Final Map - GGS 310

Week 10 Blog Post - Bivariate

A cool bivariate map which uses a unique way of proportional symbol. I wish the legend for the proportional symbol was a little more specific, especially in putting unites. I also wish they had stated the importance of being near the Mississippi River, but other than that is a cool looking map.

Source: http://fishermaniacsmaps.blogspot.com/2012/03/bivariate-choropleth-map.html

Week 9 Blog Post - Dot Density

While this is a population dot density map, I had to chose it because of it's uniqueness. Usually it is just a single color for the dots, but this map also shows density along with ethnicity by the color of the dot. The best part about this map is that it genuinely works; it honestly depicts where certain ethnicities reside in London.  

Source: http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/10/londons-ethnicities-mapped/

Week 8 Blog Post - Isoline

Well made isoline map of a common topic for isoline maps which is temperature.

Source: http://nickfiorellomaps.blogspot.com/2013_07_01_archive.html

Week 7 Blog Post - Proportional symbol

This is a very cool map which was made on ArcGIS and implemented onto Google Earth. I wouldn't say it is the best crafted map as it is hard to determine the levels of some countries which are overshadowed by the larger ones.

Source: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/~mscgis/07-08/s0788692/

Week 6 Blog Post - Color

I chose this map because of the obvious color extremes on the map. I want to state that it may not look well crafted, but I have to say that I think this is an excellent map. It has contour lines and I really think the color scheme is excellent. It is obviously missing a title and information, but it is a map of isostatic gravity which means it shows what the acceleration of gravity should be due to oxygen levels. It is a USGS map.

Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/355/or_iso.htm

GGS 310 Lab 10

GGS 310 Lab 9

Final Project Proposal - Chernobyl Disaster

For my final project, I will be attempting to recreate an map of the Chernobyl  Disaster's radiation extent on either Europe or Pripyat, the abandoned city next to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. I'm planning on a couple of things depending on how my research goes; if I can find enough information on the abandon city, I'd like to make a map that shows various radiation levels and use the map to help determine whether or not the city is habitable. If there isn't enough information for that, I will instead create a map of Europe and display radiation levels by country due to the Chernobyl Disaster during the year 2014. The audience for this map would be Europeans with concerns especially in and around the area of Ukraine and Belarus. The information would also be useful because, as I stated earlier, a map that properly displays radiation levels will help us determine if certain areas are suitable enough for us to live.
Maps
As far as maps go, ideally I want to end up with an isoline map of Pripyat that shows various radiation levels however I am worried that there will not be enough variation throughout the city for it to be worth mapping, so I will revert to a chloropleth map of Europe and most likely some of western Asia showing the levels of radiation by country.
Data Set
The data set will be retrieved from most likely from the State Agency of Ukraine in Management of the Exclusion Zone as this group is the one who set up the perimeters for the explosion. Their data is public so access for the information would be easy. It is also possible to determine radiation levels using a decay algorithm, but with numerous other variables, this way of retrieving data will most likely be impractical.
Basemap
As stated earlier, the Basemap will be either that of Pripyat or Europe and Western Asia.
The main challenge for me is definitely going to be my dataset. Even with the proper a data, I expect an isoline map of Pripyat is going to be difficult to create especially since my purpose for this map will hypothetically determine whether or not people die so accuracy will be essential.

GGS 310 Lab 8

Chloropleth map of London depicting the amount of energy wasted on heat sources. Does a good job of showing some density in the middle, this is understandable since the middle is the heart of London. Extreme spots that lay between the border and heart of London would need further research to understand their existence.

A map of Villanovas campus in Pennsylvania. This is a good map in my opinion for a couple reasons. The colors and detail to trees and buildings make the school more appealing then a standard map. Another big factor to me is the angle in which it is presented. It seems like a better layout from here then oppose to a straight birds eye view directly above the campus. 

https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/recreation/intramurals/faqs.html

An interesting use of text type. Quite frankly, it's a pretty horrific map if you are using it logistically, nonetheless it is creative and unique.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/2762345/Ireland-Type-Map

This is an extremely interesting graphic that get's it's message across efficiently. I believe that if this were portrayed on a different map projection, for example a flat map of the world, the message wouldn't be conveyed as easily.

This is an actual map of the metro lines running in and out of the DC metropolitan area. I chose this map because I have been tasked in another class to define the DC metropolitan area using a definition that you may find suitable. This map helps me get a general idea of how I will create my definition for the area. I also chose this map because I believe this map is far more useful than the standard map of the metro lines(see link provided). While the metro map that is plastered on Metro train walls is practical, this map definitely gives more information and can be interpreted spatially unlike the other one.
Pictures of this map and practical metro map