SMT201 AY2019-20G2 Ex1 Soh Bai He

Part One: Thematic Mapping

Public Education Institutions

Data Source: data.gov.sg / File: general-information-of-schools.csv

'''Handling of Data:''' general-information-of-schools.csv is geocoded into school_information.shp using geocode.py
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'''Choice of Classification:'''<br>
1) Categorisation by school type (school_type). Junior College and Centralised Institute are grouped together as both offers pre-university courses and lead to the ‘A’ Level examinations.<br>
2) Categorisation by region to facilitate easier visualisation of the distribution of schools by region.
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'''Visual Variable:''' An SVG marker of a book is used as the symbol. Different colours are used for each school type/region for easier identification. 
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'''Feature count:''' Total (344), Primary (181), Secondary (138), Mixed Level (14), Junior College/Centralised Institute (11)
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'''Observation:''' Of all school types, Junior College/Centralised Institute has the least number. However, the existing ones are well distributed across Singapore with every region covered. 

Road Network System

Data Source: mytransport.sg / File: RoadSectionLine.shp

Handling of Data & Choice of Classification: RoadSectionLine.shp is exported into .csv format and new columns RD_CAT_NO, RD_MAIN_CAT are added on excel (road-section-category-sorted.csv). Roads are then sorted with reference to the table below. Thereafter, I analysed the remaining roads (that do not include the street name descriptors in the table below) on the OpenStreetMap and grouped them into Arterial/Primary Access as they are minor roads that provide access to developments.

Road Category	Street Name Descriptor
Expressway and Semi-Expressway (Cat 1)	Expressway, Highway, Parkway
Major Arterial (Cat 2)	Boulevard, Avenue, Way
Arterial & Primary Access (Cat 3 & 4)	Drive, Street, Road
Local Access Roads (Cat 5)	Walk, Lane, Link

Source: URA’s Handbook on Guidelines for Naming of Streets (p.13, Annex 1).

Visual Variable: Line symbols with different colours are used to represent each road type. A warm colour scheme (red > orange > yellow > white) is chosen to highlight the hierarchy of road types. Expressway is given the thickest width as they form the primary network in the road system.

2014 Master Plan Landuse

Data Source: data.gov.sg / File: G_MP14_LAND_USE_PL.shp

Choice of Classification: Categorisation by type of land use (LU_DESC). To minimise the number of categories and colours that might overwhelm the user, several sub categories of the same type of development are grouped into a main category.

Visual Variable: Colour fill as the respective type of land use. I referenced URA’s Past Concept Plan colours for each development. Planning areas are labelled to aid in the visualisation of the distribution of land use in Singapore.

Observation: The West region is dominated by industrial developments along with the Western Water Catchment. There are fewer residential areas in the West, however, a new HDB town called Tengah will be built soon.

Part Two: Choropleth Mapping

Aged population (+65) in 2010 and 2018

Data Source: data.gov.sg / File: SUBZONE_AGE_GENDER_2010.shp

Data Source: singstat.gov.sg / File: SGResidentPopulationAgeGroupSex_2018.csv

Proportional of aged population in 2010 and 2018

Percentage change of aged population between 2010 and 2018

References & Acknowledgements

Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Handbook on Guidelines for Naming of Streets
Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Past Concept Plan