Final Projects

Whew.
Here's my final project tracing how members of the 2007 World Series Red Sox got to be world champs. Enjoy!


Just for fun:
Here's a really interesting visualization of how the Red Sox won the AL East that year too.

Democratic Elections: Lab 4

Lab 4
In this lab we created a "faux-GIS" interface that allows a user to layer different versions of a map and information on top of one another. This lab was particulary difficult, although the importance of accuracy when naming layers/symbols is continually stressed. The most challenging part is getting the action script written correctly. I wish that I had been able to insert text boxes or roll over boxes for each year that would contain general election information (canidates and winner). I struggled with this for a while, but with limited knowledge of action script I couldn't incoorperate this without applying the 20% alpha to the text box/information graphic while allowing the check box to turn this information on and off with the map.

Lab 2...Finally.

Here's my lab 2!

The Reshaping of America

Richard Florida's article, "The Reshaping of America", which addresses the current economic crisis and how it affects different geographies. Accompanying this article is an interactive map which illustrate economic changes and patterns in different regions through the form of patents, income, and population throughout history. Not only is it a great example of a timeline map, but also demonstrates the importance of economic geography and regional studies in our current economic crisis.

The Learning Curve

Here's my image for lab 1. Flash seems pretty straight forward, but there is always a learning curve. After spending quite a bit of time with Illustrator I am left wondering how to actually make your graphics interesting and complex when using Flash.