Lab 8 Completed!

After much struggle, I have finally completed the Lab 8 Google Earth Lab which can be seen here:

http://mason.gmu.edu/~jhaumann/JohnHaumann_Lab8.kmz

In this file are some of my favorite places listed, a proposed yet unrealistic cruise voyage, and old aerial images imposed over modern aerial images of places in the Dulles corridor.

Fenwick Library, Student Union I and Thompson Hall 3D (Lab 9)

At last my Completed Lab 9! Here I have rendered familiar GMU buildings Fenwick Library, Student Union I and Thompson Hall in 3D on Google Earth Sketchup.

Here is the link:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jhaumann/Fenwick_SUI_and_Thompson_at_GMU.kmz

Banda Aceh: Before And After (Lab 10)

On December 26th, 2004, the day after Christmas, a massive earthquake created an equally massive tsunami that would decimate thousands of towns and villages around the Indian Ocean. Millions were killed or injured. One such place that was destroyed was Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Here are photographs of Banda Aceh before and after the tsunami. I have superimposed the outline of the coast before the tsunami over the after picture.

Lab 7 Finally Done!

After many, many hours spent figuring out all the glitches and making the whole thing work, my interactive Operation Barbarossa map finally works! The splash page in the beginning really works now! To see my finished lab go here:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jhaumann/lab7_2.html

Cartograms

A Cartogram is a map that modifies the shape
or size of a boundary to represent the data values. They are
contiguous and non-contiguous. The spatial geometry is distorted to reflect a certain theme. For instance, a country's size can be distorted to reflect its population or its annual oil consumption. An advantage of a cartogram is that small enumeration units with high attribute values that would be hidden on a conventional equivalent projection can be readily seen.

Examples:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/photoholder/VA-GovCartogram.jpg

http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/cartogram.png

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cartograms/energyconsump1024x512.png