 23 Process | Process(ed) Meats! 🌭 Ok, a bit of a stretch for this prompt, sorry for being a ham… Crafted a stylization of the (now shuttered) Oscar Mayer meatpacking plant as detailed in a 1942 Sanborn Map of the area.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 22 Data: Natural Earth | The Great Islands Earlier this summer I finished this print version of my map from last year depicting our Great Lakes as islands. Been trying to learn more about lighting techniques in Blender—I think this was a big leap forward from 2024 version!

#30daymapchallenge | Day 21 Icons | Pickleball Courts Across Madison Earlier this summer I created this map for Madison Magazine cover story “The ultimate local guide to the game of pickleball” in their August issue. Over 100 courts and counting in the Madison area! latlong.shop/products/pic...

#30daymapchallenge | Day 20 Water | Land of Lakes & Rivers The most superfluous waterbodies across Wisconsin! This print has been one of the best sellers all summer market season. Probably that ultra-rich inky blue we picked (looks even more sharp in person). 💦

#30daymapchallenge | Day 19 Projections | Projected Growth City projections expect the Madison pop to surge by 115k residents (+42.8%) by 2050. The city is banking on infill & densification along BRT corridors via High Residential & Mixed-Use zoning to accommodate this growth. #yimby #madisonwi

#30daymapchallenge | Day 18 Out of This World | Bike to Pluto Did you know you can bike a scaled model of our solar system from @mononaterrace to Mt Horeb—about 23mi representing the 5.9Bkm from the 🌞 to Pluto! Follow the signage as you riding along the SW Commuter Path/Military Ridge State Trail!

#30daymapchallenge | Day 17 A New Tool | Which Side of Madison? A few weeks ago, I experimented with @mapbox.bsky.social GL Draw API to spin up a simple site where people can sketch and submit the boundaries of Madison’s different “sides.”

#30daymapchallenge | Day 16 Cell | Fill the Hill 🦩 For the uninitiated, it might seem strange that a flock of flamingos descends on @uwmadison.bsky.social campus each fall. The “Fill the Hill” tradition goes back to a 1979 prank, when the Pail & Shovel Party covered Bascom Hill with 1008 flamingos.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 15 Fire | Wisconsin State Capitol(s) The Wisconsin State Capitol and its massive granite dome is certainly the most recognizable element of Madison’s skyline, but its current layout is actually the third iteration on the Capitol Square.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 14 Data: OSM | Greenspace It’s hard to be in Madison and be very far from different types of greenspaces. Do you have a favorite verdant haven in the city? #osm #openstreetmap #Madisonwi @osmus.bsky.social

#30daymapchallenge | Day 13 1(5) minute map | Almost 15 Minute Cities Updated my 2022 analysis to find Madison neighborhoods that are almost a #15minutecity w/ 15-minute walk access to four of five key amenities: schools, parks, transit, clinics, and grocery stores. Highlighted areas miss just one.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 12 Map from 2125(0 BC) | Glacial Lake Yahara This was supposed to be a map about the future 100 years from now… but instead let’s travel back 20,000 years to the last Ice Age! 🧊 Madison’s spectacular landscape was carved by the Green Bay Lobe of the Laurentide ice sheet.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 11 Minimal Map | Lakefront Access While #madisonwi is well known for its beautiful lakes, how much lakefront is actually accessible to the public? Curious to answer this, I dove into parcel ownership records. The findings reveal a stark contrast…

#30daymapchallenge | Day 10 Air | Airplane Mode A stylized depiction of the FAA Airport Diagram for Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN Airport). #madison #madisonwi #maps

30daymapchallenge | Day 9 Analog | Counties of Wisconsin I started this map the night before my triplets were born… too anxious to sleep, so I put my energy toward cutting out hundreds of magazine letters to spell out the 72 counties of #wisconsin ✂️

#30daymapchallenge | Day 8 Urban | Original Plat Map of Madison A stylization of the original 1836 plat of #Madison commissioned by Doty, envisioning a capital city between the “Four Lakes.” Anchored by a square, the plan's radiating avenues are reminiscent of L’Enfant’s plan for Washington DC.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 7 Accessibility | Libraries of Madison Our libraries offer access to far more than just books: free Wi-Fi and computers, career resources, skill-building classes, notary services, community meeting spaces, and much more. They truly function as essential community hubs.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 6 Dimensions | Unrealized Heights Still tinkering with this one, but here’s unbuilt volume for large buildings within 1 mile of the Capitol, where the Capitol View Preservation Ordinance restricts buildings from exceeding the elevation of the base of the Capitol’s columns.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 5 Earth | Effigy Mounds While many have been lost over the destructive course of colonial settlement, Dane County was originally home to 100s of earthen burial mounds built by Ho-Chunk ancestors. Some preserved sites can still be found across Madison.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 4 My Data | Badger Parking Revamped my map from last year a bit that features observed unofficial parking rates in the neighborhoods around Camp Randall during Badger football home games. Think rates would’ve gone down if I looked at the data YOY?? 😬

#30daymapchallenge | Day 3 Polygons | Before 1900, After 2000 (WIP) Where do buildings from the 1800s still stand since Madison’s founding in 1836? Where have things been built in this century so far?

The #30DayMapChallenge is SUPER DUPER HARD. Making maps takes skill, patience and creativity. The whole point of this challenge is to get out of your comfort zone and do something fast, imperfect and NEW. Perfection has never been the goal. These maps are all uncut gems.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 2 Lines | North-South & East-West Only Madison streets with cardinal directions in their names. Key corridors like Regent St & Washington Ave act as "spines" through the isthmus creating a North-South boundary. The Capitol Square dictates an East-West directional change.

#30daymapchallenge | Day 1 Points | Fall Foliage 🍁 We're at the tail end of autumn leaf color here in Madison. Here's a quick pair of maps to help you hunt down the most prevalent street trees that show off in vibrant yellows vs the less common but spectacular oranges and reds this time of year!

It’s that time of year! 3️⃣0️⃣🗺️ Admittedly not certain if I’ll be able to generate many brand new maps this year with these nine month old babies at home. But will try to find various existing projects + past maps that I’ve refined from prior years to share. Excited to see what others post as well!

Hey folks! Excited to share that I've reopened orders on LATLONG.SHOP! Will share a more personal update soon on life as a new dad, but in the meantime, if you've been hankering for a new map print, have at it. 🗺️ 👉 latlong.shop #creativecartography #maps

Here’s my 2024 #30DayMapChallenge roundup. Thanks for following along this year, folks! As always, so great to see what everyone in the cartographic community creates. I also posted larger format versions of the series on my website here: latlong.shop/pages/2024-3... #gischat #maps

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 30 The Final Map | Bike Map of Madison 🚲 Been working on this map all year and still have a lot on my list to tweak, but closing out this year's series mapping Madison's great biking infrastructure. In collaboration w/ UW-Madison Geography alum Ben Cramer.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 29 Data: Overture | Churches & Bars Extracted place data from @OvertureMaps and filtered to primary category contains “church” or equals “bar.” Pink areas indicate a higher coincidence of both place types. One more map to go!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 28 Our blue planet | Land of Lakes & Rivers Ok this title may stir the pot with our neighbors in MN...they likely win most lakes, but here are some of our most notable waterbodies here in WI! Still working on this—any other superlative submissions? 💦

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 27 Micromapping | Tileset About as hyper-local a “map” I’ve ever made. A little axonometric diagram I made for myself to arrange tile pattern and calculate coverage for a bath renovation. First time tiling myself—extremely slow but very satisfying!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 26 Map projections | Homegrown Projection Did you know we have a well-known projection made right here in Madison? Developed by Arthur H. Robinson at @UWMadisonGeog in 1963, it attempts to minimize distortion of area and shape over most of the map.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 25 Heat | Heat Sources Plurality map of the dominant home heating fuel source across counties in the midwest. We just switched our gas boiler 🔥 to a heat pump ⚡️

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 24 Only circles | Cows Cattle per square kilometer across America's Dairyland.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 23 Memory | The McBride Sisters See the World A few months ago my mother-in-law Ann passed away after a battle with Alzheimer’s. This map is dedicated to the trips that took her + sister Mary Lou from a small town in rural Wisconsin all across the globe.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 22 2 Colors | Road America When I first moved to WI, I noticed B&W license plates that had a strange, amorphous shape on them—turns out that it represented track at @roadamerica, America's Nat'l Park of Speed! Here's a B&W map stylization of the course 🏁 #roadamerica

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 21 Conflict | #WarOnCars Crashes involving a pedestrian or cyclist reported ‘17-22, as cataloged by UW TOPS Lab. White to red represents injury severity. The firefly glow effect highlights intersections with more incident frequency.

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 20 Data: OSM | Library Branches Edited OSM to make the data for Madison Public Library branches in @openstreetmapus more consistent in name, operator, + opening hours. Not an elaborate visual, but did learn about HTML/CSS properties in @qgis labels!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 19 Typography | Map Your Neighborhood w/ Found Typography Taught workshops this weekend to the community at Madison Public Library. Folks came up with their own Madison map ideas + hunted for interesting typography/graphics to paste up collage-style. Loved seeing the ideas!

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 18 3D | The Great Archipelago Inverted bathymetry map of the Great Lakes represented as a chain of islands. Hoping to work more on rendering and styling after the challenge. And taking any land or water feature naming suggestions! #greatlakes #map

Hey Bluesky! Coming over here from that other place mainly to keep up with the #30daymapchallenge. 3rd year participating—it’s such a blast to make maps + see what others create! Probably won’t post my previous maps so far this year, but will post the rest of the month moving forward. ✌️