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![Day 13 Use a tool you’ve never tried before. The challenge has always been about trying new things. Use a tool, software, or drawing technique you’ve never worked with before. 🧪🔧 QGIS ](images/30day_map_challenge/Qgis.png)

This day revolved around trying out a new tool - something entirely unfamiliar to me. For this challenge, I decided to use [QGIS](https://qgis.org/), a free and open-source software specifically designed for geospatial data creation, editing, analysis, visualisation, and publication.
QGIS is incredibly powerful. It can handle various tasks, from thematic maps to geospatial analysis and interactive visualisations. Despite its capabilities, I had never used it before. So, I saw this as an ideal opportunity to learn something new and challenge myself.
QGIS is incredibly powerful. It can handle various tasks, from thematic maps to geospatial analysis and interactive visualisations. Despite its capabilities, I had never used it before, so I saw this as an ideal opportunity to learn something new and challenge myself.
QGIS is a low-code solution to creating maps, but it does have the capability to use Python that allows you to automate tasks, manipulate map layers and elements, and create complex spatial analysis workflows. I decided to go for the no-code solution since it was my first time using QGIS.

For my initial map, I opted for simplicity and focused on visualising the East African Region. I found a detailed dataset from [Natural Earth Hub](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) that was recommended in my tutorial for QGIS. Once I found the data I needed, setting up the map became the next challenge. Since I had no prior experience, it took some time to get up to speed and produce a map that I was satisfied with, as shown in Figure 5.
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