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30 Days of Maps Day 27 - Micromapping

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James Dales
Co-founder of Tekantis

And we're up to day 27 of the #30DayMapChallenge and today's topic is "Micromapping" - Map something small and precise. Zoom in and map a small area in high detail. It could be a single building, a street corner, or a tiny plot of land. Focus on accuracy at a small scale.

Today's challenge takes us to Manchester in the UK, and more specifically, inside the Trafford shopping centre. It's worth shouting out that all of the data is fictional - these are not the real sales, and may not be the correct outlets either. I've created the shape file from a photo of the store plan! However the scenario is very real. This report gives us a view of the sales, size and sales per m2 of each of the outlets. With the right data, we could even create an equivalent report showing the plan within each store too, as we've increased the maximum zoom level to 24.

If you'd like to see how the report was built, you can download it here.