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Lab 10: Heatmap

This is using 2000 arson data. Y'know. Arson? Heat? Makes sense. Link is here.

Critiques!

Here's a COOL LINK to a VERY EARLY project

Lab 9

Lab 9 is located over HERE

Lab 8

Here it is: http://mason.gmu.edu/~jbarne19/lab8.html

Final Project Proposal

Expanding on my Intro to Digital Cartography final map, at least thematically if not literally, I'm going to be making an interactive map of US cryptids/fearsome critters. It'll include locations, and you'll be able to click on a location for a description of the alleged monster sighting or any other noteworthy information.
 
There are a lot of pre-existing maps of this kind of thing, but they're mostly either totally static and uninformative OR super ugly. I want to create something in the middle ground -- a map with a clearly defined visual aesthetic AND a good deal of interactivity and information. I'm planning to do this in Flash, because I have more experience producing this kind of map in Adobe software than pure scripting. I'll be trying to use a sort of retro-computer 80s hacker visual style, influenced by movies and TV like The X Files or Dr. Strangelove to play up the fun "conspiracy" angle of this project, as opposed to the antique style I tried for in the previous monster map.
 Examples of pre-existing maps:
 

 Visual influences:
 

Lab 7

With a fancy new color scheme, even. Link is HERE

Lab 6

Here is a link to Lab 6.

Lab 5

Lab 4

Found Map (Week 3)

Everybody's favorite crowd-sourced mapping project, OpenStreetMap features the ability to turn on/off layers to display different data sets, depending on your purposes.

Lab 3

Lab 2

Well, if you ask me, the NFL needs to simplify their color schemes.

Lab 2 (part one I guess?)

Not sure how to embed this, but there's a dropbox link HERE

Weekly Map #2

A pretty simple map of WWI. I appreciate the option to toggle modern political boundaries.

Lab 1

It sure is easier to line up aerial photos in ArcGIS, but I guess it's always good to make sure you can still do it in Photoshop. I'm not super happy with the alignment, but other than that I think it turned out okay.

Interactive map

This map from the Center for Biological Diversity leaves a lot to be desired aesthetically in my opinion, but the basic function is all there -- it's a great and easy to use resource to get a quick list of endangered species in an area. It emphasizes function over form, which I suppose is the correct decision when treating those as distinct options.