{"id":1811579,"date":"2023-01-16T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1811579"},"modified":"2023-01-19T19:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:34:53","slug":"one-bad-map-a-day-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/one-bad-map-a-day-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;One Bad Map a Day in February&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/datagistips\/MapFailbruaryChallenge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1811580\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/one-bad-map-a-day-in-february\/mapfailbruarychallenge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1520,860\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mapfailbruarychallenge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-300x170.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-1024x579.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1811580 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"#mapfailbruarychallenge: a list of categories to create one bad map a day in February.\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-940x532.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge-707x400.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mapfailbruarychallenge.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like the #30daymapchallenge in November, in which mapmakers are challenged to make a map a day on a given daily theme, only the reverse: the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/datagistips\/MapFailbruaryChallenge\">MapFailbruaryChallenge<\/a> is about making a <em>bad<\/em> map on a given daily theme. \u201cThe idea is to create the worst map possible.\u201d Bad maps happen; will a <em>deliberately<\/em> bad map be better or worse? Either way, it\u2019s probably worth stocking up on popcorn for when maps with the #mapfailbruarychallenge hashtag start showing up on our timelines.<\/p>\n<p>(Failbruary. Fai-EL-bru-AIR-y. Say that ten times. And resign yourselves to the fact that Reddit is probably going to kick everyone\u2019s ass on this.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Update, 19 Jan:<\/em> There\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jeremy1269.wixsite.com\/mapfailbruary\">an official website<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s like the #30daymapchallenge in November, in which mapmakers are challenged to make a map a day on a given daily theme, only the reverse: the MapFailbruaryChallenge is about making a bad map on a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/one-bad-map-a-day-in-february\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,110],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-1811579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-map-errors","tag-social-media","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4860,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/09\/the-territory-is-not-the-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811579,"position":0},"title":"The Territory Is Not the Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Critiques of fantasy maps have more to do with the shortcomings of fantasy worlds than the maps that depict them.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"From Jared Blando, How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps (Impact, 2015).","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/blando-example.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1830074,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/04\/xkcd-every-eclipse-path-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811579,"position":1},"title":"xkcd: &#8216;Every Eclipse Path Map&#8217;","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 April 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Looks like we\u2019re not quite done with eclipse maps, especially the whimsical sort, and it\u2019s not at all invalid for xckd to have (what is probably going to be) the last word on the subject (at least for a while), with this fictional map showing the fictional path of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"An xkcd cartoon about eclipse path maps.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xkcd-every-eclipse-path-map-250x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1789027,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/07\/georgias-covid-19-maps-bad-faith-or-bad-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811579,"position":2},"title":"Georgia\u2019s COVID-19 Maps: Bad Faith or Bad Design?","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 July 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"In How to Lie with Maps, Mark Monmonier warns that map readers \u201cmust watch out for statistical maps carefully contrived to prove the points of self-promoting scientists, manipulating politicians, misleading advertisers, and other propagandists. Meanwhile, this is an area in which the widespread use of mapping software has made unintentional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/health\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dph-ga-screencap-twitter-1024x577.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dph-ga-screencap-twitter-1024x577.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dph-ga-screencap-twitter-1024x577.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dph-ga-screencap-twitter-1024x577.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1819341,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/10\/bad-maps-kindness-and-empathy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811579,"position":3},"title":"Bad Maps, Kindness and Empathy","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 October 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The 2023 iteration of the 30 Day Map Challenge is coming up, and Daniel Huffman has some thoughts about the day four prompt (\u201ca bad map\u201d) and making room for kindness in the mapmaking community. It\u2019s fun to play with those things that you\u2019re not supposed to do! But, these\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cartography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5545,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/bad-internet-maps-a-social-media-plague\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811579,"position":4},"title":"Bad Internet Maps: &#8216;A Social Media Plague&#8217;","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Business Insider\u2019s\u00a0widely mocked, since-deleted-from-Twitter, but very very viral map of the most popular fast food restaurants by state is the launching-off point for The Ringer\u2019s Claire McNear, who rants about the maps clogging the Internet that are stupid, uninformed, wrong and exist only to generate clicks. 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