#exercise5

Mapping the Past and Historical GIS

When I began this exercise, I wanted to map the first few individuals that had positive COVID-19 cases in Toronto. However, I quickly faced some challenges during my research due to unreliable or lack of informative sources. Many of these sources were inconsistent and I felt that relying on them would have resulted in a sparse, and potentially inaccurate map.

This topic is a sensitive one at that, and I wanted to make it as accurate as possible. The only repetitive case documented in any source begins with a man in his 50s, who travelled back with his wife from Wuhan, China in January 2020. With this data as a starting point on a map, told very little to tell a broader story of a deadly pandemic we all experienced.

This led me to increase the geographic scale to the whole province of Ontario.

After looking at numerous numbers of different sources, I finally found a promising one: a dataset published by the Government of Ontario that tracked nearly a million cases from 2020-2024. I aimed for a story mapping focus of administrative geography. I think mapping adds dimension that the dataset contents could not reveal. Although the one I created is an amateur's work, I hoped to connect the PHUs who reported their cases to show the virus' travelling. I also found the region who had the highest number coronavirus reports: Toronto Public Health. This would make sense for a densely populated city and everyone being in closer proximity.

I think spatial history emphasizes connection, showing what was happening in all places in a range of time. Additionally, I think that digital tools pose the challenge of choosing what data is left out for the visual narrative because of the geographic focus.

I know this was simply an exercise but if I were to do a full project on this topic, I think I could create a great story map with just using ArcGIS.

1.    How can social media be used more as a positive catalyst for change instead of correlating to feelings of loneliness and depression?

2.    How can we better protect our data/maintain our privacy?

3.    How can we recycle better?

EXERCISE 5

GROUP MEMBERS: Allegra, Amelia, Yunzi

EXERCISE 5

GROUP MEMBERS: Allegra, Amelia, Yunzi

8) Max angle, Min Edge, and Max Edge can all be changed for interesting results.

9) The number slider can be a floating point number (and should be for increased nuance in height). To determine height you need essentially a “height from” --this is the number slider we insert. It is a subtraction (and not, say, an addition) because the subtraction makes it flat on one side (instead of extruding in both directions). We made the number slider values negative (max 0) so that it would extrude “down” instead of up.

10) The surface does not have to be lofted--the only requirement of the surface is that it can be turned into a mesh (doesn’t intersect itself). thus, a euclidean object can be used to create the object. It is best if the object is not oriented so that it is parallel to the xy of the world axis because if it is there will be no height differences and the surface will subdivide but remain flat. You can, however, rotate a Euclidean object so that it is angled against the world axis for fruitful results.

We milled based off a warped sphere, using a solid to define our surface areas and manipulating angle, min, and max edge for additional results. We did so to test the limits of what the surface could be; a closed shape. And we chose a regular shape to see if we could get irregular results by manipulating the variables (this is how we got the triangles inside the shape). It is a circular object with flat rectilinear planes inside, and triangles as well and so demonstrates a lot. 

int boxval = 4;

void setup(){ size (640, 320, P3D); background (255); }

Soruların kısa cevaplarının ne olduğunu tahmin ediniz. Soruların Cevapları aşağıda verilmiştir.

Are you busy? Yes, ___. AnswerYes, I am. / Yes, we are.

Do you live in New York? No, ___. AnswerNo, I don't. / No, we don't.

Can Sylvia ride a bike? Yes, ___. AnswerYes, she can.

Does your father read the newspaper every day? Yes, ___. AnswerYes, he does.

Do you and your friends play soccer on Saturday? No, ___. AnswerNo, we don't.

Is your sister a doctor? No, ___. AnswerNo, she isn't.

Can Jack and Brian play the piano? Yes, ___. AnswerYes, they can.

Is Paris big? Yes, ___. AnswerYes, it is.

Are you thirsty? No, ___. AnswerNo, I'm not. / No, we aren't.

Does Robert like pepperoni pizza? No, ___. AnswerNo, he doesn't.

Are the students listening to music? No, ___. AnswerNo, they aren't.

Is the supermarket next to the post office? No, ___. AnswerNo, it isn't.

Is Leonardo di Caprio Vietnamese? No, ___. AnswerNo, he isn't.

Is your mother sleeping? No, ___. AnswerNo, she isn't.