{"id":3129,"date":"2022-10-17T01:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2022-10-16T22:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T05:45:18","slug":"lesson-geography-without-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/lesson-geography-without-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson: Geography Without Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\n<div><span class=\"subhead\">Review: Washington Maps<\/span>\n\nYou can see the maps that everyone drew of Washington if you revisit the discussion forum to view the posts \u2014 I don't always remind you, but please make a point to do this regularly! I'm impressed by the comments this semester and you'll definitely benefit from seeing what others in the class are contributing.\n\nOne thought about the maps you drew: Almost everyone, when thinking at the state level, begins with the outline of the state. This is interesting mostly because it's <strong>not<\/strong> related to our lived experience. Sure, we might be generally aware of Washington's border, especially if you live on the coast or regularly drive to Idaho or Portland, but the <strong>shape<\/strong> of the state is basically something we only learn from seeing maps. Our lived experiences are almost always point and line data, such as specific places we go and how to get there.\n<\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Lesson: Geography Without Maps<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After looking at a variety of mapping concepts, you&#8217;re now set up to analyze and make a variety of maps. But should you? Maps can be great, but there are also times when a different data visualization type can be more effective.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with the slides here: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/12l0eZMQpF6ob-SuoKGMTHl3jSdrIDgzhJmqKiydcLgU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geography Without Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geography Without Maps\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCIp2-0OdH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Video not showing up? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nCIp2-0OdH4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch on YouTube here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of the examples briefly displayed in the lecture will come up again, so keep an eye out for geographic data that isn&#8217;t mapped!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Readings<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericson.net\/content\/2011\/10\/when-maps-shouldnt-be-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When Maps Shouldn\u2019t Be Maps<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/politics\/2016-election\/how-election-maps-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Election maps are telling you big lies about small things<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Election-maps-are-telling-you-big-lies-about-small-things-Washington-Post.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PDF version<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to take on a heavier topic today. Mass shootings are unfortunately a pretty common news story. Because each one is a location-based event, there are a number of news maps related to this topic. The data is actually somewhat complicated, since there are varying definitions of what &#8220;mass shooting&#8221; really means. (This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/02\/26\/we-have-three-different-definitions-of-mass-shooting-and-we-probably-need-more\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post explainer<\/a> illustrates some different ways of counting.) Explore these examples \u2014 some maps, some not \u2014 for discussion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esrimedia.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Media\/index.html?appid=c4c222962d084ba48dbe1b1f34a5a9cc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Esri school shooting map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/features\/gun-violence-interactive-shootings-map\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Trace gun violence map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/a\/mass-shootings-america-sandy-hook-gun-violence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vox mass shootings interactive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2018\/national\/mass-shootings-in-america\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post mass shooting interactive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mapping Mass Shootings:<\/strong> After looking through the listed examples, answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which example do you think is most effective and why? (Consider the data, visual styles, interactivity, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Do you think a map is an effective way to help people understand mass shootings?<\/li>\n<li>Thinking about news coverage about mass shootings, what do you think data visualizations do well or poorly compared to other types of media, like photos, text and video coverage?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"subhead\">Assignment 16: Choropleth Maps in Tableau<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week has one longer assignments rather than two separate assignments. However, it&#8217;s still split into two parts to make it easier to split up the work throughout the week. Part 1 involves working with data and adjusting for population size, and Part 2 involves making a choropleth map and bar chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maps can be great, but there are also times when a different data visualization type can be more effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3322,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129\/revisions\/3322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murrowcourses.com\/graphics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}