Making Beautiful Maps: Oct 5 2011
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Presentation from Making Beautiful Maps A Skillshare Class by Jake Levitas At Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Oct 5 2011
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Making Beautiful Maps: Oct 5 2011
- 1. Making Beautiful Maps A Skillshare class by Jake Levitas Research Director Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (@GAFFTA) @CivicInnovation
- 3. Inspiration
- 6. 2) Use + Analyze the data
- 7. 3a) Beautify the data
- 8. 3b) Design the map
- 9. What is a map anyway?
- 10. A map is a visual representation of an area— a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes.
- 11. A brief history of maps
- 24. What can you do with maps anyway?
- 35. Uhh...So, what is a map REALLY? (aka Map Components)
- 38. Points Lines Polygons TYPES OF SPATIAL DATA (VECTOR)
- 39. TYPES OF SPATIAL DATA (RASTER)
- 48. Let's get to work!
- 50. SHAPEFILES ...the answer to all of life's problems
- 52. .dbf = attribute data (dBASE table)
- 53. .shx = index file
- 54. .prj = projection format + =
- 55. Step 1: Cut a Hole in a Box (aka Get the Data)
- 59. Step 2: Put Your Junk in that Box (aka Use + Analyze the Data)
- 60. Add Data Layers + Properties (in visual order) Features + Attributes Navigation
- 62. Sfblocks – bookmark mid-Market
- 65. Graduated color chloropleth – population
- 66. Settings-> style manager for colorbrewer ramp
- 67. Attribute table (% of pop – don't divide by 0)
- 69. Step 3: Open the Box (aka Beautify the Data + Design the Map)
- 71. Color / Saturation (chloropleth maps)
- 72. Density
- 73. Isolines
- 75. Legend
- 76. Scale Bar
- 77. North Arrow
- 78. Data Source
- 79. Setup Map Elements + Export to AI with QGIS Print Composer
- 80. The final touches in AI 1) Delete crap 2) Beautify the layout 3) PDF + JPG your way to fame and fortune
- 82. Review
- 83. Maps have changed and evolved over time Maps have layers A smiley face has 3 vector data types Mapping can be (fairly) easy (as 1-2-3?) Spatial data is everywhere ...But be prepared for problems Maps can be incorporated into anything Maps can be used for the greater good
- 84. Resources
- 85. Assistance: CartoTalk QGIS Forums ESRI Forums Data: DataSF SF GIS Google it! (GIS data, SHP) Community: GAFFTA SF Data Viz Meetup Intersection Exhibit
- 86. Thanks!
- 87. [email_address] @CivicInnovation gaffta.org skillshare.com *please* leave feedback on skillshare + facebook!
Notes de l'éditeur
- The world according to Anaxinemes, 500 BC Rectangular form supported by compressed air
- Incorporated knowledge of Indian Ocean and Far East gathered by merchants Muhammad al-Idrisi, 1154
- Waldseemuller map, 1507 First map to use “America” Library of Congress
- William Smith 1815 First national scale geological map, rock strata etc
- Baron Charles Dupin, France, 1826 First known chloropleth map depicting education rates around France Mapping social data, not just geography
- John Snow, cholera deaths in London in 1840s, published 1854. Deaths centered around one pump, pump handle removed after map and deaths ceased instantly. Mapping as a tool to solve social problems
- Louis-Leger Vauthier, 1874, map of Paris population density by contour lines (isolines) Applying geographic visualization techniques to non-geodata
- Mapping web service launched in 1996
- 3d high resolution birds eye view of entire world, instantly, for free Ability to add data, get driving directions, and curate your own maps
- Map of facebook users as expression of humanity
- Mapping, geodata, and visualization is a ubiquitous tool for: - analysis - storytelling - communication - activism - transparency - social change
- You can make awesome maps Hand-placed lettering of landmarks, routes, streets, rivers, etc Took hundreds of hours of work Axis Maps
- You can incorporate into art in a more qualitative way Interplay between hard data and aesthetics, artistic mediums
- You can use them as a canvas or material in other work
- Basically any plain surface you see, just picture a map on it
- Maya lin at Academy of Sciences Creates massive 3D wire sculpture inspired by topographic data of SF
- Huge glue lam cut blocks based on topography
- But realistically, maps can make a difference immediately on personal and work projects as way to help your community or business and take your projects one step further This is the biggest takeaway from this class – take existing design skills and incorporate mapping elements where you wouldn't have before
- Maps have layers (cue video)
- Raster base with vector overlays for geography and data
- A smiley face shows the three main types of vector data (0D, 1D, 2D)
- Raster data is a grid with values attached to it Mainly used for elevation, satellite imagery, heat mapping/interpolation, and specific types of grid-based analysis
- Apparently we're not the first ones to have trouble parking in the city San Francisco Traffic Survey of off-street parking, 1937 Graduated circle map (size = size of lot) is popular way to show values of point data
- Change of elevation and bike routes
- Neighborhoods are good example of polygons Can have data attached to them or not This map made for USSF, exploring neighborhood connections with Zeum
- Eric Fischer, tourists (red) vs locals (blue) Lines connect where one person took multiple photos within 10 minutes or 3 miles (highlights routes)
- Closeup shows how spatial data outlines other forms
- Points represent landmarks on map using icons Lines represent roads Polygons represent areas of park and boundaries between spaces Raster (eg elevation) could be easily added as underlay
- Basically a set of one or more geolocated shapes with a spreadsheet of information on top of it Industry standard for spatial data