SMT201 AY2019-20G2 EX1 Jaslyn Wong

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Part 1 : Thematic maps

Distribution of public education institution by school types

The point symbols I used in the Education layer represent each school and its location. Each school is a zero-dimensional feature on the map. This is done such that users can easily observe the spread of education institutions in each planning area. The educational institutes are discrete quantitative values that exist on a single location on the map. Each type of educational institute (ie. Centralised Institutes, Junior Colleges, Secondary, Primary) is represented by a different symbol of different colour so that it is easier to differentiate between them.

Hierarchy of road network system of Singapore

I used a single colour for the RoadSection Line and colour saturation. The line symbols represent the various major and minor roads and expressways in Singapore, which are qualitative values. Line symbols are also one-dimensional as they indicate the flow of roads in the country. A new column “RD_TYPE” was added to the dataset to classify the dataset into different types of roads. Each type of road is represented by a different coloured line of different width to differentiate between them.

2014 Master Plan Landuse

The various types of lines represent the different types of land use in Singapore, such as the double lines which represent major roads and expressways, and uneven lines that meet to form polygons that represent the water catchment areas in Singapore.