Ana Lucía González
@anlugonz.bsky.social
💼 Visual projects @theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ana-lucia-gonzalez-paz
🗺️ Maps shape you https://a-map-inside.webflow.io/
And more https://linktr.ee/analuciagonzalez
Hecha en 🇨🇴, formerly BBC
🗺️ Maps shape you https://a-map-inside.webflow.io/
And more https://linktr.ee/analuciagonzalez
Hecha en 🇨🇴, formerly BBC
Pinned
New visual story: Bird migration is one of nature’s greatest spectacles — and scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into how new threats are reshaping these epic journeys. Follow the remarkable travels of three birds as they fly across the planet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 14-OpenStreetMap
Here is a 3D OpenStreetMap visualization of Osogbo, capturing the city’s building footprints and road network from an elevated perspective. The model highlights the density, structure, and spatial patterns that define the urban landscape.
Here is a 3D OpenStreetMap visualization of Osogbo, capturing the city’s building footprints and road network from an elevated perspective. The model highlights the density, structure, and spatial patterns that define the urban landscape.
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 14-OpenStreetMap
Here is a 3D OpenStreetMap visualization of Osogbo, capturing the city’s building footprints and road network from an elevated perspective. The model highlights the density, structure, and spatial patterns that define the urban landscape.
Here is a 3D OpenStreetMap visualization of Osogbo, capturing the city’s building footprints and road network from an elevated perspective. The model highlights the density, structure, and spatial patterns that define the urban landscape.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge day 8: Urban
Chae Won Lee uses the Overpass API to visualize current coffee shop density in New York with an interactive map. Here's a snippet.
Chae Won Lee uses the Overpass API to visualize current coffee shop density in New York with an interactive map. Here's a snippet.
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#30DayMapChallenge day 8: Urban
Chae Won Lee uses the Overpass API to visualize current coffee shop density in New York with an interactive map. Here's a snippet.
Chae Won Lee uses the Overpass API to visualize current coffee shop density in New York with an interactive map. Here's a snippet.
This collection of stories around the photobooth is so uplifting www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... and it also reminds me of one of the most beautiful digital stories ever www.danielmeadows.co.uk/gallery/vide... - Polyfoto by Daniel Meadows. It will warm your heart. 📷
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This collection of stories around the photobooth is so uplifting www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... and it also reminds me of one of the most beautiful digital stories ever www.danielmeadows.co.uk/gallery/vide... - Polyfoto by Daniel Meadows. It will warm your heart. 📷
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
This is a great article by @anlugonz.bsky.social and @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social analysing the Reform vote. Excellent use of visualisations to bring home the central point of just how disparate a bunch they are.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is a great article by @anlugonz.bsky.social and @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social analysing the Reform vote. Excellent use of visualisations to bring home the central point of just how disparate a bunch they are.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Air
🌪️ Animated mesh layers of #hurricane tracks resembling Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night.
#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica.
Made with #QGIS. Data from #Copernicus #ECMWF
🌪️ Animated mesh layers of #hurricane tracks resembling Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night.
#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica.
Made with #QGIS. Data from #Copernicus #ECMWF
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Air
🌪️ Animated mesh layers of #hurricane tracks resembling Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night.
#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica.
Made with #QGIS. Data from #Copernicus #ECMWF
🌪️ Animated mesh layers of #hurricane tracks resembling Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night.
#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica.
Made with #QGIS. Data from #Copernicus #ECMWF
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
A minimal map of the world's population for day 11 of the #30DayMapChallenge!
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A minimal map of the world's population for day 11 of the #30DayMapChallenge!
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
Day 11 - Minimal
Rhode Island Elevation Joy Plot Map
I made a Joy Plot map years ago in ArcPro, but I am using QGIS these days, so I figured this would be a great time to learn a new workflow. I will be posting the workflow on Day 23 - Process.
#30DayMapChallenge
Rhode Island Elevation Joy Plot Map
I made a Joy Plot map years ago in ArcPro, but I am using QGIS these days, so I figured this would be a great time to learn a new workflow. I will be posting the workflow on Day 23 - Process.
#30DayMapChallenge
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Day 11 - Minimal
Rhode Island Elevation Joy Plot Map
I made a Joy Plot map years ago in ArcPro, but I am using QGIS these days, so I figured this would be a great time to learn a new workflow. I will be posting the workflow on Day 23 - Process.
#30DayMapChallenge
Rhode Island Elevation Joy Plot Map
I made a Joy Plot map years ago in ArcPro, but I am using QGIS these days, so I figured this would be a great time to learn a new workflow. I will be posting the workflow on Day 23 - Process.
#30DayMapChallenge
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge - Minimal
✈️ A (very minimal) real-time flight-tracking map.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mi...
✈️ A (very minimal) real-time flight-tracking map.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mi...
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#30DayMapChallenge - Minimal
✈️ A (very minimal) real-time flight-tracking map.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mi...
✈️ A (very minimal) real-time flight-tracking map.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-mi...
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
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#30DayMapchallenge Day 8, Urban.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#30DayMapchallenge Day 8, Urban.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge - Accessibility
🏛How far could you travel in one day in Roman Britain?
My map shows roman roads, travel times in Roman Britain and the points of interest you could reach within 1,2,3,4 and 5 days.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
🏛How far could you travel in one day in Roman Britain?
My map shows roman roads, travel times in Roman Britain and the points of interest you could reach within 1,2,3,4 and 5 days.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Roman Britain Travel Map
Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#30DayMapChallenge - Accessibility
🏛How far could you travel in one day in Roman Britain?
My map shows roman roads, travel times in Roman Britain and the points of interest you could reach within 1,2,3,4 and 5 days.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
🏛How far could you travel in one day in Roman Britain?
My map shows roman roads, travel times in Roman Britain and the points of interest you could reach within 1,2,3,4 and 5 days.
googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 6: Dimensions
I used the dimension of time to map Sussex, NB (and area), over the seasons in 2024, using images from Copernicus Sentinel 2.
I used ArcGIS Pro with tools such as georeferencing, raster clip, and splitting polygon feature layers.
I used the dimension of time to map Sussex, NB (and area), over the seasons in 2024, using images from Copernicus Sentinel 2.
I used ArcGIS Pro with tools such as georeferencing, raster clip, and splitting polygon feature layers.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 6: Dimensions
I used the dimension of time to map Sussex, NB (and area), over the seasons in 2024, using images from Copernicus Sentinel 2.
I used ArcGIS Pro with tools such as georeferencing, raster clip, and splitting polygon feature layers.
I used the dimension of time to map Sussex, NB (and area), over the seasons in 2024, using images from Copernicus Sentinel 2.
I used ArcGIS Pro with tools such as georeferencing, raster clip, and splitting polygon feature layers.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge 7 Nov - Accessibility
This map shows the weather stations operated by the Spanish Met Service and regions where there is a lack of stations.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
#aemet #geopandas #cartopy
This map shows the weather stations operated by the Spanish Met Service and regions where there is a lack of stations.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
#aemet #geopandas #cartopy
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#30DayMapChallenge 7 Nov - Accessibility
This map shows the weather stations operated by the Spanish Met Service and regions where there is a lack of stations.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
#aemet #geopandas #cartopy
This map shows the weather stations operated by the Spanish Met Service and regions where there is a lack of stations.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
#aemet #geopandas #cartopy
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
My favorite maps are the ones that take like 3 applications to finish.
Kidding.
Here's my Day 6 ("dimensions") of #30DayMapChallenge: a joy or ridgeline plot of kids in the US in 2020. Thanks @ipums.bsky.social (NHGIS), QGIS, R, Adobe Illustrator, and especially @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social
Kidding.
Here's my Day 6 ("dimensions") of #30DayMapChallenge: a joy or ridgeline plot of kids in the US in 2020. Thanks @ipums.bsky.social (NHGIS), QGIS, R, Adobe Illustrator, and especially @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My favorite maps are the ones that take like 3 applications to finish.
Kidding.
Here's my Day 6 ("dimensions") of #30DayMapChallenge: a joy or ridgeline plot of kids in the US in 2020. Thanks @ipums.bsky.social (NHGIS), QGIS, R, Adobe Illustrator, and especially @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social
Kidding.
Here's my Day 6 ("dimensions") of #30DayMapChallenge: a joy or ridgeline plot of kids in the US in 2020. Thanks @ipums.bsky.social (NHGIS), QGIS, R, Adobe Illustrator, and especially @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
I took today's #30daymapchallenge literally and made a map of the Earth as a globe.
Software used: Natural Scene Designer, map data: naturalearthdata.
#30daymapchallenge day 5: earth #maps #cartography #earth #globe #shadedrelief
Software used: Natural Scene Designer, map data: naturalearthdata.
#30daymapchallenge day 5: earth #maps #cartography #earth #globe #shadedrelief
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I took today's #30daymapchallenge literally and made a map of the Earth as a globe.
Software used: Natural Scene Designer, map data: naturalearthdata.
#30daymapchallenge day 5: earth #maps #cartography #earth #globe #shadedrelief
Software used: Natural Scene Designer, map data: naturalearthdata.
#30daymapchallenge day 5: earth #maps #cartography #earth #globe #shadedrelief
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data – The Illusion of Support ❤️💙
This map comments on political echo chambers using a red filter. National had the highest percentage party vote in 2023.
People tend to form relationships with others with similar views, which can make election results feel surprising.
This map comments on political echo chambers using a red filter. National had the highest percentage party vote in 2023.
People tend to form relationships with others with similar views, which can make election results feel surprising.
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data – The Illusion of Support ❤️💙
This map comments on political echo chambers using a red filter. National had the highest percentage party vote in 2023.
People tend to form relationships with others with similar views, which can make election results feel surprising.
This map comments on political echo chambers using a red filter. National had the highest percentage party vote in 2023.
People tend to form relationships with others with similar views, which can make election results feel surprising.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons
I arranged the Japanese prefectures to look like a sight test! The largest polygon at the top is Hokkaido. It's roughly the size of Austria.
#map #Japan
I arranged the Japanese prefectures to look like a sight test! The largest polygon at the top is Hokkaido. It's roughly the size of Austria.
#map #Japan
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons
I arranged the Japanese prefectures to look like a sight test! The largest polygon at the top is Hokkaido. It's roughly the size of Austria.
#map #Japan
I arranged the Japanese prefectures to look like a sight test! The largest polygon at the top is Hokkaido. It's roughly the size of Austria.
#map #Japan
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons
Visualizing territorial claims in Antarctica.
Visualizing territorial claims in Antarctica.
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 3: Polygons
Visualizing territorial claims in Antarctica.
Visualizing territorial claims in Antarctica.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 1: Points (Miniature Globes Edition)
Happy first day of the #30DayMapChallenge! For today’s theme, “Points,” I created a miniature globe using NASA’s Black Marble dataset, which captures the glow of artificial light across Earth at night.
#gis #cartography #gischat
Happy first day of the #30DayMapChallenge! For today’s theme, “Points,” I created a miniature globe using NASA’s Black Marble dataset, which captures the glow of artificial light across Earth at night.
#gis #cartography #gischat
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 1: Points (Miniature Globes Edition)
Happy first day of the #30DayMapChallenge! For today’s theme, “Points,” I created a miniature globe using NASA’s Black Marble dataset, which captures the glow of artificial light across Earth at night.
#gis #cartography #gischat
Happy first day of the #30DayMapChallenge! For today’s theme, “Points,” I created a miniature globe using NASA’s Black Marble dataset, which captures the glow of artificial light across Earth at night.
#gis #cartography #gischat
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
Day 2: Lines – The Secret Life of Streams 💧
UV light reveals piped streams.
Early Wellington was shaped by streams flowing to the harbour. As the city grew, many were piped underground, hidden from sight but still running beneath our feet.
#Wellington #Flooding #cartography
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
Día 2 – Líneas #30DayMapChallenge, Distribución de Elevaciones Parque Nacional Pico Bonito Honduras. Herramientas: R con los paquetes sf, exactextractr, ggplot2, ggnewscale, ggtext, dplyr, terra, showtext, scales, patchwork, ggspatial, metR, rnaturalearth y rnaturalearthdata.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Día 2 – Líneas #30DayMapChallenge, Distribución de Elevaciones Parque Nacional Pico Bonito Honduras. Herramientas: R con los paquetes sf, exactextractr, ggplot2, ggnewscale, ggtext, dplyr, terra, showtext, scales, patchwork, ggspatial, metR, rnaturalearth y rnaturalearthdata.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 1: Points
Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map.
onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/
1/3
Day 1: Points
Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map.
onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/
1/3
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 1: Points
Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map.
onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/
1/3
Day 1: Points
Worked on this experimental dot density map using UK population data by age and sex. The points are generated and coloured in real-time as you explore the map.
onsdigital.github.io/dot-map-poc/
1/3
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
It’s November, so it’s time for the #30DayMapChallenge!
1: Points
Took a low res DEM, turned it into points, colored them with a Raven-style hypso ramp, and made Crater Lake blue. Kinda looks like a Lite Brite.
1: Points
Took a low res DEM, turned it into points, colored them with a Raven-style hypso ramp, and made Crater Lake blue. Kinda looks like a Lite Brite.
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s November, so it’s time for the #30DayMapChallenge!
1: Points
Took a low res DEM, turned it into points, colored them with a Raven-style hypso ramp, and made Crater Lake blue. Kinda looks like a Lite Brite.
1: Points
Took a low res DEM, turned it into points, colored them with a Raven-style hypso ramp, and made Crater Lake blue. Kinda looks like a Lite Brite.
Reposted by Ana Lucía González
Day-01 Points
CMYK Dots Relief Representation for Changqing National Nature Reserve (there are pandas!) in the Qin Mountains of Shaanxi province of China.
#30DayMapChallenge
CMYK Dots Relief Representation for Changqing National Nature Reserve (there are pandas!) in the Qin Mountains of Shaanxi province of China.
#30DayMapChallenge
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Day-01 Points
CMYK Dots Relief Representation for Changqing National Nature Reserve (there are pandas!) in the Qin Mountains of Shaanxi province of China.
#30DayMapChallenge
CMYK Dots Relief Representation for Changqing National Nature Reserve (there are pandas!) in the Qin Mountains of Shaanxi province of China.
#30DayMapChallenge