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Underground maps
in Green Bay
University of Wisconsin Green Bay Human Geography April, 2017
Juan Antonio García GonzálezGeografiando en las nubes ; -)
orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-1085
http://www.markgraham.space/wikichains-economic-transparency/
• Introduction to cartographic design
• Think about the city
• Observe
• Analyze
• Select
• Prioritize
• Represent
• Understand the city
AIMS
http://blogs.20minutos.es/mati-una-profesora-muy-particular/2012/04/23/mind-the-map/
Have an idea
Think about the borders of your project
Think about important places in your city
Locate that places
Find the relationships between the places
Make a draft
Convert to digital
Give an style
WORKFLOW PROCESS
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7162480429_d35044793a_b.jpg
HAVE AN IDEA
What do you want to say?
Creativity is the way
https://p.twimg.com/AutXblFCIAIqoMy.jpg:large
THINK ABOUT THE BORDERS OF YOU PROJECT
• Which is the size of your city?
• Which kind of boundary do you want?
• Physical
• Economic
• Social
• Decide the influence between downtown and periphery
BREAK THE SCALE
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/do-educators-need-blog-posts-tom-whitby
THINK ABOUT IMPORTANT PLACES IN YOUR CITY
What do you want to say?
What is the most important message?
The most important message should be
the most visible
https://www.edutopia.org/groups/technology-tools/285481
LOCATE THE PLACES
Choose the places (nodes and landmarks)
Think about the topology of the places
Simplify and geometrize
Give a name to the stations
https://gersonbeltran.com/2013/09/11/la-geolocalizacion-y-las-redes-sociales/
• Background (Where we come from)
• Public Spaces (Green Areas, squares, religious places,..)
• Institutional city
• Facilities and equipment (Malls, Pubs, Movie Theatres,Smart cities,… )
• Transport and ways of communication (Internal &external)
• Definition of downtown
• Suburban areas (economic, social, residential, ….)
• Dynamic (Where are we going)
ELEMENTS OF THE CITY
TO ANALYZE
FIND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
THE PLACES
Create the lines
Think about the structure of the network
Decide the beginning and the ending of the lines
Decide the connection between lines (Hubs)
Simplify and geometrize the network (45/90 degrees)
https://elandroidelibre.elespanol.com/2014/08/las-mejores-aplicaciones-de-geolocalizacion-para-android.html?utm_content=bufferbdc7a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
MAKE A DRAFT AND CONVERT
TO DIGITAL FORMAT
The idea and the information should be a image
The most important should be the most visible
Use the computer software to do your map
Give your own style
Take care of the details
https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.htmlhttp://www.qgis.org/en/site/
GIS
GIS
Wisconsin State Cartographer´s Office
Lightshot
Powerpoint, Openoffice, Gimp,
TOOLS
http://formatearfacil.com/page/2/
http://www.sco.wisc.edu/
http://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/#
https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html
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• This is your project
• Show your perception about the city
• Create your own mapstyle
• Enjoy introducing
• Urban planning
• Cartographic design
• Human Geography
HIGHLIGHTS
"Utopia is over the horizon. I walk two
steps, she moves two steps away and
the horizon runs ten steps further. So,
for what does the utopia work? For
that, it makes us going forward"
Eduardo Galeano
http://geografiandoenlasnubes.blogspot.com.es/2013_05_01_archive.html
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IDEA
http://vincentgaspersz.com/en/knowledge-experience-creativity/
DIFUSIÓN
http://geografiandoenlasnubes.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/planos-del-metro-de-albacete.html
http://www.revista.uclm.es/index.php/ensayos/article/view/339
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35j45nbjIc
http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/articles/5.Learning%20Geography%20with%20underground%20maps.pdf
https://es.pinterest.com/geografiando/planos-de-metro/
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