mapsDay 4 – My Data – European Trips 2023 and 2025

Day 4 – My Data

Challenge Description: Map something personal using your own dataset. Visualize GPS traces, your commute, or a unique, small dataset you created. (Need simple data? Try geojson.io)

My Submission

In May 2023, I set out on a solo backpacking trip across 12 European countries. It was my first time exploring Europe on my own, and I made a map (below left) afterward to trace where I’d been.

Two years later, in 2025, I returned to Europe three times to visit my girlfriend while she was studying abroad. Using the same tool, I created another map (below right) to capture those journeys today.

Together, these two maps capture my journeys from both years.

(Overlapping lines represent flight paths I took multiple times.)

Click here to view high-quality PDF ⬆️

References

• Tool to make the maps: My Holiday Map.

Made by Matt Zhu for the #30DayMapChallenge.