Kenneth Wong
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Kenneth Wong
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Urbanist, Map nerd, GIS, #RStats

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Finally closing my 2024 #30DayMapChallenge! Wrote a blog summarising what I learned, the behind-the-scenes challenges faced, and the fun I had creating maps last Nov.

Check the blog and maps out here:
🗺️🔗 mappyurbanist.com/blog/2025-02...

#gischat
Postmortem of my #30DayMapChallenge 2024 | Kenneth Wong - Cities and Maps
Behind the scenes of making the maps
mappyurbanist.com
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11 - Minimal Map

Contour map of Antarctica
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 8 - Urban

Betweenness centrality of the pedestrian network within 2 km of selected Taiwan's train Stations (Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung)

Warming up with OSMnx again
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 6 - Dimensions

Pseudo-3D / 2.5D “axonometric” site plans of several districts in Hong Kong (Wan Chai, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan)
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 3 - Polygons

Land use distribution of Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Classified into 6 major categories: built structure, open space, carriageway, footway, alleyway, others
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 1 - Points

Elevation of populated places in the Greater Tokyo Area
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
*Some ffmpeg command testing*
June 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#MapsInTheWild Axonometric map of the Shimane Peninsula at the visitor centre of Hinomisaki Lighthouse

Stunning greenish hillshades and subtle ocean depth bluish gradients 🌊⛰️🗾
June 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Back to a #QGIS #cartography project of mapping land use distribution in Mong Kok, Hong Kong by breaking down land into 6 key categories.

Together with small multiples showing area of: built structure, carriageway, footway, back-lane, open space, and others
May 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#MapsInTheWild Topography of Izu Pensisula with illustrations of plate tectonics of the area in Mishima, Shizuoka 🌋🗻

Brings me back the vibes of old high school geography textbook
April 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Release of QGIS 4 is undoubtedly exciting news - I still remember the huge UI/UX leap when upgrading from QGIS v2 to v3 on my Mac somewhere in 2019 🚀

#gischat

blog.qgis.org/2025/04/17/q...
🎉 Big Changes Ahead: QGIS Is Moving to Qt6 and Launching QGIS 4.0!
Exciting times are ahead for the QGIS project! We’re thrilled to share some major updates coming to the QGIS platform over the next few months. These changes are part of a long-planned technical mi…
blog.qgis.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Working on bus route data and got distracted into playing with line symbology again #MapInProgress
April 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#MapsInTheWild a detailed illustration of Mount Fuji’s surrounding areas 🗻

Found this map at Mishima Taisha Shrine. The deeper you explore the map, the more intricate details you could uncover
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Kenneth Wong
It's the equinox today, here is an animation showing the path of the sun and daylength as the year progresses #dataviz
March 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
March 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Asked Cursor with Claude 3.7 to give my #RStats shiny app a facelift by switching {shinydashboard} to {bslib}

Spent an extra day to fix the broken bits, tweak the flows and polish the UI - but it’s still slick that I even have no idea where to start without Claude
March 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Finally closing my 2024 #30DayMapChallenge! Wrote a blog summarising what I learned, the behind-the-scenes challenges faced, and the fun I had creating maps last Nov.

Check the blog and maps out here:
🗺️🔗 mappyurbanist.com/blog/2025-02...

#gischat
Postmortem of my #30DayMapChallenge 2024 | Kenneth Wong - Cities and Maps
Behind the scenes of making the maps
mappyurbanist.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#MapsInTheWild a giant map of Yokohama on Yokohama Landmark Tower’s observation deck

An enormous map spreading out the floor is always a cool thing to me
February 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Calling all map/urban/railway nerds to check out this website visualising railway accessibility across 250 cities around the globe by Aniket Kali and @jamaps.bsky.social - stunning #cartography and #dataviz

🔗 schoolofcities.github.io/rail-transit...

#gischat
February 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 16 - Choropleth

Interactive map of median household income distribution in Hong Kong, made with #RStats

Challenging myself to create a non-static and non-QGIS map, despite a late submission 🤐

#RSpatial
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The completed map: Building age distribution around three selected Hong Kong MTR stations

Left one shows total building count, right one displays buildings 50+ years old 🏙️🗺️
January 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#MapsInTheWild 6 masterplans of Shanghai, from 1930 to 2017, in Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
First visit to Shanghai on the weekend - Taking photos of the station and tube map is a must-do for map nerds and railway nerds
January 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#MapsInTheWild two hostels I stayed in Kyoto last Nov. Both have a gigantic city map hung near reception.

Comparing the differences of their approaches to map the town and show the tourist spots would be a great cartography article
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#MapInProgress (and a building age analysis article in progress)
January 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM