Day 284 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 11th is Casimir Pulaski Day. Don't know who he was? Well, Ian made a story map so you can find out.
Casimir Pulaski (284/365)
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@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 284 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 11th is Casimir Pulaski Day. Don't know who he was? Well, Ian made a story map so you can find out.
Casimir Pulaski (284/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 283 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 10th is World Day Against the Death Penalty. As Ian notes, finally, a day with the unequivocal word 'against' in the title.
The State Takes a Life (283/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 282 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 9th is Leif Erikson Day. Ian informs us, and tells us not to marry a projection 🤣
Across the Northern Sea (282/365)
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caught up on the #365DaysofMaps drama I occasionally heard about and didn’t understand … Now I do.
And I AM late, but I am an AI chatting person I guess (on LinkedIn lol) that is loudly talking about AI + Map Production + Best Practices + Ethics, and I care about our community, so 🤣
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 281 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 8th is World Octopus Day. In celebration of the intelligence of octopuses, or their use as characters on satirical maps.
Plague of Octopuses (281/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 280 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 8th is National Bathtub Day. With the strong preference for showers it seems a worthy cause (relatively speaking). Except Japan. Hail the Onsen!
Bathing Patterns (280/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 279 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 6th is National Transfer Money to your Daughter Day. Bizarre. But you knew that already right?
Pocket Money (279/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 278 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 5th is Global James Bond Day. A map of some classic filming locations, directed two ways.
Shaken, not Stirred (278/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 277 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 4th is Change a Light Day. Shining a light (groan!) on reducing energy use by switching lights off when not needed and changing to low energy bulbs. Time for an infographic with a projection pun.
Carrot Map (277/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 276 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 3rd is British Carrot Awareness Day. So now you know 🥕 🥕 🥕
Carrot Map (276/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 275 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 2nd is Plaidurday. Wear your checked shirt with pride! Tartan is plaid. Not every plaid is tartan. Here's a map of some historic tartans.
Historic Tartans (275/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 274 of #365DaysOfMaps. October 1st is International Music Day. I didn't even know what day it was 15mins ago. Now I have a pair of maps, a fun visual quiz, a blog, and social media posts. Guess the musical act by state!
Musical Metaphors (274/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 273 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 30th is World Translation Day. Inevitably, here's a map in a bunch of different languages.
Human Organisation (273/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 272 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 28th is National Coffee Day. Ian explains how a physical markup of a draft map helps an image generator improve the output.
Coffee shops (272/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 271 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 28th is World Rabies Day. Let's celebrate! Wait... no, it's not a celebration as Ian notes. Words and meaning are important. Plus... slippy web maps in Equal Earth? Sick!
Zombie Virus (271/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 270 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 27th is World Tourism Day. To travel or not to travel. That is the carbon fuelled question.
The Works We Visit (270/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 269 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 26th is World Rabbit Day. What on earth for?
Hoppy Rabbit Day (269/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 268 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 25th is Save a Koala Day. A web map, AND a Storymap with advice on how to prompt an LLM to create them.
Marcupials of Oceania and Australia (268/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 267 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 24th is National Punctuation Day. And for those that are counting, Ian and I now have less than 100 maps left to make in this experimental AI mapping series.
United Punctuation Marks of America (267/365)
@kennethfield.bsky.socialDay 266 of #365DaysOfMaps. September 23rd is International Day of Sign Languages.
Some countries, signed (266/365)
