Here are a few of my favourite maps from 2023. They’re in no particular order. They’re not a top ten. There are plenty more. I’ve likely not included any that you may prefer, and that’s fine because it’s just a list of stuff that caught my particular eye this last year. Rather than summarize what I enjoyed about each piece I’m going to present them without comment but I enourage you to use the links to head to the original posts where you’ll find hi-res copies and useful commentary by the cartographers who made them. Have a very mappy 2024!
Ocean temperatures around the Arctic (link)
By Gaëlle Sutton
South Shetland Islands and the Northern Antarctic Peninsula (link)
By Tom Patterson
Chicago’s ‘L’ (link)
By Abbas Husain (Bagman Studios)
America’s Doughnut Capital (link)
By Alyssa Fowers
Tien Shan (link)
By Erik Knight
Palmerston Lake (link)
By Heather Smith
Wild World (link)
By Anton Thomas
Las Vegas Sphere (as the Moon, and as a Earth)
By MSG
Ukraine: A year at War (link)
By National Geographic
Wakulla receipt map (link)
By Aaron Koelker