With the completion of Lab 5, I have created an interactive map of Democratic wins by state for each Presidential Election since 1976. Click the link below to check out the results.
http://www.swfup.com/uploads/swf-141729.swf
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Map Brief: Moving Map Objects
The links and information below discuss the use and effectiveness of moving map objects.
When it is effectively done, adding motion animation to a map helps to provide a vivid visualization of the concept under discussion. These maps are essential “movies” that add a fourth dimension to the bringing new life to information that might be what ordinarily lost with a two-dimensional map. The links below provide a few examples of how effective animation can be:
1. http://www.wtj.com/articles/xray/
This site uses the moving-object mapping to show the progress of the battle of the Ia Drang and the defence of landing zone X-ray. Notice how each of the polygons represents a company of soldiers with different colors representing the opposing sides. The amount of interactivity on this map is limited to simple stop, fast forward, rewind, and play, with a help button used to show the legend for the map.
2. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/hurricanes/interactive/hurricane.paths/index.html
CNN has a link to a wonderful site that clearly illustrates the progression in strength and paths of hurricanes during the 2004 season. A user can watch the entire season progress throughout the year or select individual hurricanes on interest and track their progress. An interesting addition to the map is the use of the calendar that progresses through the days of the year. The site is very helpful in watching how hurricanes originate, where they originate from, how they grew, and where they tracked.
3. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0807/es0807page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
This site shows an animation on the predicted movements of the tectonic plates over the course of 100 million years. I don't find this map very interactive, you can either play it as a movie or go throught the map by clicking the step button, but each step moves the map forward 10 million years. It is interesting to see what the world could look like in 100 million years.
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_ani_burma_campaign.shtml
This is the second way to use motion animation mapping. Instead of using the previous method of a singular moving object to represent a moving army group, this map uses arrows to show troop progression over the battlefield. This map shows the burma campaign during WWII. The map uses a time line up top to show in what year did each event take place. The animation is a little fast and cannot be paused, only replayed.
5. http://shadowandsubstance.com/comet/Comet%20d.swf
The Comment 73P Schwassman Wachmann 3’s orbit site is a great site for gaining appreciation as to how close comets can come to the orbits of the planets in our solar system including Earth. People often have no concept or appreciation when you tell them that an object the size of a small moon passed Earth’s orbit by thousands of miles. Their only source of reference is comparing the mileage to a trip across the country and thousands of miles away seem really far. The Wachmann site is designed to help people appreciate how close the orbital paths of comets and planets actual are.
When it is effectively done, adding motion animation to a map helps to provide a vivid visualization of the concept under discussion. These maps are essential “movies” that add a fourth dimension to the bringing new life to information that might be what ordinarily lost with a two-dimensional map. The links below provide a few examples of how effective animation can be:
1. http://www.wtj.com/articles/xray/
This site uses the moving-object mapping to show the progress of the battle of the Ia Drang and the defence of landing zone X-ray. Notice how each of the polygons represents a company of soldiers with different colors representing the opposing sides. The amount of interactivity on this map is limited to simple stop, fast forward, rewind, and play, with a help button used to show the legend for the map.
2. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/hurricanes/interactive/hurricane.paths/index.html
CNN has a link to a wonderful site that clearly illustrates the progression in strength and paths of hurricanes during the 2004 season. A user can watch the entire season progress throughout the year or select individual hurricanes on interest and track their progress. An interesting addition to the map is the use of the calendar that progresses through the days of the year. The site is very helpful in watching how hurricanes originate, where they originate from, how they grew, and where they tracked.
3. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0807/es0807page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
This site shows an animation on the predicted movements of the tectonic plates over the course of 100 million years. I don't find this map very interactive, you can either play it as a movie or go throught the map by clicking the step button, but each step moves the map forward 10 million years. It is interesting to see what the world could look like in 100 million years.
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_ani_burma_campaign.shtml
This is the second way to use motion animation mapping. Instead of using the previous method of a singular moving object to represent a moving army group, this map uses arrows to show troop progression over the battlefield. This map shows the burma campaign during WWII. The map uses a time line up top to show in what year did each event take place. The animation is a little fast and cannot be paused, only replayed.
5. http://shadowandsubstance.com/comet/Comet%20d.swf
The Comment 73P Schwassman Wachmann 3’s orbit site is a great site for gaining appreciation as to how close comets can come to the orbits of the planets in our solar system including Earth. People often have no concept or appreciation when you tell them that an object the size of a small moon passed Earth’s orbit by thousands of miles. Their only source of reference is comparing the mileage to a trip across the country and thousands of miles away seem really far. The Wachmann site is designed to help people appreciate how close the orbital paths of comets and planets actual are.
New York Giants Road to the Superbowl
This project was my introduction to making an interactive map. The map shows the New York Giants road to the Superbowl in the 2007-2008 season. You can click both the forward and back buttons as well as each number on the timeline.
Link:
http://www.swfup.com/uploads/swf-135152.swf
Link:
http://www.swfup.com/uploads/swf-135152.swf
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Super Tuesday Map Using Flash
Here is the lab 2 Assignment. I Chose to do the map on the states holding Republican Primaries on Super Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
LAB 1: Photoshop Before and After Image
Above are two images that were used in the first Lab. The two images are photos of Indonesia before and after the tsunami. The first image at the top is the before image, notice the outlines of the coastline, bridges, and major roads.
The after image below the first image shows just how devastated this area was after the tsunami. The Bridges are pretty much gone and much of the coastline has been severely damaged. Many of the roads have become flooded.
This type of mapping is very effective in showing change and is used frequently for these types of incidents.
This type of mapping is very effective in showing change and is used frequently for these types of incidents.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A New Semester - A New Class
With the start of 2008, a new semester begins at George Mason University. I am now enrolled in Geography 411: Advanced Digital Cartography. So now this blogger site has been updated to 411. I hope to learn new mapping skills to make future maps even better.
This Map shows the political sway per county. The more blue a county is the more democratic the county is and vice versa for the Republicans. The purple counties are counties that are more split between democrats and republicans.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Average Gas Prices per County!
After several days of tweaking my final map is complete. This is a Chloropleth map of the amount of money above or below the average price for unleaded regular gasoline. I find this topic interesting because of the variations in prices of gas from county to county. I wanted to find out just how much of a differance there was from county to county.This map was the most difficult to make because it required me to collect the data manually. No site has the data in one page.Here is a list of sources that I used and looked through to make this map.
Motortrends.com: This site not only lists different cars but also lists registared gas stations per state. Once you click the state, you then choose the county, then you choose the city, and then you will get a list of gas prices in the city.
http://www.motortrends.com/
WFAA.com: An article about rising gas prices in Texas during the month of November. http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa071109_wz_gasprices.1f2bb5e59.html
Virginia Gas Prices.com: this site lists the gas prices for the state of virginia. It even put the prices on mapquest and made a Cholorpleth map of the state.
http://www.virginiagasprices.com/
Fuel economy.gov: a government website which gives you a list of links for gas prices in that state.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/states/VA.shtml
Fuel Gauge Report.com: this last site shows the market for crude oil and shows the average price of gasoline for the nation during the year. The site allows you to select cities in the United States and look at the gas prices in that area.
http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/
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