ISSS608 2017-18 T1 Assign WANG YUCHEN Data Processing

To be a Visual Detective

Geospatial and Microblogging - Characterization of an Epidemic Spread

The given datasests involved maps, weather and population information of smartpolis microblog characterization of the spread of an epidemic using given maps, geospatial and text data gathered from microblog tweets. All of the events in the scenario occurred in the fictional city of Vastopolis during the first half of 2011. MC1 consisted of text (tweets) which participants needed to process to identify the symptoms and details of an epidemic. There were two different sets of illnesses, a waterborne illness and an airborne illness. The participants were asked to locate and pinpoint the source of the epidemic, to describe the method of transmission of the epidemic, and determine if deployment of treatment resources outside of the affected area was necessary.