GeoDev Meetup #2 2017 - The Beauty of Maps
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Geogeeks listen up.
This time, it is all about the beauty of ... maps :-) We have recruited great presentations for you:
- Calorie Map of Neuschwanstein
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Keni Han, student of International Cartography Master Programme
The region around Schloss Neuschwanstein is very popular for hiking, while the current map given to tourists is very basic and limited in hiking information. This project aims at creating a map where users can obtain a vivid perspective of how many calories are burnt by taking a particular hiking trail as well as showing users some of the best hiking routes in the area, by using GPS data and Tobler’s Hiking function, and being processed in Esri Software.
2. The Growth of the Facebook Empire
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Laura Eichler and Christian Haack. students of International Cartography Master Programme
In a world where Internet giants take over the virtual world continuously, we propose a scientific visualization, where revenue data and acquisitions are represented by spatial information. For that a company, being Facebook, represents an conquering empire in a fictional environment. To make it more visually appealing for the user and to illustrate the progress over time, the end product resulted in an animation.
3. Tactile Atlas of Switzerland
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Anna Schwabedal, Esri Deutschland
For people with a visual handicap there are only a few possibilities to visualize geographic data through maps in order to get a better understanding of the spatial reality. For this reason the idea was born to create a Tactile Atlas of Switzerland, including tactile maps with a national coverage in a scale of 1:100`000 as well as different thematic overview maps in a scale of 1:900`000. The Tactile Atlas gives people with visual impairment access to quality cartography. The atlas shares the sense of place in a new way for those unable to read traditional maps.
We are looking forward to another great geodev meetup with all of you. Best,
Lars