Joora Baek, Project 1 proposal – Course Hub: GeoVisMaps

Joora Baek

Project 1
The map will show the distribution of public transportation in Richmond, Virginia. It will show how easily people are able to take a subway or a bus. The number of stations and the duration of time to take the public transportation can be considered to make a more valuable map. The audience of the map can be working people, students, visitors, and everyone who are interested in taking public transportation in Richmond. Policy makers also can use this map to see if they need to build more subway or bus stations for the public. Private transportation companies would also be interested because it is related to their business. Map will be presented on CartoDB and I will display public transportation stations on the map of Richmond with dots and I will indicate the accessibility of public transportation using different density of colors. The projection of the map will be zoomed in to Richmond area, and there will be roads on the map showing the paths of public transportation.

Kimberley Browne says:

February 16, 2016 at 8:00 pm

Hi Joora,

A few thoughts on your proposal: I like the idea but worry it will be hard to be effective on one 8 1/2 x 11 page.

When you say projection of the map I think you mean the extent of the map – is the Richmond area – do you mean City of Richmond area and/or campus?

The City of Richmond (GRTC) has some pretty good maps (I think some are in GIS) of their bus routes. There are also Amtrak trains but no subways.

You might consider limiting your map to a smaller area like Carytown or campus. Hope this helps. Another thing that will help is finding a similar map that you can build from.

Prof Browne