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

In this road section, I added a new column “category” to the dataset to classify the dataset into the different roads types (e.g. Expressway, minor road, major road and unknown road). The line symbols represent the different roads types and expressways in Singapore. The different coloured line symbols represents the different type of roads. The thickness of the line symbol also represents the type of road (e.g. thickness of expressways are thicker compared to the other roads). The colours and thickness of the line symbols help aid a better visualization for the road network in Singapore.

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.