Sunday, May 3, 2015

Weekly Post 10! Last one!

Here's a cooool use of Javascript making any map location into a game of tower defense.  I really found this quite awesome, since I've always had a few ideas for using real life geographic locations and maps for a new form of interactive gaming, and this is a great example!

http://www.mapstd.com/

Weekly Post 9!

Here's an arcgis map from Al Jazeera showing the impact of earthquakes in Nepal in the present and in the future.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2015/04/nepal-earthquake-potential-impact-map-150429154735665.html

Weekly Blog Post 8!

Here's a link to a cool crime map that I had originally wanted my final project to be like.  Its a pretty complex use of javascript.

http://crimetimeline.io/

Friday, April 24, 2015

Final Project

Still a work in progress! (Might not work sometimes since I may be editing it)

http://mason.gmu.edu/~amattapa/final/final.html

Questions:

1) What do you think about the overall layout?
2) Color Schemes?
3) Other overlay features? Airports, maybe railway lines, demographics.
4) Centering the map closer in on core points?
5) Sizing of images, bubbles, points, or the map overall (general sizes)

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Lab 9! Ready for the Big Time!

This is basically an expansion of the last lab, but now with cool time slider action and bubbles changing shape.

On a serious note, its an interesting map since it reflects the changes in Japan's population pre-war, during the war, and post-war periods.

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