ISSS608 2017-18 T3 Assign Chen Yanchong
ISSS608 Visual Analytics Vast Challenge Mini Challenge 2
Contents
Background
Kasios Furniture Company was accused to pollute the environment of the Boonsong Lekagul Wildlife Preserve by dumping toxics to the river, spokesperson from Kasios argued there is no ground contamination can be found near the remote ranger station, they took advantage of this and denied any industrial waste dumping. However, actual fact reveals that the newly built ranger station cause excavation, hence, soil analysis cannot be performed. To determine Kasios's statement, investigator offers water sensors reading from 9 different locations in the preserve and a map of those 9 locations and wishes visual analysis can answer 3 questions and reveal the truth.
Requirement
Use visual analytics to analyse the available data and develop responses to the questions below.
Questions
- Characterize the past and most recent situation with respect to chemical contamination in the Boonsong Lekagul waterways. Do you see any trends of possible interest in this investigation? Your submission for this questions should contain no more than 10 images and 1000 words.
- What anomalies do you find in the waterway samples dataset? How do these affect your analysis of potential problems to the environment? Is the Hydrology Department collecting sufficient data to understand the comprehensive situation across the Preserve? What changes would you propose to make in the sampling approach to best understand the situation? Your submission for this question should contain no more than 6 images and 500 words.
- After reviewing the data, do any of your findings cause particular concern for the Pipit or other wildlife? Would you suggest any changes in the sampling strategy to better understand the waterways situation in the Preserve? Your submission for this question should contain no more than 6 images and 500 words.
Submission Instructions
Deadline
All entries must be submitted by July 16, 2017, by 11:59pm PDT.
Required Materials
This is an individual assignment. You are required to work on the assignment and prepare submission individually. The assignment wiki page should include the URL link to the web-based interactive data visualization system prepared. You need to edit your assignment in the appropriate wiki page of the Assignment Dropbox. The title of the wiki page should be in the form of: ISS608_2017-18_T3_Gx_Assign_FullName.
MC2 Link
Please visit VAST Challenge 2018: Mini-Challenge 2 for more information and to download the data.
