Lab 3

View 2012 Summer Vacation: Dubai and South Africa in a larger map

This map is an example of what is called "neogeography", which is when a non-expert uses geographical techniques to display information in a non-formal or analytical way. There are some benefits to neogeography, such as the availability of the information. Since the creators of such information tend to be non-experts or non-professionals, the information can usually be accessed by most anybody. Also, the topics of the information being presented also differs from professional data and the topics tend to be less mundane. With neogeography, maps can be made to present anything, whether it is some one's vacation, or the list of nightclubs that one went to over the span of a month. These sort of topics are not ones that professionals take up and research, and therefore are usually presented in a less scholarly and informal way.

While neogeography may present more creative ideas to the normal scholarly geography, there are some pitfalls that present itself in this subject. With amateurs creating geographic projects, the data could be skewed and prove to be inaccurate. Also, professional data is always done with the main objective of presenting the data and not being artistic. Amateur work can try to be artistic first, then be hard to read and provide no tangible information. However, neogeography has a lot of potential. Neogeography allows out-of-the-box thinking and allows all people a chance to read all sorts of information as opposed to just scholarly work.

Lab 2

1. Beverly Hills quadrangle

2. The adjacent quadrangles are 1. Is Canoga Park, 2. Van Nuys, 3. Burbank, 4. Topanga 5.Hollywood 6.nothing 7.Venice  8.Inglewood.

3.Topography was compiled in 1966

4. Datum used is NAD 27 and NAD 83

5. 1: 24000

6.
    a) 1200 meters
    b) 1.89394 miles
    c) 2.64 inches
    d) 12.5 centimeters

7. Contour interval is 20 feet

8. a) 118/26/21 W 34/4/26 N
   latitude 34.074133
   longitude 118.439312

    b) 118/29/60 W 34/0/30 N
         lattitude 34.007455 N
         longitude 118.49 W
    c)Longitude 118/24/30 118.4083 degrees
        Latitude 34/7/0 34.1167 degrees

9. a) 570 ft, 173.736 meters
    b) 140 ft, 42.67 meters
    c)  650 ft, 198 meters


10. zone 11

11. ³⁷63 northing and³62 easting

12. 1000m*1000m= 1,000,000 sq. meters

13.

14. 14 degrees

15. South


16.

   

Assignment 1, Interesting maps

Different Maps that Pique my Interest

Map 1


This map comes from Marianopolis University at http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/maps/MapBritishEmpire1900.htm. This map is interesting because it not only looks like a classic map, but it gives a full layout of the British Empire in 1900. A famous saying is that "the sun never sets on the British Empire", and at 1900, this is what the empire looked like on a map. 1900 was just about the time World War 1 started and the British began to lose their empire, and this map shows the strategic places all around the world that the British colonized. The map shows the extent of the empire right up to the First World War and the variety of resources the British could use and had at their disposal. It is shocking how a country so small could conquer places many of times larger than itself, with a certain strategy to the location of the places conquered. The British used these colonies to extract resources and labor to fuel their industry and become a world superpower. This map shows the last gasp of European colonialism before World War I and the area of a once great empire.



Map 2



This map comes from The Global Education Project at http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/mideast/info/maps/religions-map.html (via www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html and www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/home.html) and it shows the religions of the world's different regions. What can be determined from this map is the ideological divide between North America, Europe, and Oceania versus Asia and the Middle East. The most well-known regions of conflict in today's world happens to be in the Middle East, and this map shows the difference in ideologies between the two factions, the Middle East (with the main religion being Islam) and the West (the main religion being some sort of Christianity). However what is very interesting about this map is the depth that it goes to. Other maps showing religion just show the major religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism), however this map shows the differences between sects of each religion. When looking at the Middle East, most of the region is a shade of blue for Islam, however this map shows the Sunni versus Shiite divide within the region, which also supplies a source of conflict in today's modern world. This map can provide a decent look at the world's religions and the areas that they exist, and a geographic overview of the major conflicts plaguing the world today.






Map 3


This is a map of Westeros, a location in the TV series Game of Thrones. This map was found at http://barbariana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Map2-1_Map_Of_Westeros.jpg (a blog that obtained the map from http://www.hbo.com/#/game-of-thrones/inside/extras/extras/viewers-guide.html). The map shows the major places that the TV series takes place and the major warring factions of the series. What makes this map interesting is that it gives a geographical representation of the action in the TV series. A big part of the series is the wartime strategies involved with the different kingdoms and this map gives a good representation of where the different kingdoms are in relation to each other. A viewer can see where the Iron Islands are in relation to Winterfell and where the Lannister family hails from. This map also gives a very Medieval feel to the geography of the show, which gives an added element to the conflicts of the show, and can give insight to the different specialties of each family.