Melissa Hegeman
mel-likes-maps.bsky.social
Melissa Hegeman
@mel-likes-maps.bsky.social
Map nerd and data analyst.
https://www.mel-likes-maps.com/
Day 14 of #30DayMapChallenge: OpenStreetMap 🗺️ I haven’t really explored OSM data before, but the level of detail in my area of interest was great. Here’s a quick map of places you can sit and read at the park. Built with #rstats and ggplot2 📍
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I wanted more practice using OpenStreetMap data. Here is a hexagonal map of dining places in New York State, made in #rstats using OSM point-of-interest data. #30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Minimal Maps. #gis
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines. I wanted to make a quick map of my summer vacation using #rstats. I couldn’t get the arrows to display correctly, so that is still a work in progress. GitHub: https://github.com/mhegeman/30DayMapChallenge_2025
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trying to catch up on the #30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points. Since it is almost ski season in the Northern Hemisphere, I wanted to find the top 10 ski resorts with the most significant vertical drop within 100 miles of Boston. I used data from openskimap.org and made the map in R using Leaflet.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trying to get back into the #tidytuesday habit. Using visa data from the Henley Passport Index (2025-09-09) to see where I can go without a visa.
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#tidytuesday I am a bit late on this, but the show is really all about Homer. Speaking lines by character for seasons 21-26.
March 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The #30DayMapChallenge has wrapped up. I didn't complete every map, but I pushed my skills with mapping in #rstats and open-source #gis tools out of my comfort zone. My final map features shelters in Antarctica using a polar projection 😊 https://www.mel-likes-maps.com/2024/12/01/polar-mapping.html
December 1, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Catching up on the #30DayMapChallenge, so I’ll cover AI only (Day 9) and Map Projections (Day 26) with one set of maps. I used Claude.ai to write an R script to show different map projections - no edits from me! The results are a mixed bag! #gis Full post: www.mel-likes-maps.com/2024/11/25/a...
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I missed the polygon map from the #30DayMapChallenge, so I am circling back to find counties with campgrounds. Continuing to experiment with #duckdb and #rstats to query and present spatial data: https://mel-likes-maps.micro.blog/2024/11/24/spatial-queries-with.html
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 13: A new tool. I finally took the leap and experimented with DuckDB to create and access spatial data from #rstats. #gis #duckdb mel-likes-maps.micro.blog/2024/11/1…
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Day 7: Vintage Style #30daymapchallenge I used Esri's Modern Antique Map as the basemap. I searched for a table of Magellan's ports but found nothing, so I asked ChatGPT for a .csv with ports, dates, lat, and lon. Even after some formatting tweaks, I got a result quicker than doing it by hand! #gis
November 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
#30daymapchallenge I rarely have to use rasters at work, so I decided to try some image classification for Day 6: Raster. 🤨 I'll have to keep practicing.
November 14, 2024 at 3:55 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4 - Hexagons. My attempts to map with #rstats continue. I used the orca encounter data from Day 1 and plotted it against the H3 index to see if the best locations for seeing orcas changed annually. #GIS
November 12, 2024 at 1:04 AM
#30DayMapChallenge - Lines. To keep it simpler today, I wanted to make a travel map highlighting some of my favorite trips with #rstats.
How it started vs How it's going... still needs a little work.
November 8, 2024 at 4:11 AM
November 8, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Finally, some graduated symbols. #GIS
November 6, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I've been wanting to learn more about mapping with R for a while, and now I am finally getting around to it. #30DayMapChallenge #TidyTuesday I'll be adding to this project for the first few maps.
Links to the data and scripts are here: github.com/mhegeman/202...
November 5, 2024 at 4:08 AM