Day 97. Hot air balloons everywhere! 🪂 Late-campaign lightweight piece: one clear visual idea, but still built on a proper geospatial stack. Hot air balloon glTF above dense 3D buildings in Mapbox GL JS, with animation lighting in a custom Three.js layer rendered over the map WebGL canvas. Click/touch relocates the balloon. Playful interaction, geographically anchored. maptheclouds.com/playground/… #100DayMapChallenge Day 97/100 #ThreeJS #WebGL #MapboxGL #MapTiler #Geospatial #CreativeCoding #Animation #3DMaps

Week 13 Reflection This week moved between very different map experiments and spatial systems, from audio-reactive city motion and walkability to atmospheric particle studies and a major full-stack environmental platform. The second half returned to browser 3D and map-native interaction through World Earthquakes, Making Lights, and Snow Dome Anywhere. Not every day is a traditional map, and that is intentional. This campaign became a way to revisit projects, client systems, and failed ideas that shaped my spatial storytelling practice. A personal note about AI. For a while, I was genuinely angry at it. After years of struggling with freelancing, I had finally started to feel that things were stabilizing, then mainstream AI arrived and the industry shifted again. It became difficult not to question whether all those years of self-study, experimentation, uncertainty, and personal brand building had really been worth it. This campaign became, in part, a way of acknowledging that past while trying to make peace with the future. Somewhere during these 100 days, I stopped seeing AI only as competition and started experimenting with it as a collaborator, amplifier, and extension of curiosity. Now I sometimes feel like a kid at Hogwarts holding a magic wand for the first time. I have barely scratched the surface of what becomes possible when spatial thinking, rendering, storytelling, and AI start working together. I still have a million map ideas in my head, except now many of them suddenly feel reachable. Let’s bring them to life. I’m available for new projects. Thank you to everyone who joined me throughout this journey, and for all the support, patience, feedback, and conversations along the way. Week 14 begins today. #100DayMapChallenge #DataVisualization #Animation #Geospatial #GIS #OpenSource #3DMaps #FOSS4G #ThreeJS #WebGL #MapLibreGL #MapboxGL #QGIS

Day 91. Snow Dome Anywhere (3D Particles) ❄️ What happens when a city map shifts from analysis to atmosphere? This experiment turns a dense 3D city view into a quiet snow-dome version of itself. Mapbox GL JS holds the base with the MapTiler Winter theme, while a custom Three.js/WebGL layer adds snow particles, soft glow, and a subtle dome-like effect. Navigation remains fully explorable, but every click transforms the map into a small snow globe. Inspiration: FOSS4G Bucharest 2019 - @RealIvanSanchez and @BNiene. Even though I followed it only online, the work presented by these two wonderful people stayed with me throughout my growth as a freelancer. I remember seeing what they built and thinking: this is what I want to do with maps too - transform maps from static, boring images into compelling stories and experiences. Thank you! BTW: FOSS4G Europe 2026 is coming: 2026.europe.foss4g.org The conference is planned for 29 June - 3 July 2026 in Timișoara, Romania. Do not miss it - it might change your life. #100DayMapChallenge Day 91/100 #ThreeJS #WebGL #MapboxGL #MaplibreGL #MapTiler #Geospatial #Animation #DataVisualization #OpenSource #3DMaps

Great... #mapboxGL js for map rendering and #deckGL js for #visualisation layer rendering is a great solution.. This is indeed attractive I am working on some self customised libraries using #3GS , layers on #geojson as a side project. - learnings ON! 🥳✌️

library(mapgl) mapboxgl(zoom = 16.77, center = c(2.35035, 48.85306), pitch = 75, bearing = 95.2) |> set_config_property( "basemap", "lightPreset", "night" # Swap in "dawn", "day", or "dusk" ) Learn more: walker-data.com/mapgl

Need a monochrome basemap with @Mapbox's stunning 3D buildings? Try this mapgl trick for #30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Minimal: library(mapgl) mapboxgl( config = list( basemap = list( theme = "monochrome" ) ) ) Add `lightPreset = "night"` for a dark basemap!

Today's mapgl tip for #30DayMapChallenge Day 8: Urban The default Mapbox Standard Style with `mapboxgl()` gets you 3D buildings - with rendered landmarks - out of the box. Using MapLibre? Try `maplibre(style = openfreemap_style("liberty"))` for 3D OSM buildings!

#30DayMapChallenge Day 5: Earth Today's tip: in #rstats mapgl, use `mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite"))` to get @Mapbox's high-quality imagery on an interactive globe in one line of code. Even better - you get 3D terrain out of the box!

In the latest version of the @Mapbox Standard Style, you can enable "landmark icons" to add context to your maps and apps. In #rstats, use the mapgl package to try this feature out: mapboxgl(config = list(basemap = list(showLandmarkIcons = TRUE)))

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The @Mapbox Standard Satellite style gives you a stunning 3D globe out of the box that you can use to build your maps and apps. If you are an R user, this is all you need to get started: library(mapgl) mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite")) Try it out! #rstats

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