Cartography · Studio

The Magnetic Poles Go Wandering

Two maps side by side showing the (left) North and (right) south pole, with a wiggly line coloured from dark blue through green to yellow showing the path of the magnetic pole over the last ~400 years.
The Magnetic Poles Go Wandering: It never ceases to amaze me that: (a) we were able to work this out; (b) use this information to navigate; (c) we live on a planet where this sort of thing happens. Made for day 7 - Navigation - of the 2023 #30DayMapChallenge.
projectionPolar Stereographic
toolspython: matplotlib, cartopy
dataInternational Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF); National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA); Natural Earth
fontDejaVu Sans Mono
commentsColour in the sea, and maybe add a graticule
date07/11/2023