FINAL PROJECT

How about I'm graded for aesthetics rather than presentation of data? Because the user learns next to nothing for this map, but I like the way it looks.

Lab 10

Finally!

Lab 9 Load Movie

My intro flash doc is connected to 4 other docs, take a look

My preloading bars didn't look right and come out where they were supposed to, so I took them out. But in my Constant Correspondence with Prof HH, she's aware that I used to have 'em.

Tufte articles... My comments

I really can't stand when choropleth maps use all sorts of crazy techniques to parse the data "representative" groups, which really skew the impression a map gives a viewer. Tufte acknowledges,
"Notice how quickly and naturally our attention has been directed toward exploring the substantive content of the data rather than toward questions of methodology and technique." I concur!

Here are a few points he made that I found insightful:
* TIME SERIES displays are best for big datasets with REAL variability; for example weather can be hot one day, cold the next, but over time one can see seasonal patterns.
* AESTHETICS are incredibly difficult keep up while trying to incorporate multiple variables into a map; though it seems now with "faux-GIS" style mapping, layers allow the cartographer to stuff as much in as She wants.
* Charts/Graph are more attractive when WIDER than TALLER. He relates this to the golden ratio, while I'd like to think of it as dependant vs. independant variables (x and y axes); by widening a map, it implies that the pattern can persist indefinately. A tall graph implies that any results are possible.
* A friendly chart is one that does not necessitate a legend. Cartographic convention says One Must Always Create A Legend, but I agree with Tufte that a good map is obvious in its intent and data.

Things I liked:
* Minard is the best, as any Eastern European scholar would agree.
* Dr. Snow's cholera map is pretty awesome too.

Lab 8

Well, it works... I should have used a different image, but gosh darn it, I love Ukraine!

Operation Barbarossa

can be found here - I'm pleased with the overall look, save one glitch - my buttons to bring up the three specific dates can't be seen. They WORK, you can click above the timeline to where "July 13" etc. should be shown, but aren't.

Demmycratz

Assignment 5 - May I toot my own horn and say simplicity worked out pretty well here, it looks smooth. UNFORTUNATELY, it's still got problems - apparently in 1976 there were two or three presidential elections going on at once, since I have multiple tones showing on my first map. Help me, Hallden!

National Geographic put out a cool interactive map of Pearl Harbor - gotta click on it on Attack Map on the right side of the screen. It's got the intro and a lot of opportunities to click on an event to learn more details about it.

Assignments Two and Three combined. As the Future First Lady of the Washington Area Browns Backers Association, I could not create a map for any team that does not reside in the Cleveland Dog Pound.

Russia: From Principality to Nation State is an ideal interactive flash map (click here and find it under "Timeline Maps") - except maybe I would have the core Muscovy area in dark green, and as the empire expands, the annexed territories would be in lighter shades of green, not totally different colors. Wildly different colors detract from the basic idea that this is one cohesive empire expanding.

Assignment 1 - I'm not crazy about the color scheme, but I also couldn't find many good options with the color palatte. I'd have prefered a periwinkle to a baby blue, and my green to look earthier... You know what I mean. And the box around Alaska is too big, now that I look at it...

Strange Maps is a pretty good way to waste an afternoon, though no guarantee the info is accurate.

These historical interactive maps of mostly Western civilization give a visual for history.

Stargaze is a great free download that gives you nightly interactive sky maps for anywhere in the world. It's still a map...

Minard's chart of Napoleon's troops in Russia is not exactly a map, but it does relate the campaign to a series of cities, moving East (and then retreating.) The chart displays proportionally the number of troops Napoleon started out with (over 400,000) and how many made it back (10,000.) Below, the graph displays the sub-zero Russian winter temperatures during the retreat.

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