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Hans van der Kwast :qgis:
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Associate Professor at #ihedelft | Owner of QWAST-GIS Consultancy & Training | Physical Geographer | #OpenSource advocacy | board member #qgisnl | #OSGeo […]

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This year's #30DayMapChallenge was a bit challenging due to my activities in November: 9 concerts, teaching, trips to Algeria and Morocco... Read the new blog on the #qwast website on how I made each map. https://www.qwast-gis.com/l/30daymapchallenge-2025/
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 30 – Makeover
Traveling today to Marrakech 🇲🇦 for a water trade mission, so I kept it simple. I revisited my Day 2 map and turned the Schie, Coolsingel & Goudsesingel back into water bodies 💧.

Stronger blue infrastructure = better climate adaptation.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 29: Raster

#lidar DSMs often leave nodata voids at water bodies, breaking shadow modeling. For Rotterdam, I used the 0.5 m AHN4 DSM and filled gaps with my #qgis script from the Resources Hub 👉 https://hub.qgis.org/scripts/4 (install via […]

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November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 28: Black

On this Black Friday, I found today’s theme in the depths of the Black Sea 🌊.

Using the OpenTopography DEM Downloader, I grabbed the Global Bathymetry SRTM15+ V2.1 dataset, calculated 100 m contours, and applied the Tanaka […]

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November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 27: Boundaries
Today’s map shows the world’s transboundary aquifers using IGRAC’s 2025 dataset. These hidden water reserves cross national borders, reminding us that boundaries aren’t just lines on a map, they’re shared responsibilities […]

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November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 26: Transport 🚇

Still in Algeria, so I kept it simple: vector tiles via @maptiler.bsky.social + #openstreetmap in #qgis to show public transport in Algiers.

Highlight: the Algiers Metro, Africa’s 2nd metro after Cairo. Opened in 2011 […]

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November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons

Busy with a water seminar organised by the Dutch embassy in Algiers, I had little time to map. So I turned to the HDX dataset of 400 m H3 hexagons and plotted the population density of the Netherlands in 2023.

#gis #qgis #cartography #opendata #netherlands
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names 🌍

I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands.

Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, or ‑kop all trace back to these "ontginningen". The naming […]

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November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#30DayMapChallenge, day 23: Process
Exploring flow directions in the French Alpes with a 5 m RGEALTI DTM (IGN France). Using #QGIS’s new native Fill Sinks (Wang & Liu), I calculated flow directions, converted them to a GRIB mesh via #crayfish, styled with arrows, and finally visualised the […]
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 22 – Data: Natural Earth 🌍

⏳ With limited time I used my own tutorial to make a population map in #qgis using #NaturalEarth. A simple workflow that shows how accessible this dataset is, with styling tips for varying point sizes and a […]

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November 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Icons

Mapped my week with emojis

📍 IHE Delft: Mon-Wed teaching #gis
🎼 Amsterdam: Wed rehearsal with Nederlands Concertkoor (Mahler 8 + Night of the Film Music)
🎻 Hilversum: Thu rehearsal with Metropole Orkest
🏰 Wassenaar: Reception […]

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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Congratulations @nyalld for winning this year's #osgeo #solkatzaward!

Thank you for everything you've been doing ❤️

#qgis #gischat #foss4g
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 20: Water 🌊

No time for complexity today, so I made Invearth. By simply flipping the hillshade to Southeast in #qgis with the #mapzen Global Terrain layer, the Himalayas became the deepest trench and oceans turned into habitable land. A […]

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November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 19: Projections 🍊🌍

Ever tried peeling an orange and laying it flat? It cracks apart, just like the Earth when we project it onto a map.

So today I made a world map out of orange peel, styled in a polar stereographic projection. Made in […]

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November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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QGIS Documentation and Websites updates from 3-14 November 2025 by Hefni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taR50Kv4D-c

#qgis #osgeo #gischat
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 18: Out of this world 🌍➡️🚀

I mapped #mars using the blended MOLA + HRSC elevation dataset from #usgs #astrogeology. Styled in #qgis with Martian colours + hillshade, then explored the new #3d Globe view, works beautifully!

🎥 The video […]

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November 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A New Tool

🛠️ Tried #jupytergis, a #Python-based mapping tool in #jupyterlab, for mapping transboundary aquifers using open data from #igrac + #hydrosheds basins on an #osm raster backdrop. What’s great? Real-time map+code […]

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November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 16: Cells

For today’s theme, I explored the geography of incarceration by mapping the spatial distribution of prisons across Europe. Using the QuickOSM plugin, I extracted prison locations from #openstreetmap, then visualized them as a […]

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November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 15: Fire 🔥 Mapped the density of fire stations in the Netherlands using #qgis. #opendata from #openstreetmap via QuickOSM. Styled with #heatmap renderer. Fire service zones from @CBSstatistiek via #PDOK Services plugin.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#30DayMapChallenge – Day 14: Data Challenge (#openstreetmap)

Although this year’s challenge doesn’t include a #vintagemap theme, I decided to bring a bit of history into today’s task.

Using #qgis, I styled current OpenStreetMap data of #rhodeisland in the […]

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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#30DayMapChallenge – Day 13: 10 minute map

Map of the #mara River Basin made in #qgis with #hydrosheds #opendata and @maptiler.bsky.social #vectortiles.

🎥 Try it for your own catchment: https://youtu.be/hUgEYKz87gw
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 12: Map from 2125

A worst‑case scenario of 2.5 m #sealevelrise reshapes the Netherlands. Built in #qgis with SRTM90 via #opentopography, raster image styled polygons, @maptiler.bsky.social satellite raster tiles, and rendered in #3d […]

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November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Minimal Map

#rotterdam shown only by land & water revealing how the port shifted from city center to the North Sea with Maasvlakte & Tweede Maasvlakte. Once the world’s largest port, now 3rd, still a global hub.

Made with #qgis + @maptiler.bsky.social + CBS data.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM