Central Florida Map

Lab 10: Leaflet Heat Map

Here is the link to my lab 10 map. 

Final Project

Lab 9: Time Series and Proportional Symbols Population Map

Here is the link to my lab 9 map.

Lab 7: 2010 Census Population Percentage by County

Here is the link to my lab 7 map.

Map 10: Light Map

Although this is nothing like what we have made in class, I really enjoy this interactive map. I've always liked light maps. I think they're very beautiful. This map allows you to look at most big cities throughout the world and allows you to pick a time frame. The image below is of Manhattan.

Map 9: Earthquake in Nepal

The New York Times released an article with 7 maps displaying the effects of the earthquake that occurred April 25th. The map below is a static map that shows the areas with the most deaths along with epicenter (labelled and represented by the target) and aftershocks (the small red dots). Other maps illustrate the estimated destruction, map the route taken to save hikers and campers on Everest, and measure the magnitude of the aftershocks by region.

Map 8: 2011 Crime Rates map

The map below is a JavaScript map that shows 2011 crime rates. I found it on a website that assists people with creating JavaScript maps. It allows the viewer to switch between violence, rape, and murder crimes with smooth transitioning.

Lab 8: Census Populations by City 1980-2010 Map

Here is the link to my lab 8 Leaflet map.

Map 2: Ebola Timeline

This map shows the spread of Ebola over time. It uses play and pause buttons (the pause replaces the play button once you press it) and also has the option of clicking on a section of the timeline to skip.

Map 7: Interactive Metro Rail Map

Above is a map of the DC Metro. It allows you to zoom in and out to better read the map.

Lab 4: Tweens

'Below is my (extremely late) tweens map. Unfortunately I could not find my previous lab instructions and could not remember how to create the buttons, but I figured it's better than a zero.

Final Project Proposal

When I was originally trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my final project I was looking into creating a map that has something to do with Pinterest, since I am an avid "pinner." But while googling "pinterest maps" and "pinterest data," I found that Pinterest has boards called "Place Boards" (https://www.pinterest.com/places/examples/). This helped inspire me to pick my topic.

I recently moved to Florida this past summer, and ever since then my family and I have been exploring everything the area has to offer (which is a lot). My idea is to translate all these things into a Pinterest inspired map. It would be similar to the maps on the Pinterest website in that things would be “pinned” on the map. The user would be able to click these pins, see a picture and description of what it is, and have a website link to explore more. These pins would be sorted into categories like restaurants, entertainment, parks, etc. These categories could be clicked on and off to prevent the map from being too cluttered or to assist the user in finding something specific.

The map would encompass the Port Canaveral to Melbourne strip of the coast, including the beach side barrier islands like Cocoa and Satellite Beach. The map would start at a by showing the entire area, but then the user could click which part of the map it would like to focus on and then it would zoom in closer so that the pins would show.

I would most likely obtain my imagery from a source such as OpenStreetMap since it already has the streets on it so it would be easier to drop an exact pin location on it. My data and information about the location would most likely be obtained on the actually website of the place, and I would personally select what locations and things I would pin on the map.

An issue that I could see arising would be that the range of the map is too large. I haven’t chosen exactly what things I would like to include on the map so I can still scale the project back and ensure that I don’t take on more than I can handle in the few weeks we have to work on this.

Virginia Cities

Above is my map of Virginia with the cities. This is the link.

Map 6: Airbnb Map

This map starts with a splash screen that walks you through Airbnb's New Year's statistics and goals. It then comes up with a globe that you can click anywhere on to interact with and see where people are staying. I personally like this map because it's a more "cutesy" style and is easy to understand. 

https://www.airbnb.com/map

Map 5: Remembering Pearl Harbor

This map of the attack on Pearl Harbor is an example of an interactive timeline map. As it moves through the different dates on the timeline it takes you on a "tour" of the attack. What I found especially interesting about it is how it zooms in and out of the map. The inset map on the top helps the view understand where it is in relation to Hawaii as a whole as the map zooms in and out. Every date also has additional articles that the reader can view to gain more details about the events.

Map 4: Following the Frontier

The map above is an example of "morphing" or "tween" map. It illustrates the westward expansion of the United States from 1790 to 1890 while also showing the population density of the expansion.

Republican Election Victories by State 1996-2012

This map illustrates the Republican victories by state during the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 presidential elections. To view which states went red during each election year, simply check that year's checkbox.

Map 3: The Spread of Baby Names Nationwide

The map below shows the spread of baby names over the past 100 years by using transparency.

Interactive Super Bowl Map

Below is my interactive map that displays the bracket leading up to the 2015 Super Bowl.

Tsunami Effects on Banda Aceh

On December 26th, 2004 the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia was ravaged by a tsunami caused by a magnitude 9.1-9.3 earthquake. The above photos show the Banda Aceh in the northern part of the island. Banda Aceh was hit especially hard by the tsunami.The top image shows Banda Aceh in June of that year, and outlines the coastline and major roads. The photo below was taken a mere two days after the tsunami and shows the flooding and landscape changes that resulted.

Map 1: America's Mood Map

This map was found on the Time Magazine website and illustrates the general attitudes of each state. When you hover your mouse over a state a small box pops up that displays the state's score and ranking for each attribute used in assessing the attitude of that state. What I found most interesting was that you could take the test and it would find which state you fit in with most. It added an extra element to the already interactive map and really incorporates the user into the map so it becomes relatable. 

map source: http://time.com/7612/americas-mood-map-an-interactive-guide-to-the-united-states-of-attitude/