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===== Sources =====  
 
===== Sources =====  
Master Plan 2014 Land Use link: [https://data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2014-land-use/ Master Plan 2014 Land Use]
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1. [https://data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2014-land-use/ Master Plan 2014 Land Use]
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2. [data.gov.sg/dataset/school-directory-and-information/ School Directory and Information]
  
 
=== Roads ===
 
=== Roads ===

Revision as of 18:24, 15 September 2019

Part 1: Thematic Mapping

Schools

Schools
Schools zoomed in

Description

The cartographic technique used to categorize the schools by their main_level was hue. That is because the main_level attribute is a nominal data. Point symbols are the best for schools because it would be able to pinpoint their exact location.

Sources

1. Master Plan 2014 Land Use 2. [data.gov.sg/dataset/school-directory-and-information/ School Directory and Information]

Roads

Schools
Schools zoomed in

Description

As the roads were not categorized by their road type, a calculated field was needed to generate the road type for the roads based on the name of the road. The cartographic technique used to categorize the roads by the RD_DESC was hue. That is because the RD_DESC data is nominal. To represent the roads on the map, lines are the best way to pinpoint the exact location of the roads.

Part 2 Choropleth Mapping