Lab 10: Bivariate Map
A bivariate map showing the relationship between graduation rate and poverty, using a choropleth map with two sets of sequential data.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Example of a Bivariate Map
Example of an Interesting Bivariate Map
This is a really interesting example of a bivariate map showing Australia's climate using color, as well as other features using symbols. The color scheme is great because it looks earthy and natural, while still having enough contrast to show changes in trends.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Example of a Dot Density map
Example of a Dot Density Map
This is a cool example of dot density map which shows smartphone use by tracking Tweets and type of smartphone. The dots represent numbers of Tweets, which the color represents the type of smartphone used.
Example of an Isoline Map
Example of an Isoline map
Source: http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/News16/16_Canziani.html
Example of Proportional Symbol Map
Example of a Proportional Symbol Map
Source: http://wiki.cns.iu.edu/display/CISHELL/Proportional+Symbol+Map
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Final Project Proposal
Title: Smartphones, A worldwide phenomenon
Description: Smartphones are used worldwide, and by a wide range of ages and societies. As an avid user of my smartphone, I am curious to know the habits of other people around the world. For my final project, I would like to do a world map of smartphone users, and I would like to use a proportional symbol technique. I would like the symbol to have two aspects, size and color/fill, to indicate the volume of users for each country, and the most widely used brand/design/type in that area.
Audience: Current smartphone users, people who don't use smartphones but are considering trying it, advertisers who want to better utilize social media/apps, business owners who want to better utilize social media/apps, People who are developing new software, applications, and new sites.
Technique: Proportional symbols and color aspects
Scope: Worldwide, major cities or regions
Data Specs: I am having trouble narrowing down a source for my data, but I know I will need the statistics for number of users in each country and of which social media tools/sites. I found a good source which gives info about providers, brands, and other smartphone/mobile phone statistics for major world regions
http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers
Basemap: I will need a basemap of the entire world
Production steps:
The first step will be to locate data and arrange it according to most users per country
The second step will be selecting a symbol then creating proportional symbols for each country
The third step will be strategically placing these symbols so that they accurately represent the area but allow maximum readability
Possible challenges: Finding good data has already proved challenging. It is also possible that my scope is too large, and maybe I could focus on a smaller area if it becomes too overwhelming. An issue I encountered with my proportional symbol map in our previous lab was that the data range was too high, making the smallest symbol almost impossible to see, and the largest symbol bigger than the basemap. I also want to make sure I'm accurately representing worldwide statistics, I suppose the data by region might be slightly skewed or arbitrary.
Here are a few inspiration maps:
Description: Smartphones are used worldwide, and by a wide range of ages and societies. As an avid user of my smartphone, I am curious to know the habits of other people around the world. For my final project, I would like to do a world map of smartphone users, and I would like to use a proportional symbol technique. I would like the symbol to have two aspects, size and color/fill, to indicate the volume of users for each country, and the most widely used brand/design/type in that area.
Audience: Current smartphone users, people who don't use smartphones but are considering trying it, advertisers who want to better utilize social media/apps, business owners who want to better utilize social media/apps, People who are developing new software, applications, and new sites.
Technique: Proportional symbols and color aspects
Scope: Worldwide, major cities or regions
Data Specs: I am having trouble narrowing down a source for my data, but I know I will need the statistics for number of users in each country and of which social media tools/sites. I found a good source which gives info about providers, brands, and other smartphone/mobile phone statistics for major world regions
http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers
Production steps:
The first step will be to locate data and arrange it according to most users per country
The second step will be selecting a symbol then creating proportional symbols for each country
The third step will be strategically placing these symbols so that they accurately represent the area but allow maximum readability
Possible challenges: Finding good data has already proved challenging. It is also possible that my scope is too large, and maybe I could focus on a smaller area if it becomes too overwhelming. An issue I encountered with my proportional symbol map in our previous lab was that the data range was too high, making the smallest symbol almost impossible to see, and the largest symbol bigger than the basemap. I also want to make sure I'm accurately representing worldwide statistics, I suppose the data by region might be slightly skewed or arbitrary.
Here are a few inspiration maps:
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