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Antonio Antoine
@aasmith.bsky.social
Mostly making maps about the United States.
#Cartography | #GIS | #Maps
https://antonioantoine.com/
Day 25 - Hexagons
Rhode Island Dating Age Population Distribution

I have been thinking about making a national version of this map for some time now. The hue indicates whether a cell has more men or women (age 20-39). The hex size shows the cell pop density per 1 km (0.6 mi).

#30DayMapChallenge
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Antonio Antoine
#30DayMapChallenge: Day 23's theme was "Process", here are several interesting spatial tutorials that came across my feeds ⬇️ 1/

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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Day 24 - Toponymy
Rhode Island Indigenous Toponymy

This map shows the places (cities, towns, and villages) in Rhode Island named after Indigenous people, places, or things, along with their meanings.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Day 23 - Process
Create a Joy Plot Map in QGIS

I created a workflow for creating a Joy Plot Map in QGIS. I plan on adding more workflows or tutorials in the future.

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#30DayMapChallenge
Create a Joy Plot Map in QGIS
In this Workflow, I will show you how I created a Joy Plot style map from the 2025 30DayMapChallenge. There are multiple ways to achieve this; however, this method worked best for me. Tools Needed …
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November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Day 22 - Natural Earth (NE)
Antarctica

Taking a small break from Rhode Island today for a map of Antarctica. Most NE data is intended for medium to small-scale maps, so I wanted a subject area that was a little larger. All layers are vector data from NE.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Day 21 - Icon
Rhode Island Public Libraries

Here are the Public Libraries across Rhode Island. The symbol is from the @nounproject.bsky.social, which is probably one of the best subscriptions I have. The symbols are graduated by square footage.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Day 20 - Water
Narragansett Bay Watershed

10 Days to go! I am starting to feel a little repetitive. 😰 The bathymetry saved this one.

Almost all of Rhode Island is in the Narragansett Bay Watershed. I think I will expand this one into a large format map one day.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mama, I made it! 😁🗺️

#gischat
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Day 19 - Projections
Rhode Island Projections

All caught up!

I wanted to compare a few projections I have tried with my Rhode Island maps. These projections are centered on Providence, similar to @kennethkhw.bsky.social map.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Day 18 - Out of This World
Sea of Tranquility Apollo Lunar Landings

Technically, there is just the one Apollo mission in the Mare Tranquilitus, but the others are in the extent. Fun fact: I grew up in the Rocket City, and I was born on the anniversary of a lunar landing.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Day 17 - A New Tool
Rhode Island Hillshade

I am a day or two behind now. I finally got #Rayshader installed; it was a whole ordeal. This map is nothing crazy. Just a hillshade of Rhode Island that I annotated in #AffinityDesigner.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Now with more accuracy! 😅

I goofed and got my meters and feet mixed up. Thanks to @bboucek.bsky.social for catching that! Normally, I reproject my DEM so I don't have to do the conversion later. I forgot this time.

The highest point in RI is still Jerimoth Hill at 803ft (244m).

#30DayMapChallenge
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Day 16 - Cell
Nearest Hill in Rhode Island

The Ocean State is pretty flat, at least to someone who has lived in Appalachia for most of his life. The highest point is 244 ft. I sampled the elevation from a DEM & I mapped the nearest "hill" for anyone looking for a potential view.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Day 15 - Fire
Rhode Island Wildfire Risk

I swear I am not making the same forest map over and over again. 😂

Overall, RI has a very low wildfire risk. It is probably no surprise that the forested areas are at higher risk. The risk also increases from north to south.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Day 14 - OpenStreetMap
Rhode Island Forests

Rhode Island's OSM forest coverage is very good. This source may be an option for my other maps. I spent a few hours creating a map similar to the forest types map from day 2 before changing directions to a more minimalist design.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Day 13 - 10 Minute Map

RI Passenger Vessel Routes in July

This is my third 30Day challenge, and I always flub the 10 min challenge. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach. 😂 I wanted more of a glow effect, but that ate up all of my time.

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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Day 12 - Map from 2125
SLR in Rhode Island

Part of my MS research, I studied the impact of SLR on bldgs in coastal LA. SLR is rising faster in the Gulf than anywhere else in the US. While the RI SLR extent is not as bad as LAs, the population density is higher.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Baby #aurora in Knoxville, TN.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Day 11 - Minimal
Rhode Island Elevation Joy Plot Map

I made a Joy Plot map years ago in ArcPro, but I am using QGIS these days, so I figured this would be a great time to learn a new workflow. I will be posting the workflow on Day 23 - Process.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Day 10 - Air
Rhode Island Annual Mean Wind Speed 🍃

RI coastlines, urban areas, and lakes are pretty windy at the surface level. Prudence Island was a little surprising, given the stories from early settlers. Poor Block Island, though (probably my symbology).

#30DayMapChallenge
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Day 8 - Urban
Rhode Island Urban Land Use

This is my first time using OSM data for a land use map. The data seems pretty complete, a near mirror of my Forest Types map. Hopefully, Knoxville will get to this level of coverage one day.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Day 7 - Accessibility
Walking Times from the Independent Man

The Independent Man is a gold-plated bronze statue on top of the Rhode Island State House, located in Providence, RI. This is an isochrone map that I made more complicated by symbolizing the roads by color and weight.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Day 6 - Dimensions
Rhode Island Elevation Contours

I tried using the 2.5D tools in QGIS for this one, but I didn't like how they turned out. After creating the color ramp, I added the shadows in Affinity Designer. This gave the contours a 3D effect.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Day 5 - Earth
The Forests of Rhode Island

Back to Rhode Island! This is an extension of my East TN Forests map. I may make a state-level series out of these.

(Sorry Block Island, I had to clip you out of this one.)

#30DayMapChallenge
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Day 4 - My Data
RSCC Tree Map

A couple of summers ago, RSCC students Kasey Byrne and JD Burnette helped me map the trees at the Oak Ridge campus. They logged the tree species, heights, diameters, canopy, and general health. I digitized the other campus features.

#30DayMapChallenge
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM