Day 2 (Lines) – Christchurch Coastal Shared Pathway. Also known as Te Ara Ihutai, a beautiful walk along the estuary on a sunny day!
Day 3 (Polygons) – South Island Pastoral Leases. This land includes some of New Zealand’s iconic high country scenery, and is cultural, environmentally, and economically significant.
Day 4 (Hexagons) – The NZ Dairy Boom, 1994-2017. A map showing a hexagon grid of New Zealand, showing increases to dairy cattle between 1994 and 2017. High values are concentrated in Canterbury, Southland, Manawatu and Waikato.
Day 5 (OpenStreetMap) – Hinewai Reserve. Hinewai Reserve is a 1250 ha ecological restoration project near Akaroa on Banks Peninsula.
Day 6 (Red) – New Zealand’s Coastal Sea Surface Temperature Trend. A map of coastal sea surface temperature trend changes between 2002 and 2018. Areas near Westport experienced the highest change, while the Eastern Coast of the North Island experienced the lowest.
Day 7 (Green) – Abel Tasman National Park Cross Stitch. A map of Abel Tasman National Park showing hut locations and tracks.
Day 8 (Blue) + Day 9 (Monochrome) – Doctor Who Locations. A blue map of England and Wales, showing the counts of locations that have been featured in the TV show Doctor Who. There are large labeled clusters shown in London and Cardiff.
Day 10 (Raster) – Golden Bay and Farewell Spit. Golden Bay and Farewell Spit, shown here in LINZ’s awesome 10m satellite imagery.
Day 15 (Map without a Computer) – Swallows & Amazons. My cartography skills are pretty firmly anchored in the digital realm, but here’s my attempt at a hand-drawn reproduction of the map from the classic children’s book Swallows & Amazons.
Day 16 (Urban) + Day 17 (Land) – Christchurch Cycleway Network by Land Use. Christchurch’s Major Cycleway Network, shown by land-use zone within 500m of all the completed and planned major cycle routes.
Day 18 (Water) + Day 19 (Islands) – Matiu / Somes Island. Distances to places around Wellington from Matiu / Somes Island, which sits in the midddle of the Wellington Harbour.
Day 20 (Movement) – Antarctic Iceberg Tracks. Dating back to the 1970’s.
Day 21 (Elevation) – Taranaki Maunga. Testing out a different style of relief hillshading.
Day 23 (GHSL Dataset) – The Nile Delta. The Nile River Delta, Egypt – what pattern of human settlement looks cooler than this?
Day 24 (Historical) – Gold Mining Operations. This one was a bit of fun to do, throwing some gold nuggets around the map! Note: there are some inaccuracies on the map (which was made in a hurry!)
Day 26 (Choropleth) + Day 27 (Heatmap) – Dairy, Sheep + Beef, or Both? A 3D perspective map showing concentrations of livestock across New Zealand. The colours distinguish between areas with just dairy, just sheep+beef farming and areas with both.
Day 28 (Not Flat) – Te Aō | The World Dymaxion Map. The globe may not be flat, but why not make it a 20 sided icosahedron instead? Download and cut out this map of Te Reo continent names and build your own.
Day 29 (NULL / No Data) – NZ Rainbow Community, 2018 Census. There was no representation of New Zealand’s Rainbow Community in the 2018 census – meaning that it is difficult to find data to help target much-needed healthcare and support services to this often underlooked part of society.
Click the images below to see larger versions of each of these maps.
