SMT201 AY2018-19T1 EX1 Lim Jia Khee

Part One: Thematic Mapping

Distribution of Public Education Institutions in Singapore

This is a point symbol qualitative thematic map with Open Street Map background, with each institution type differentiated by the circle’s colour. The variable used in the creation of point symbols is ‘mainlevel_’. This is the preferred choice of classification for each institution is sorted to one school type (Centralised Institute or Junior College, etc). Secondly, there are no missing values within the variable. And lastly, there are only five different categorisation type within the ‘mainlevel_’ variable. Hence, there is no need to merge/reduce some categories.

Hierarchy of Road Network System in Singapore

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2014 Master Plan Landuse

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Part Two: Choropleth Mapping

Singapore's Aged Population (65+) in 2010

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Singapore's Aged Population (65+) in 2017

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Proportion of Singapore's Aged Population in 2010

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Proportion of Singapore's Aged Population in 2017

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Percentage Change of Aged Population From 2010 to 2017

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Reasoning behind classification choices

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References and data sources

1. https://www.data.gov.sg/search?q=school+information
2. https://www.data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2014-land-use
3. https://www.data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2014-subzone-boundary-no-sea
4. https://www.data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2008-subzone-boundary-no-sea
5. https://www.remembersingapore.org/2018/08/15/singapore-street-suffixes/
6. SMT201 elearn - Week 4 Hands on Ex 4 - Coastal Outline Shapefiles from SLA
7. https://www.mytransport.sg/content/mytransport/home/dataMall/search_datasets.html?searchText=road - Road Section Line
8. https://www.data.gov.sg/dataset/singapore-residents-by-subzone-age-group-and-sex-jun-2017-gender
9. https://www.data.gov.sg/dataset/singapore-residents-by-subzone-age-group-and-sex-june-2010-gender