Final Map

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives in Virginia and Maryland

Show and Tell

Simpson's Map of City of Springfield

Map

Bivariate Map

Weekly Post #10

Multivariate map

Dot Density Map

Final Project Proposal

As a pretty big foodie, I want to somehow incorporate food into my map for my final project. One of the best networks in television ever known to man is... FOOD NETWORK. One of my favorite shows on the network is called Diners Drive-ins and Dives, where this man, Guy Fieri, ventures across the U.S. He gets to embark on a tasteful journey that allows his taste buds to try different authentic foods each restaurant he stops by has to offer.

I want to make a U.S that shows the number of restaurants he had stopped by per state. For my project, I can either create a proportional or choropleth map to easily illustrate this. I also want to give the audience an idea where the location of these restaurants are. So I may also include some symbols or even incorporate a dot density map into my U.S map. 

These are maps of locations of the restaurants he stopped by in Texas and Virginia.

Subway locations in the U.S

Restaurant locations Guy Fieri stopped by in the U.S

Extra Data

Isopleth Map

Weekly Post #9

Dot Density map of world population.

Weekly Post #8

Isoline map

Proportional Map

Choropleth Color Quantiles

The colors of the map on the web page looks more vibrant than the colors that is shown on the printed map. The blue shading for quantile 61.5-63.9% has the greatest difference between the web map and the printed map. The blue stands out more on the webpage map while the blue on the printed map appears slightly more pale. The blue shading for quantile 67.7-78.8% appears the most similar. In addition, the border outline of the states are more visible on the web page map. It is more distinguishable and separates the states that have the same shading more clearly. I would change the borderline of the states and make it stand out more on the printed map.

Choropleth Natural Breaks and Quantiles

Weekly Post #7

Proportional map of Starbucks and McDonalds in the world.

Weekly Post #2

Creative and colorful map of the United States.

Weekly Post #5

Choropleth map of the electoral votes in 2012.

Counties of VA, MD, and the D.C

Harpers Ferry

Weekly Post #4

I think this is a very detailed map of Virginia Tech's campus that will make it very easy for the audience to read.

Weekly Blog #3

I thought this map looked pretty cool. It's a map of the world made of texts of the name of the country at their physical location!

Molleweid Graticule

My Geoid

Weekly Blog #2

I find this map projection interesting because it shows the actual size of the continents versus the flattened outline of continents version for maps. It illustrates how we view the map compared to the true physical sizes of the land. The difference in size of the actual and projected map continents is huge!

First post

This is a map that shows the most popular social networks used in different ares in the world. Map



I chose this map to illustrate how the use of internet has spread globally (such as social networking) in our generation.


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GGS310 Intro to Digital Cartography Fall '14 Class Blog