Final Project: Mapping the Holocaust

I'm not at all happy with the WW2 timeline, but it is what it is at this point.  Sick kiddos and an incredibly big workload on this map made that a last thought.  I hope you enjoy it anyway.  :)

Lab 10: Nepal Earthquakes in the last 30 days

I made a heat map of the earthquakes that have happened in the last 30 days in Nepal.  I'm not sure how I feel about this map, it just doesn't show the range, I think.  Maybe if I mess around with the levels of shading it might work out better.

http://mason.gmu.edu/~nbeck2/lab10.html

Weekly Blog Post #10: NFL Twitter Map (Wait, I hate football!)

I found this map on Mashable, and found myself enthralled with it.  I spent a good half hour looking at it all before I realized the time that went by.  It's not fancy, but it's so full of information.  It also probably took sooooooooo much time.

http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/04/28/5-maps-of-nepals-earthquake-zone/

Weekly Blog Post #9: Nepal Earthquake

These maps are fairly simple, and are static, but I find them interesting.  The last graphic is an explanation of what happened physically, while the others show the affected areas and what was damaged, etc.  The whole situation there is so devastating. 

WSJ: 5 Maps pf Nepal's Earthquake

Final Map Critique

This is not my final map.  I still have 2 years worth of camps to plot, as well as some scripting and final touches.  The reverse and forward buttons do not work yet, and the text in the intro will probably be changed.  Also the speed might be tweaked.  I'm also adding some text along the bottom of the timeline to show important events during WW2, to give some perspective.

Enjoy!

Final Map Project: Concentration Camps of the Third Reich

Weekly Blog Post #8: Heat Maps!

I'm not going to lie, I did a Google search for a heat map.  I typed in "heat map" just to see what would pop up.  Typically nothing of interest shows up, because most people do not label their maps as the type of map they are.  However, I got lucky this time.  I found this article on Yahoo News showing heat maps that show us the "most dangerous places on earth" when it comes to natural disasters.  They are interesting to look at, and actually quite pretty!  The wildfire one was my favorite because it looks like an old school video game.  :)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/heat-maps-show-the-most-dangerous-places-in-america-1371584950-slideshow/tornado-travel-map-photo-1490473927.html

Lab 9

http://mason.gmu.edu/~nbeck2/lab9.html

Weekly Blog Post #7

Here is a map of Antarctica.  It's a political map to show where what country has a station, etc.  You can pan around, and use the slider to zoom in and out.  It's pretty detailed, although a little hard to read.

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/antarctica-geopolitical.html

Lab 8: Part 1

Here is the link to my Lab 8: Leaflet.js Part 1!

I am using total population of foreign born in 20 cities from  1900, 1920, 1940, 1960 and 1980.

http://mason.gmu.edu/~nbeck2/lab8.html

Lab 7: Virginia (Now with Mouseovers!)

Here is our lab 7.  We added data to create a choropleth map, and also added mouseovers for population data.  Enjoy!

Virginia: Now With Mouseovers!

Lab 6: EEEKKK! CODING!

Here is my first attempt at coding.  I made a map by typing words and numbers, instead of drawing!

I'm not gonna lie.  While this is incredibly interesting, and kind of fun to a point, I really like being about to see the map as it's being created.  Maybe this just takes practice, but I really do like the way it looks.  Very sleek.

Lab 6: EEEKKK! CODING!

Lab 5: Flashy!

Weekly Blog Post #6: Splash Screen

This is an example of an animated map with a splash screen.  The splash screen is at the beginning of the animation to give some background or information on what is about to be viewed.  This map comes from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and is about the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.

 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005131&MediaId=7826