SMT201 AY2019-20T1 EX1 Ong Sin Kai Brendan

Part 1: Thematic Mapping

Distribution of Public Education Institutions by School Type

Categorized symbology was chosen in order to provide a visual representation of the different types of schools. The different school types are represented by a building icon of varying colors. The different colors provide a quick overview of the number of schools in each area. Based on the map, there is a high number of secondary and primary schools as compared to the rest.

Road Network System Hierachy of Singapore

Categorized Symbology was chosen in order to provide a visual representation of the different road types on the map. The local, minor and major roads are differentiated by their colors while the expressway uses a thick black line. This makes it easier for users to identify the expressways and refer to the legend only for the other types. The road types were determined with reference to the handbook on guidelines for naming streets by the street and building names board.

2014 Master Plan Land Use Singapore

The categorized symbology has also been chosen to show the different types of land use via color coding. Some categories were combined as they were similar in nature to reduce the different number of colors on the map (business 1 and 2 combined to business etc). This helps to make it easier for the user to understand the map by reducing the number of items on the legends they need to refer to.