Monday, April 26, 2010

SAT Final Project


A map showing average SAT scores and participation of high school seniors for 2009. A combination of proportional symbols (average score) and choropleth (percent participation) is displayed. Data from The College Board 2009.

Sunday, April 4, 2010


This would be a great location for a new wind farm. Most of the year this area experiences high winds, even in the summer a "lake breeze" occurs in the afternoons that is sufficient to power the turbine. It is isolated from residential areas by a calcite mine. There is a shipping port in the calcite mine nearby, but if the generators are placed strategically then interference with shipping will be minimal at most.

For some reason I could not get the text in the balloon to save with the image, I tried several times and found no help from google earth. The text above should be in the balloon.