Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Lab 3 Grand Tetons Trip
View Fun Trip in Grand Teton's in a larger map
Neogeography can be beneficial because it allows a broad range of individuals to contribute to mapping especially in areas that they are interested in. Google earth supports public contributions such as 3 demential designed buildings, and customized rout and activities maps because it would be impossible for google to create all of that information on there own. One of the greatest successes and pitfalls of Neogeography is that it gives everyone the tools to create a map based on their own sources of information.
Unfortunately, Neogeography also allows individuals to create maps that are constructed in a way so that they focus on a few individual ideas and actions that the map maker is interested in but may unintentional end up skewing the general content of the map. With the internet constantly expanding and more and more people creating these personalized maps, the flood of the market leads to lots of quickly created, construed and unintentionally biased maps. All of this makes it difficult to access unaltered supposedly unbiased information from these maps.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Lab 2
1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2.Canoga park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood,(ocean),Venice, Inglewood
3. Compiled in 1966
4. North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and North America Datum 1983 (NAD 83)
5 1: 24000
6. A. 5 cm is equivalent to 1200 meters
B. 5 inches is equivalent to 1.89394 feet
C. One mile on the ground 2.64 inches
D. Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 cm on the map
7. 20 feet is the contour interval
8. A. Latitude 34.073937 (34° 4' 26.1732 N" ) Longitude -118.439097 (-118° 26' 20.7492 W" )
B. Latitude 34.007598 (34° 0' 27.3528 N" ) Longitude -118.499737 (-118° 29' 59.0526 W")
C. Latitude 34.120152 (34° 7' 12.5466 N") Longitude -118.410286 (-118° 24' 37.029 W")
9. A. 163.5 Meters 536.5 Feet
B. 106 feet 32 meters
C. 600 feet 182 meters
10. Zone 11
11. 3763,000 North / 362000 meters east
12. 1,000,000 square meters
13.UTM 3771000
14. 14°
15. South
16.
2.Canoga park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood,(ocean),Venice, Inglewood
3. Compiled in 1966
4. North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and North America Datum 1983 (NAD 83)
5 1: 24000
6. A. 5 cm is equivalent to 1200 meters
B. 5 inches is equivalent to 1.89394 feet
C. One mile on the ground 2.64 inches
D. Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 cm on the map
7. 20 feet is the contour interval
8. A. Latitude 34.073937 (34° 4' 26.1732 N" ) Longitude -118.439097 (-118° 26' 20.7492 W" )
B. Latitude 34.007598 (34° 0' 27.3528 N" ) Longitude -118.499737 (-118° 29' 59.0526 W")
C. Latitude 34.120152 (34° 7' 12.5466 N") Longitude -118.410286 (-118° 24' 37.029 W")
9. A. 163.5 Meters 536.5 Feet
B. 106 feet 32 meters
C. 600 feet 182 meters
10. Zone 11
11. 3763,000 North / 362000 meters east
12. 1,000,000 square meters
13.UTM 3771000
14. 14°
15. South
16.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Where I come from...
I am a new UCLA undergraduate student who has little to no clue of what he is trying to do with his life. I am a native to Washington Dc and am disappointed that now that I have left, all of our sports teams have actually improved. Below are some interesting maps that I connect with from my own home town and others I find interesting.
Link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/images/metromap_021605.gif
Creator: Washington Dc Metro Transit System
This map is a representation of the Washington area metro region and with the different metro lines that run under the city. The map come from and serves the purpose of informing the public on the connections between the different metro lines in DC and was created by the Washington Dc Metro Board. Although the map includes some natural features such as the Potomac River it does not accurately represent the geographic direction of routes and distances between stations. The map simplifies the other transportation options in the area such as the beltway and only includes a few county and state lines making it easily usable by tourists and other groups that are new to the Washington Dc region. Memorials and other points of interest that are associated with DC give people who are unfamiliar with the area focal points.
Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Washington_DC_Metro_Map_%28To_Scale%29.svg
Creator: Washington Dc Metro Transit System/For use in education
This next map is similar to the map above as it depicts the Washington DC metro transit system but to scale. In comparison to the earlier map, this one has all of the different metro lines and the locations where the lines run on the same track. It lacks, however, all of the geographic and monumental land marks that are present in and around the DC area. For an outsider arriving in Washington, it would be difficult to get his or her bearings. The strength of this map is in its representation of relative distances between stations. One can easily see that a few station on the orange line (left side) are grouped together, showing proximity, where as the last few stations are spread out farther west into the Virgina country side. On the previous map, all orange line stations are equally spaced and it is impossible to discern how long a trip, between seemingly close stations, will take.
Link:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Chicago_violent_crime_map.png
Origin: 2005 Chicago Police Department
This map breaks up the Chicago metropolitan region into neighborhoods and then identifies the amount of reported violent crimes that have been committed. The map is useful for identifying high risk areas in the city where individuals need to be cautious of there surroundings. Although not specific in the exact location of the events, by grouping areas together the user can identify dangerous areas, and hopefully avoid them. The pattern of yellow and red that makes a line near the top of the map stands out because usually lake shore property is the most affluent but for some reason that area and westward has many crimes. The intensity of crimes is centered around the inner part of the city and generally gets safer further away from downtown.
Link:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/images/metromap_021605.gif
Creator: Washington Dc Metro Transit System
This map is a representation of the Washington area metro region and with the different metro lines that run under the city. The map come from and serves the purpose of informing the public on the connections between the different metro lines in DC and was created by the Washington Dc Metro Board. Although the map includes some natural features such as the Potomac River it does not accurately represent the geographic direction of routes and distances between stations. The map simplifies the other transportation options in the area such as the beltway and only includes a few county and state lines making it easily usable by tourists and other groups that are new to the Washington Dc region. Memorials and other points of interest that are associated with DC give people who are unfamiliar with the area focal points.
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Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Washington_DC_Metro_Map_%28To_Scale%29.svg
Creator: Washington Dc Metro Transit System/For use in education
This next map is similar to the map above as it depicts the Washington DC metro transit system but to scale. In comparison to the earlier map, this one has all of the different metro lines and the locations where the lines run on the same track. It lacks, however, all of the geographic and monumental land marks that are present in and around the DC area. For an outsider arriving in Washington, it would be difficult to get his or her bearings. The strength of this map is in its representation of relative distances between stations. One can easily see that a few station on the orange line (left side) are grouped together, showing proximity, where as the last few stations are spread out farther west into the Virgina country side. On the previous map, all orange line stations are equally spaced and it is impossible to discern how long a trip, between seemingly close stations, will take.
Origin: 2005 Chicago Police Department
This map breaks up the Chicago metropolitan region into neighborhoods and then identifies the amount of reported violent crimes that have been committed. The map is useful for identifying high risk areas in the city where individuals need to be cautious of there surroundings. Although not specific in the exact location of the events, by grouping areas together the user can identify dangerous areas, and hopefully avoid them. The pattern of yellow and red that makes a line near the top of the map stands out because usually lake shore property is the most affluent but for some reason that area and westward has many crimes. The intensity of crimes is centered around the inner part of the city and generally gets safer further away from downtown.
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