Monday, October 22, 2012
Lab 3: Neogeography
View Tourism Map of Los Angeles Beaches- Venice Beach and Santa Monica in a larger map
This map shows my ideal path for vacationers interested in seeing Los Angeles' beach culture. It is a long walk, but shows extensive parts of our coast that are really unique. Using Google Maps to create a custom route is a great way to make an easily understandable map. One features that enables ease of use is the road systems that show viable paths. Additionally, you are able to zoom in/out to see very specific features on the map.
However, Google Maps does present some challenges that may not be clearly present. For example, listing landmarks, shops and restaurants you think are in one place could actually be moved, or worse, gone altogether-data quality. Another possibility of confusion would be a new building or construction project that has altered or erased a previously known route/attraction. My map in particular does not show the ebb and flow of the tide, so the part of my map that takes viewers along the shoreline may actually take them knee-deep in seawater, depending on the time of the trip.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps
1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle.
2. The adjacent quadrangles are Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Venice, Inglewood.
3. It was created in 1995.
4. The North American datum was collected in 1927. The National Geodetic datum was collected from 1929. Datum collected by the USGS consists of planimetery imagery(1978) and photoinspected imagery(1995).
5. 1:24,000
6. a) 1200m
b) 1.89 mi
c) 2.64 in
d) 12.5 cm
7. The contour interval is 20 feet.
8. a) Public Affairs Building- 34o 4’27”, 118o 26’15”; 34.07416666666667, 118.4375
c) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir- 118o 24’15”, 34o 7’15”; 118.40416666666667, 34.12083333333334
9. a) Greystone Mansion (560-580ft; 170-177m)
b) Woodlawn Cemetery (140ft; 42.6m)
c) Crestwood Hills Park (600-700ft;183-213m )
10. UTM zone: 11
11. 361472.2745076031, 3763170.113931325
12. 1000x1000= 1000000 sq. mi
13.
15. North to South
16. UCLA
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Assignment 1
Exploring Maps, "Day 1"
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/largepng/19.png
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=19
The map above is cartogram that illustrates what countries are most traveled to. They indicate the popularity of each country, in terms of tourism. I believe this is incredibly interesting because every part of the world is unique. Every part of the world has its own "specialness", or notoriety. However, Europe, and North America and parts of industrialized Asia to some extent are most visited. Is it because of the sophisticated cityscape or the ease of access due to the modern build? Perhaps it has more to do with the colonial history and influence that has continued to affect travelers of today. I'd personally love to travel some of the countries that some may not be able to find, like Brazil and Indonesia.
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/largepng/568.png
http://www.worldmapper.org/display_religion.php?selected=568
This is another cartogram that shows the prevalance of the Buddhist religion around the world. There are 368,955,415 adherents worldwide according to "worldmapper", however the countries of Buddhist most noticeable are clustered in and around South and East Asia. Africa and South America seem to have almost no populations of Buddhists and North America and Europe are not too far ahead. I am not particular surprised by the map data. But, it is interesting to think about how readily Judeo-Christian religions have been spreading around the world compared to the more seeingly stagnant spread of Buddhist. I am a Nichiren Buddhist living in Los Angeles and I somewhat like a pioneer on the frontier of this "unexposed" territory, based on this map.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/maps/mapMEethnic.jpg
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/ethnicMEmap.html
The map above shows the variety of ethnic groups living in the Middle East region, in different colors. I chose this map because there has been so much social and political change in many of these countries and because I have heard of the possibility of groups seeking sovereignty/independence from the country they were drew into. I say "drew into" because much of the political borders established in this region were made by outside, and specifically by Western, nations who did not wish to draw borders on the basis of regional stability or on historical precedent. Especially Iraq and Afghanistan, where the United States coincedentally or not have been involved militarily. I believe these borders will be changing in the near future.
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/largepng/19.pnghttp://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=19
The map above is cartogram that illustrates what countries are most traveled to. They indicate the popularity of each country, in terms of tourism. I believe this is incredibly interesting because every part of the world is unique. Every part of the world has its own "specialness", or notoriety. However, Europe, and North America and parts of industrialized Asia to some extent are most visited. Is it because of the sophisticated cityscape or the ease of access due to the modern build? Perhaps it has more to do with the colonial history and influence that has continued to affect travelers of today. I'd personally love to travel some of the countries that some may not be able to find, like Brazil and Indonesia.
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/largepng/568.png
http://www.worldmapper.org/display_religion.php?selected=568
This is another cartogram that shows the prevalance of the Buddhist religion around the world. There are 368,955,415 adherents worldwide according to "worldmapper", however the countries of Buddhist most noticeable are clustered in and around South and East Asia. Africa and South America seem to have almost no populations of Buddhists and North America and Europe are not too far ahead. I am not particular surprised by the map data. But, it is interesting to think about how readily Judeo-Christian religions have been spreading around the world compared to the more seeingly stagnant spread of Buddhist. I am a Nichiren Buddhist living in Los Angeles and I somewhat like a pioneer on the frontier of this "unexposed" territory, based on this map.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/maps/mapMEethnic.jpg
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/ethnicMEmap.html
The map above shows the variety of ethnic groups living in the Middle East region, in different colors. I chose this map because there has been so much social and political change in many of these countries and because I have heard of the possibility of groups seeking sovereignty/independence from the country they were drew into. I say "drew into" because much of the political borders established in this region were made by outside, and specifically by Western, nations who did not wish to draw borders on the basis of regional stability or on historical precedent. Especially Iraq and Afghanistan, where the United States coincedentally or not have been involved militarily. I believe these borders will be changing in the near future.
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