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Kenneth Field
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Cartography is my passion & profession. Author of CARTOGRAPHY. & THEMATIC MAPPING. Maps+drums+beer+snowboards+footy+politics+sarcasm. 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 Views mine. links.esri.com/mappyhour
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Day 24 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 24th is International Mobile Phone Recycling Day. And yes, our AI knows how to construct a Dorling Cartogram. Ye gads!

Small IT e-waste 24/365

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January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Day 23 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 23rd is National Measure Your Feet Day.

Global Footprints 23/365

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January 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM
kennethfield.bsky.social
That map is making me feel anything but peace.
thisismikehall.com Mike Hall @thisismikehall.com · 2d
Just seen the logo for this new Board of Peace. Amateurish, to put it politely - and that's just the cartography.
The logo for President Chump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” which appears to have been hastily assembled in MS Paint. Its dominant colour is, predictably, gold. At the centre is a basic outline of a shield bearing a globe depicting North America, along with parts of South America and Greenland. The map commits a fundamental cartographic error, awkwardly mixing a cylindrical projection with curved lines of longitude and latitude. The entire composition is encircled by garish golden olive branches.
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Day 22 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 22nd is National Hot Sauce Day. Spice up your life!

Hot. Hot. Hot! 22/365

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January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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I have previously sent copies of my books to the White House to help with cartographic understanding. Never received any acknowledgement of receipt. Odd. I guess the FT may as well give it a go too 😉
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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There's a fair bit of the world chopped off this map. But not New Zealand! Nope. There it is, proud as punch.
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Day 21 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 21st is National Hug Day. Go on... Offer someone a hug. Or don't.

Hug Anxiety Map 21/365

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January 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Day 20 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 20th is Penguin Awareness Day. I don't think they mean the chocolate bar variety.

Penguins of Antarctica 20/365

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January 20, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Day 19 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 19th is National Quark Day so check out holographic theory in today's map

Holograms are kinda Quarky 19/365

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January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Day 17 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 17th is Snowmobile Safety Awareness Day. It turns out people often intersect with other objects, often after intersecting with alcohol, so here's a map of snowmobile fatalities in Minnesota.

Drink. Ride. Die 17/365

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January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Day 16 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 16th is National Nothing Day. So here's a map of literally everywhere there's Nothing.

Map of Nothing 16/365

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January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
kennethfield.bsky.social
It's one year since our wonderful dog Wisley died. We still miss him every day. As well as thirteen great years he left us a paw print from his final days, neatly tucked away. That tile doesn't get cleaned. Love you buddy ♥️
January 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Day 15 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 15th is National Bagel Day. Feeling hungry for some doughy goodness? Check out where to find a local bagel eatery.

Bagel Nation 15/365

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January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Day 14 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 14th is International Kite Day.

Flying High Again 14/365

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January 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Hot off the press... latest issue of The Cartographic Journal has landed. November 2024 (🤦). Ethics (🤷). There's a paper in here by Ian Muehlenhaus and I that we wrote about three years ago.
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
kennethfield.bsky.social
I can get behind this, unless you're using the map to navigate in which case it's actually really quite useful.
drjoehanson.bsky.social Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 10d
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Day 13 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 13th is National Printing Ink Day, celebrating the ink that's used in every printed page. Here's a map...best viewed when printed.

Printing Inks 13/365

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January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
kennethfield.bsky.social
Totally agree. Nothing like confusing passengers by changing names of stations on the map.
mikeyashworth.bsky.social Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 12d
Unforgivable. Mixing basic passenger information with advertising to the confusion of the former. Brand prostitution.

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January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
kennethfield.bsky.social
Maps have always had the potential to be dangerous in the wrong hands. Here's Kemi Badenoch proving the point with a map of population density arguing crime is not evenly spread. Shockingly idiotic. And that's before we even get to a critique of the map itself.
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Day 12 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 12th is Curried Chicken Day. Pretty much every day is a great day for a curry but if you're struggling for ideas for dinner then this is your reason.

Curries of India 12/365

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January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Day 11 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 11th is Happy Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day. Find a puddle. Do it.

Puddle World 11/365

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January 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Day 10 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 10th is National Save the Eagles Day.

Global Habitat of Eagles 10/365

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January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Day 9 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 9th is National Word Nerd Day so we're pushing AI to get its labels correct today.

World of Nerd Words 9/365

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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Day 8 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 8th is National Bubble Bath Day and after a week of AI prompt derived web maps we experiment with a static map.

Bathtime! 8/365

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January 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM