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  1. week 19 - Persistence: Created in 1919 for a railway, these country borders in the Vennbahn area on the border between Germany and Belgium still exist, even though the railway was permanently decommissioned in 2001.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  2. week 18 - Limits: A world map showing country borders, including marine areas, according to OpenStreetMap

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  3. With a big delay:

    week 17 - Flows: a map only showing the rivers of the world

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  4. week 16 - Risk: a population map of Europe that also shows the locations of nuclear power plants

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  5. - week 15: Patterns

    A different seamless pattern for each of the municipalities in the Ardennes Department in France.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  6. - week 14: Variation
    A rainbow map of Europe based on contour lines, so it shows the height variation of the continent.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  7. - week 13: Connectivity Gaps

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org //@[email protected]

  8. - week 12: Efficiency

    In this animation I want to show how I tried to make efficient use of the different functionalities in QGIS and also how I made efficient use of map space by choosing a special CRS.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  9. The theme of week 11 of is : Negative Space. I used a watercolor image to cut a world map out. I preferred to keep the world map a tiny bit transparent.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  10. The theme of week 10 of is : Centrality. This world map shows the countries of the world and their centroids in EPSG:8857. Some centroids do not overlap their countries' land masses. You can see that these are mainly island states and countries that still have colonies.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  11. The theme of week 9 of was "Overlap". I made a map that shows the overlap between PFAS risk zones and kindergartens & primary schools in the city of Antwerp; Belgium.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  12. The theme of week 8 of was "Reach". I made a map about how long it would take you to reach the State of the Map 2026 venue on foot. I made the 5 minute interval isochrones using the ORS Tools plugin for that uses the

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  13. The theme of week 7 of was "Adaptation". I made an adaptation of a map I made in 2016: a map with the dates of the most recent available Google Streetview images in the city of Antwerp (Belgium). Compared to my map of 10 years ago, the new map shows that today there are a lot more newer images that are only 1 or 2 years old.

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  14. The theme of week 6 of was "Proximity". I created a hex map with the distances to the nearest railway station in Belgium

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  15. The theme of week 5 of was "Stability". I created an animation for it and forgot to post it last week. So with a little delay: here it is:

    More info about can be found on 52maps.org // @52maps

  16. While I love the , I couldn't fit it in my schedule last year. I like the idea of making for-fun-maps based on fixed themes. So I created a list of 52 subjects for myself to use over the course of this year to create maps that I can share. You can find it on 52maps.org, or you can follow @52maps. If you want you can join me and share your for-fun-maps using .

  17. I'm busy finishing my presentation about my websites on geospatial webservices with data for Belgium. If you want to come and hear me talk about what that is and how and why I make these websites, you can hear me tell me all about it at FOSS4G Belgium this thursday in Brussels at 15h50 in the "Qleur Café" room. You can still get tickets on foss4g.be.

  18. Six months ago I got this puzzle for my birthday. Now I am gonna take the time to make it.

  19. I brought some QGIS Tips stickers to FOSS4G Europe. If you want one, just ask me or you can find some in the Philosophy Faculty building. @qgistips

  20. The program of FOSS4G Belgium is available on foss4g.be/en/schedule/. And this year it's a very strong program, full of interesting geospatial related subjects. The presentations will be held in English, Dutch and French. It's certainly recommended to come to this conference on 25 September 2025 in Brussels. And right, this time you can also find me in the program.

  21. 's support website is a little confusing. I really am in Belgium and that's not the map and flag of Denmark.

  22. The QGIS User Conference was a great experience. Thank you to the organizers and everyone who helped.

  23. I've got my ticket for the QGIS User Conference in 's-Hertogenbosch (uc2023.qgis.nl/). Who else will be there?