cms.631 s17 lecture 9 slides: maps and creative maps...inspirations: creative maps let s tessellate...
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Data Storytelling Studio maps and creative maps
CMS631831 Rahul Bhargava
1
Agenda
[15] Fundamental Concepts Readings
[15] Teach to Learn sharing
[30] Inspirational examples
[15] Tools
[15] Datasets and team-forming
2
Fundamental Concepts
3
Technical Concepts Earth is a bumpy egg
Latitude Longitude (decimal vs degrees minutes seconds)
Projections (making the world flat)
Layers Points Polygons
Various formats for storing info
Shapefiles GeoJSON KML TopoJSON
Base Layers
Google Maps OpenStreetMap Stamen
Wikipedia Map Projections XKCD Public domain image Tiles vs Vectors Courtesy of xkcdcom License CC BY NC
4
Maps are Political
Notes
The Map is the perfect symbol of the state - Mark Monmonier (How to Lie With Maps)
ThenMaps is a nifty tool for time-travellinghellip
But authorship is no longer a privilege
The West Wing copy Warner Bros Television All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
5
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Agenda
[15] Fundamental Concepts Readings
[15] Teach to Learn sharing
[30] Inspirational examples
[15] Tools
[15] Datasets and team-forming
2
Fundamental Concepts
3
Technical Concepts Earth is a bumpy egg
Latitude Longitude (decimal vs degrees minutes seconds)
Projections (making the world flat)
Layers Points Polygons
Various formats for storing info
Shapefiles GeoJSON KML TopoJSON
Base Layers
Google Maps OpenStreetMap Stamen
Wikipedia Map Projections XKCD Public domain image Tiles vs Vectors Courtesy of xkcdcom License CC BY NC
4
Maps are Political
Notes
The Map is the perfect symbol of the state - Mark Monmonier (How to Lie With Maps)
ThenMaps is a nifty tool for time-travellinghellip
But authorship is no longer a privilege
The West Wing copy Warner Bros Television All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
5
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 3: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Fundamental Concepts
3
Technical Concepts Earth is a bumpy egg
Latitude Longitude (decimal vs degrees minutes seconds)
Projections (making the world flat)
Layers Points Polygons
Various formats for storing info
Shapefiles GeoJSON KML TopoJSON
Base Layers
Google Maps OpenStreetMap Stamen
Wikipedia Map Projections XKCD Public domain image Tiles vs Vectors Courtesy of xkcdcom License CC BY NC
4
Maps are Political
Notes
The Map is the perfect symbol of the state - Mark Monmonier (How to Lie With Maps)
ThenMaps is a nifty tool for time-travellinghellip
But authorship is no longer a privilege
The West Wing copy Warner Bros Television All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
5
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 4: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Technical Concepts Earth is a bumpy egg
Latitude Longitude (decimal vs degrees minutes seconds)
Projections (making the world flat)
Layers Points Polygons
Various formats for storing info
Shapefiles GeoJSON KML TopoJSON
Base Layers
Google Maps OpenStreetMap Stamen
Wikipedia Map Projections XKCD Public domain image Tiles vs Vectors Courtesy of xkcdcom License CC BY NC
4
Maps are Political
Notes
The Map is the perfect symbol of the state - Mark Monmonier (How to Lie With Maps)
ThenMaps is a nifty tool for time-travellinghellip
But authorship is no longer a privilege
The West Wing copy Warner Bros Television All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
5
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 5: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Maps are Political
Notes
The Map is the perfect symbol of the state - Mark Monmonier (How to Lie With Maps)
ThenMaps is a nifty tool for time-travellinghellip
But authorship is no longer a privilege
The West Wing copy Warner Bros Television All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
5
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 6: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Graphical Inference Graphical Inference
Hadley Wickham Dianne Cook Heike Hofmann and Andreas Buja 2010 ldquoGraphical inference for infovisrdquo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 16 6 (2010) 973ndash979 DOIhttpdxdoiorg101109TVCG2010161 (PDF)
Image copy IEEE All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
6
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 7: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Design Decisions
Jake Porway 2016 The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good Markets For Good (March 2016) Courtesy of Jake Porway Licence CC BY NC
7
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
![Page 8: CMS.631 S17 Lecture 9 slides: Maps and creative maps...Inspirations: Creative Maps Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR) Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022050605/5facf4ab9c05af096246853d/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Choose Your Polygons Wisely Richard Casey Sadler ldquoHow ZIP codes nearly
masked the lead problem in Flintrdquo The Conversation September 19 2016
Image copy Richard Casey Sadler License CC BY ND This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
8
Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
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Readings
9
Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
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Find a partner that used the tool you didnt
Teach to Learn Take turns spending 7 minutes showing them how it works
Mapping in Tableau and Carto Interrupt a lot with questions
Switch
10
Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
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Inspirations
11
Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Traditional Maps Creative Maps
A visual representation of a set of geographic A visual representation of a set of geographic features based on their physical aspects features based on some attributes you specify
choropleth maps dot maps etc cartogram altered maps etc
12
Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Inspirations Traditional Maps
Bleeding Infestation Stephanie Evergreen Courtesy of Mark Herzfeld Used with permission
Million Dollar Blocks Spatial Image Design Lab
The Case for Reparations Ta Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)
Images copy Laura Kurgan (left) Atlantic Monthly Group (above) NPR (right) All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
Why America s School have a Money Problem (NPR) 13
Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Inspirations Creative Maps
Let s Tessellate Danny DeBelius (NPR)
Geography of Incarceration Redlining in Real Life The Archipelago of Palestine Josh Begley Jamaica Plain News Julien Bousac
Cartograms in d3js Shawn Allen (Stamen) copy from left to right Josh Begley (collection) + Google (each map thumbnail) Jamaica Plan News Julien Bousac Le Monde Diplomatique NPR Shawn Allen All rights reserved This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license For more information see httpocwmiteduhelpfaq-fair-use
14
Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Tools
15
easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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easy to learn
ColorBrewer
Google Maps snapsat
CartoDB Tableau
does lots of things Mapbox TileMill
does one thing StoryMap
heatmapjs
QGIS ArcGIS Leaflet DataMaps
Kartograph
hard to learn tools for making maps
16
Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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Datasets
Somerville Tree Data
New York City Tree Data
Bee Colony Data (2017 historical)
NStar Gas Data leaks
NASA Artic Sea Ice (csv or geo)
17
What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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What do you know
Team Forming What do you want to make
Find people to work with What dataset are you interested in
18
MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
19
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MIT OpenCourseWare httpsocwmitedu
CMS631 Data Storytelling Studio Climate Change Spring 2017
For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use visit httpsocwmiteduterms
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