Assignment 04
Final project draft map
Before 11:59pm on Wednesday, 4/23, you should submit to Canvas: * A draft map that clearly demonstrates progress towards your final project analysis, submitted in PNG format at 300 DPI * A short description – no more than 200 words – of where your analysis stands, what’s left to do, etc.
Final project draft map
Excluding the final project itself, this is the final assignment in our Geospatial Humanities class.
You should submit a map that depicts progress towards a final poster. The map should meet the following criteria: 1. Depicts multiple spatial datasets used in your analysis/representation 2. Demonstrate your understanding of your chosen geospatial methodology 3. Follows best practices of cartographic design
Additionally, you should submit a short description of about 300-500 words explaining how the map fits into your broader poster layout, topic, and project, including answers to these questions: 1. At least 2 spatial datasets (must be GIS-friendly; e.g., csv, shp) you plan to use in your analysis (e.g., census data, historical maps) 2. At least 1 dataset you plan to create during the workflow (e.g., a derivative kernel density raster, a spatially joined vector file, data digitized from historical maps) 3. At least 1 primary source resource (other than the datasets listed above – e.g., a photo/drawing/letter that helps enrich the story you’re trying to tell) 4. At least 1 secondary source resource 5. At least 1 methodological resource—this one is really important! It could be an academic article, a post on StackExchange, or an ArcGIS Pro tutorial. Whatever it is, it should inform your analysis.
- What workflow did you use? Be specific—what kinds of tools did you run, are you using clips/buffers? Are you created data through table joins, georeferencing, etc.?
- What were the key data sources? Be specific—what are the data models (vector/raster) and data sources?
- Based on what you accomplished so far, what’s left for you to do?
Examples from Spring 2024
Here are a bunch of examples from Spring 2024. I adapted this little carousel thingy from Claudio Esperança. Click on any of the thumbnails to see a slightly bigger version. You can view any of these in the Tufts GIS Expo Explorer as well.