After reading the Local Mapping Project page and the Beyond Words excerpt, and watching the trailer for the Geospatial Revolution Project, post one question that you have about our Local Mapping Project in a comment below.
Instructions Project Questions
Submitted by jtirrell on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 22:04
questions
Are you going to pick our groups or are we? And how many people per group?
(sorry that was more than one question)
Map Project
What is the most interesting topic that students have come up with for the mapping project? Have you ever turned any ideas down?
Local Mapping Project
Dr. Tirrell:
Will we be given time during class to work on the local mapping project with our groups? If so, how much class time will be devoted to this?
Local Mapping Project
What is the maximum number of members per group? Approximately how many hours should we be prepared to spend on this project?
Project Question
Are there any current countries that restrict view of certain parts of their land due to national security reasons? (i.e. North Korea)
project
What was the best map you've seen for this project?
Local Mapping Project question
What are the key characteristics of a good topic?
Map Project
In the past, where were most of the projects targeted around? (downtown, beach, school, etc)
map project
Do you think that sensory technology will be one day be combined with digital maping to create the virtual experince of being in any location on earth? Is the project hard?
Reply to comment Instructions Project Questions
Can we use class time to discuss ways of integrating existing images (satellite, etc) and our own media production (audio and video) to produce the project? Relatedly, do you have any previous examples of this kind of work from other courses that you've taught to serve as a model and inspiration for our own creative thinking? Finally, might we do a brainstorming exercise by category (e.g. local sports, wildlife, entertainment) to generate a list of possibilities and better conceive of viable projects for anyone who may feel overwhelmed by choice?
What would be a good way to
What would be a good way to find/come up with ideas for the mapping project?
Project question
Would you prefer we stayed around the Wilmington area? Or would you like us to branch out?
Instructions Project Questions
Dr. Tirrell-
Will you be showing the class examples that were done by prior classes?
Should we pick one specific
Should we pick one specific area to really elaborate on, or should we be focusing on a more broad spectrum- say the entire town of Wilmington?